NYCFC scores 3 in second half to defeat Sounders

Maximiliano Moralez, Jesus Medina and Ebenezer Ofori scored secondhalf goals and New York City FC beat the Seattle Sounders 3-0 on Wednesday night in New York.

New York (7-1-8) stretched its clubrecord unbeaten streak to 12 league games. Moralez has a goal or an assist in seven straight games, totaling six goals and eight assists since May 4.

Moralez gave NYC a 1-0 lead in the 58th minute when his deflected shot bounced over goalkeeper Stefan Frei. Medina made it 2-0 in the 77th with an easy redirection for his first goal of the season and Ofori sent in a 35-yard shot 10 minutes later.

NYC has 12 goals in its past three games.

Seattle (8-5-5) has lost four of its past five games. Seattle’s best scoring chance came on Jordy Delem’s header off the crossbar in the 85th.

FIRE 5, ATLANTA UNITED 1: Francisco Calvo, C.J. Sapong and Nicolas Gaitan each scored a goal in the opening 13 minutes and Chicago (5-7-7) cruised past Atlanta United (9-7-2) in Bridgeview, Illinois. Calvo opened the scoring in the fourth minute by heading in Gaitan’s corner kick, Sapong scored three minutes later on a counter attack and Gaitan converted a penalty kick for a 3-0 lead after Atlanta defender Leandro Gonzalez Pirez was given a straight red card. Chicago made it 4-0 in the 37th when Sapong calmly slid it inside the far post on a breakaway and Fabian Herbers sneaked it inside the near post just before halftime for a 5-0 lead.

PHILADELPHIA UNION 3, ORLANDO CITY 1: Kacper Przybylko scored twice to help the Philadelphia Union (10-5-5) beat Orlando City (6-9-3) in Orlando, Florida. Przybylko gave Philadelphia a 2-1 lead in the 47th minute. Haris Medunjanin lofted a long pass that Brenden Aaronson flicked at the end line to Przybylko, who first-timed a halfvolley for his fourth goal in the past three games. Chris Mueller stole a pass near midfield and raced downfield before slipping a side-footer past backpedaling defender Jack Elliott and just inside the post to give Orlando City a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute. Przybylko ran onto a pass from Jamiro Monteiro, cut back to evade a defender and side-netted a left-footer that made it 1-1 in the 32nd.

MINNESOTA UNITED 3, EARTHQUAKES 1:

Michael Boxall scored his third career goal and Vito Mannone had seven saves to help Minnesota United (8-7-3) beat San Jose (7-7-4) in St. Paul, Minnesota. Boxall played a cross that deflected off a defender and rolled back to Boxall who, as he continued his run, slipped it past charging goalkeeper Daniel Vega to make it 2-1 in the 52nd minute. Darwin Quintero gave Minnesota United a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute, first-timing a cross by Ethan Finlay from seven yards. Miguel Ibarra rolled a pass toward the end line where Finlay played a one-touch entry to Quintero, whose volley deflected off the hand of Vega into the net.

LAFC 5, SPORTING KC 1:

Carlos Vela scored his 17th goal of the season, Diego Rossi added his ninth and Los Angeles FC (12-2-4) beat Sporting Kansas City (4-7-7) in Kansas City, Kansas. Christian Ramirez opened the scoring in the 28th minute for Los Angeles by sending a free kick under the wall and past a diving Tim Melia. Rossi made it 2-0 in the 50th by curling a shot from the 18-yard line and Vela scored from the penalty spot in the 63rd for a 3-0 lead.