Dwyer’s brace pushes Sporting past Sounders
Dom Dwyer scored twice and Sporting Kansas City held the Seattle Sounders without a shot until the 88th minute in a 3-0 victory Sunday.
Dwyer, charging to the top of the 6-yard box, headed home a cross by Roger Espinosa in the 21st minute.
Jacob Peterson, from just inside top of the box, hammered a feed from Saad Abdul-Salaam past the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Stefan Frei and into the top-left corner just before halftime.
Dwyer scored his 10th goal of the season in the 79th minute.
Sporting (9-10-4) snapped a two-game losing streak.
Seattle (6-12-2) has lost five of its last seven matches, including four shutouts.
RED BULLS 4, NEW WORK CITY FC 1: Bradley Wright-Phillips scored twice, Sacha Kljestan had a goal and two assists and the New York Red Bulls beat New York City FC.
Wright-Phillips poked a shot from the center of the box, off the pass from Kljestan, past a charging Josh Saunders in the 20th minute. Three minutes later, Kljestan found Ronald Zubar, who gave the Red Bulls (9-9-4) a 2-0 lead. Kljestan converted a penalty kick, after a hand ball in the penalty area by Frederic Brillant, in the 41st minute. Two minutes later, Thomas McNamara sent a shot, from well outside the area, to the topright corner and trimmed the NYCFC deficit to 3-1.
Wright-Phillips scored again in the 70th minute. He has 11 goals this season.
NYCFC (9-7-6) has lost two of three after winning four straight.
RAPIDS 1, FC DALLAS 1: Victor Ulloa scored the tying goal on a long-distance shot and FC Dallas held on for a draw with the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the overall MLS standings.
FC Dallas (12-6-5) maintained its three-point lead over Colorado (10-2-8) in the Supporters’ Shield race, while the Rapids stayed undefeated at home at 8-0-3.
TORONTO FC 4, D.C. UNITED 1: Sebastian Giovinco scored three goals and added an assist to break out of an eight-game scoring drought in Toronto FC’s victory over D.C. United.
The Italian star put in a show in front of 26,349 fans on a steamy night at BMO Field.
IMPACT 5, UNION 1: Didier Drogba broke out with a hat trick to lead the Montreal Impact to a 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night.
The 38-year-old Ivorian striker hadn’t scored since May 28. He returned last week after missing three games with a thigh injury.
GALAXY 2, TIMBERS 1: Robbie Keane and Gyasi Zardes scored in the opening 11 minutes and Los Angeles beat Portland to snap the Timbers’ nine-game undefeated streak.
The Galaxy (3-8) have won fourth straight victory in Major League Soccer play.
REVOLUTION 1, FIRE 0: Je-Vaughn Watson scored on a header in the 85th minute to lift New England past Chicago. Chicago dropped to 4-10-5. WHITECAPS 0, DYNAMO 0: Vancouver’s David Ousted and Houston’s Joe Willis had four saves each in the scoreless draw.