Royer scores twice as Red Bulls cruise
Daniel Royer had two goals, Michael Murillo had his first MLS goal and the New York Red Bulls beat the Montreal Impact 4-0 on Saturday night.
Royer has six goals in his last four games.
Bradley WrightPhillips scored his seventh goal in the last nine matches, and Luis Robles had two saves in his seventh shutout of the season. The Red Bulls (11-8-2) have won four in a row and five of its last six.
Montreal (6-8-6) had five shots and was more than doubled by the Red Bulls in time of possession.
ATLANTA 1, ORLANDO CITY 1: Hector “Tito” Villalba scored in stoppage time to give Atlanta United (10-7-4) a 1-1 tie with Orlando City (8-9-5). Kaka opened the scoring for Orlando City (8-9-5) in the 40th minute, sending a one-timer past goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
NEW ENGLAND 3, PHILADELPHIA 0: Kei Kamara scored twice, and Juan Agudelo added a late goal in the Revolution’s 3-0 victory over the Union. The Revolution (7-9-5) have won two straight following four consecutive losses. Philadelphia (7-10-5) was playing without reigning MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Andre Blake.
MINNESOTA 4, DC UNITED 0: Christian Ramirez scored his 11th goal of the season, Bobby Shuttleworth had four saves and Minnesota United (6-12-4) beat D.C. United 4-0 to snap a fivegame winless streak. D.C. United (5-14-3) has lost six in a row — the longest such streak since losing a franchise-record seven straight in 2013 — and has been outscored 17-6 during that stretch.
SAN JOSE 1, COLORADO 0: Nick Lima scored his second goal of the season, David Bingham had his sixth shutout and the Earthquakes (8-9-5) hung on to beat the Rapids. The Rapids (6-12-2) are winless over their last three matches, and are 0-8-1 on the road this season.
VANCOUVER 4, FC DALLAS 0: Fredy Montero had two goals and an assist and the Whitecaps (9-8-3) beat FC Dallas for their third victory in four matches. Bernie Ibini-Isei and Nicolas Mezquida added goals and David Ousted had three saves for Vancouver. Ousted has five shutouts this season, two in the last three games. FC Dallas (9-4-7) lost for the first time since a 2-0 loss at Portland on June 10.
SPORTING KC 3, CHICAGO 2: Daniel Salloi had a goal and an assist and Sporting Kansas City (9-4-9) survived a late scare to beat the Fire. Salloi opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, Matt Besler tied it for Chicago (11-5-5) in the 28th, and Benny Feilhaber gave Sporting KC a 2-1 lead in first-half stoppage time. Latif Blessing scored in the 51st — off Salloi’s assist — to increase Kansas City’s lead to 3-1. David Accam cut it to 3-2 in the 78th minute with his 12th goal.