Urso lifts Orlando
Goal in 84th minute mark helps take down Toronto FC
Junior Urso scored on a give-and-go with Chris Mueller in the 84th minute to lift Orlando City to a 3-2 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday night.
Orlando City (4-1-3) opened the scoring 49 seconds into the match with Tesho Akindele slotting it through the goalkeeper’s legs.
Nani made it 2-0 with a header to finish Akindele’s cross in the eighth minute. Silvester van der Water’s pressure of goalkeeper Quentin Westberg near the end line created the opportunity.
Ayo Akinola pulled Toronto FC (1-5-2) within one with a header off the goalkeeper’s deflection in the 10th minute. Jonathan Osorio smashed Alejandro Pozuelo’s pass into the top of the net to tie it in the 39th minute for Toronto.
New England 3, NYC 2: Tommy Mcnamara finished Tajon Buchanan’s cross in the 88th minute, capping a back-and-forth finish and giving the New England Revolution a win over New York City FC. The Revolution (6-1-2) held their lead atop the Eastern Conference standings. Jonathan Bell gave the Revs a
2-1 lead in the 78th minute, heading home a diagonal chip pass from Carles Gil. Ismael Tajouri-shradi tied it at 2 for New York City (3-3-2) with a putback in the 85th minute. Gustavo Bou opened the scoring with a volley from the penalty arc for New England in the 27th minute.
City’s Thiago Andrade tied it at 1 with a right-footed finish deflecting in off the post in the 55th.
The 20-year-old Brazilian international was making his MLS debut.
D.C. 1, Miami 0: Ola Kamara scored on a penalty kick in the 72nd minute and D.C. United beat nine-man Inter Miami. Kamara punched it to the right side of the goal to beat goalkeeper John Mccarthy, who dove the wrong way. United (4-5-0) got the chance for the opener from the spot because of a hand ball in the area by Miami’s Christian Makoun. Inter (2-5-2) went down a man in the 55th minute when Gregore was shown his second yellow for a hip-check. Ryan Shawcross was shown red in the 84th for a violent takedown of D.C.’S Joseph Mora.
Columbus 2, Chicago 0: Gyasi Zardes scored two goals and the Columbus Crew beat the Chicago Fire in the final game at Crew Stadium. Zardes opened the scoring when he put away a failed clearance of a cross from Lucas Zelarayan in the 17th minute. Derrick Etienne ran onto a long, arcing ball by Jonathan Mensah and, Fire goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth came off his line, tapped a pass to Zardes for an empty-net finish to make it 2-0 in the 34th.
Seattle 2, LA 1: Raul Ruidiaz scored the tiebreaking goal early in the second half, and the Seattle Sounders extended the longest unbeaten start to a season in team history with a victory over the LA Galaxy. Yeimar Gomez Andrade also scored as the Mls-leading Sounders overcame an early deficit and improved to 6-0-3, matching the eighth-longest unbeaten start in league history. The Galaxy set the MLS record in 1996 with a 12-0 start.
Dallas 1, Minnesota 1: Ricardo Pepi scored the tying goal in the 68th minute and FC Dallas held on for a draw with Minnesota United. Ryan Hollingshead led Pepi into the penalty area with a well-placed pass and Pepi finished with a left-footed shot into the left corner to make it 1-all for Dallas (1-3-4).