Galaxy’s new star scores to beat Fire

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in his first MLS start and the Los Angeles Galaxy beat the Chicago Fire 1-0 on Saturday.

Ibrahimovic headed home Ashley Cole’s deep diagonal cross in the first minute of firsthalf stoppage time. The Swedish forward played as a substitute in his first two appearances for the Galaxy (3-2-1). He has three goals in 127 minutes.

The Fire dropped to 1-3-1.

RAPIDS 2, TORONTO 0: Jack Price scored his first MLS goal in the second minute, Shkelzen Gashi added a penalty kick late in the second half, and Colorado beat Toronto in Commerce City, Colorado. Price gave the Rapids (2-1-2) the lead about 80 seconds into the match, intercepting Drew Moor’s attempted clearance just outside the penalty arc and sending back a knuckling right-footed shot that beat goalkeeper Clint Irwin. Toronto FC (1-3-0) was not at full strength, holding out many of its starters for the upcoming first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final. Toronto will host Chivas Guadalajara on Tuesday night.

RED BULLS 3, IMPACT 1: Bradley Wright-Phillips had a goal and an assist to help New York beat Montreal in Harrison, New Jersey. WrightPhillips opened the scoring for the Red Bulls (3-2-0) in the fifth minute, beating goalkeeper Evan Bush into the upper right corner. Michael Murillo capped the scoring in the 76th minute. Montreal (2-4-0) tied it at 1 in the 33rd minute on Jeisson Vargas’ free kick. DALLAS 1, REVOLUTION 0: Jacori Hayes scored his first MLS goal and Jimmy Maurer had his second shutout in FC Dallas’ victory over New England in Foxborough, Massachusetts. FC Dallas improved to 2-0-3. New England (3-2-1) had its four-game unbeaten streak snapped.