Rapids roll to win as Toronto rests many
COMMERCE CITY» Jack Price scored his first career MLS goal in the second minute, Shkelzen Gashi added a penalty kick late in the second half, and Colorado beat Toronto.
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 rightfooted shot that beat goalkeeper Clint Irwin.
“I just saw a gap, and I just thought, well, I’m going to hit this,” Price said. “I was very happy, and it was a good start for the lads.”
Dominique Badji drew a penalty against Liam Fraser in the 77th minute and Gashi scored a minute later to make it 2-0.
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.
Still, Rapids coach Anthony Hudson was happy with the result.
“I think what we are seeing is a team that is working together — we’re not a team of individuals — and that we have good players that are playing to a certain style and system, players that are stepping up,” Hudson said. “They’re all stepping up and fulfilling their role within that system as well. The biggest thing is we have a group of players that are playing for each other.”
Galaxy 1, Fire 0.
BRIDGEVIEW, ILL.» Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in his first MLS start and Los Angeles beat Chicago. Ibrahimovic headed home Ashley Cole’s deep diagonal cross in the first minute of first-half 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.
Red Bulls 3, Impact 1. HARRISON, N.J.» Bradley Wright-phillips had a goal and an assist to help New York beat Montreal.
Wright-phillips opened the scoring for the Red Bulls (3-2-0) in the fifth minute, beating goalkeeper Evan Bush into the upper-right corner. Romero “Kaku” Gamarra finished Wright-phillips’ cross in the 57th minute to give New York a 2-1 lead. 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.
FC Dallas 1, Revolution 0. FOXBOROUGH,
MASS.» Jacori Hayes scored his first MLS goal and Jimmy Maurer had his second shutout for FC Dallas.
Hayes first-timed a cross from Roland Lamah to give FC Dallas (2-0-3) the lead in the 76th minute.
New England (3-2-1) had its four-game unbeaten streak snapped.
DC United 1, Crew 0.
ANNAPOLIS, MD.» Ulises Segura scored his first MLS goal and Steve Clark had a shutout in his first action of the season at Navy-marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Clark, who started all but two regular-season games for the Columbus from 2014-16, finished with five saves for United (1-3-2). Columbus dropped to 3-3-1.