Villa nets 2 to lift NYCFC
DAVID Villa scored two goals to help NYCFC beat FC Dallas, 3-1, on Sunday night at Yankee Stadium.
Villa converted from the spot to give NYCFC (6-1-2) a 2-1 lead in the 36th minute after Reto Ziegler was called — after video review — for a hand ball in the area.
NYCFC’s Jesus Medina opened the scoring in the third, poking home a putback of Jo Inge Berget’s shot that was stopped by Jimmy Maurer. Villa stole it on the left side, beat a defender and dropped it to Anton Tinnerholm, who firsttimed it back to Villa near the goal line. Villa tapped it to Berget, whose one-timer was deflected by Maurer off the far post, but Medina was there for the side-net finish from point-blank range.
Santiago Mosquera answered for FC Dallas (3-1-3) in the 10th minute, rolling a feed from Maximiliano Urruti past goalkeeper Sean Johnson. Urruti stole it near midfield, cut back to evade a defender and then tapped it with the outside of his foot to Mosquera, who took a dribble before side-netting the finish from the top of the box.
Villa, who missed three games in March due to a quadriceps injury, capped the scoring with his fourth goal of the season in the 69th minute.
Dallas came in without having conceded a goal in 208 minutes.
LAFC 1, SEATTLE 0
Laurent Ciman scored on a free kick in the third minute of stoppage time, and Los Angeles FC opened its $350 million Banc of California Stadium with a stunning victory over the Seattle Sounders on Sunday night.
Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei crouched to make the save after Ciman’s kick cleared the wall, but Frei simply couldn’t hang on. The ball hit the net and electrified the sellout crowd of 22,000.
With a young lineup watched by an ownership group including Magic Johnson and Will Ferrell, LAFC failed on numerous second-half scoring chances before it managed to christen its arena with a victory.
ORLANDO CITY 2, COLORADO 1
Yoshimar Yotun scored on a penalty kick and Cristian Higuita added his first goal since 2016 to help visiting Orlando City beat the Colorado Rapids for its franchiserecord tying fifth consecutive win.