Revs battle back, earn draw at Crew
Cristian Penilla scored the tying goal in the first minute of first-half stoppage time and the Revolution held on for a 2-2 draw with the Crew last night in Columbus, Ohio.
Penilla one-timed Juan Agudelo’s arching pass to cap the scoring for the Revs (3-2-2) on the final play of the first half.
Gyasi Zardes made it 2-1 for the Crew (3-3-2) in the 43rd minute with a rightfooted shot from the middle of the 18-yard box for his fifth goal of the season.
Columbus also took the opening lead in the ninth minute when Milton Valenzuela sent Federico Higuain’s deep cross back toward the face of the goal and Revs defender Andrew Farrell inadvertently headed it into the back of his own net.
Teal Bunbury leveled the score at 1-1 in the 14th minute with a right-footed shot that deflected slightly off defender Jonathan Mensah and bounced in off the far post.
Elsewhere in MLS, Aleksandar Katai and Nemanja Nikolic scored and Richard Sanchez had a careerhigh nine saves to help the Chicago Fire beat the New York Red Bulls, 2-1, in Harrison, N.J. — snapping NYRB’s 11-match unbeaten streak . . . .
Romell Quioto had a goal and two assists, Joe Willis made six saves and the host Houston Dynamo beat Toronto FC, 5-1, to snap a fourgame winless streak . . . .
Carlos Vela scored on a penalty kick in the 83rd minute and expansion Los Angeles FC scored four straight second-half goals to overcame Ignacio Piatti’s hat trick to beat the 10-man Impact, 5-3, in Montreal . . . .
Chris Mueller had a goal and an assist and host Orlando City held on to beat the San Jose Earthquakes, 3-2, for its fourth win in a row.
Barca claim Copa
Barcelona became the first team in 85 years to win four straight Copa del Rey titles after blowing away Sevilla 5-0 in the final in Madrid.
Luis Suarez scored twice and Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Philippe Coutinho also made the scoresheet for Barcelona’s record-extending 30th Copa triumph, and sixth in the last decade.
ManU into Cup final
Ander Herrera kept Manchester United in with a shot of silverware this season by securing a place in the FA Cup final after beating Tottenham, 2-1.
Herrera struck in the 62nd minute at Wembley Stadium after Alexis Sanchez canceled out Dele Alli’s opener for Tottenham to send Jose Mourinho into his third final with United.
But it was Tottenham’s eighth consecutive FA Cup semifinal loss since last winning world football’s oldest knockout competition in 1991.
Liverpool missed a chance to considerably stretch its advantage over Tottenham in the English Premier League standings, as Juergen Klopp’s
side threw away a two-goal lead to draw with last-place West Bromwich Albion, 2-2, and move only three points ahead of Spurs. Danny Ings
scored his first goal in 930 days and Mohamed Salah
added his EPL record-equaling 31st of the season for Liverpool, but Jake Livermore and Salomon Rondon pulled West Brom level.
Chelsea, which plays Southampton in the other FA Cup semifinal today, is five points behind Tottenham for the last Champions League spot with four games remaining.