Los Angeles FC 2, Earthquakes 0. LOS

COLUMBUS, OHIO» Federico Higuain had a goal and an assist to help the Columbus Crew beat the Colorado Rapids 21 on Saturday.

Higuain rolled a leftfooter into an open net to cap the scoring in the 57th minute. Milton Valenzuela, dribbling through the center of the box, had it deflected off his shin to a wideopen Higuain for the wideopen finish.

Gyasi Zardes slipped a leftfooter from the top of the 6yard box inside the post to give the Crew a 10 lead in the 17th. Justin Meram crossed it to Higuain at the top of the area, who firsttimed it with the outside of his foot to Zardes for the finish past lunging goalkeeper Tim Howard.

Gashi ripped a free kick to make it 11 in the 26th minute. Enzo Martinez drew a foul against the Crew’s Josh Williams and, before the Columbus defense got set, Gashi bent a shot over the head of the defenders into the far corner of the net.

Colorado (6176) has lost five in a row and is winless since a 21 win over San Jose (4188) on Aug. 11. Columbus outshot the Rapids 223. Walker Zimmerman scored two goals and LAFC became the third MLS franchise to reach 50 points in its first season with the victory over San Jose.

LAFC (1478) is unbeaten in its last six matches. who had five goals and nine assists as a rookie in 2017, has 14 assists this season, tied for secondmost in MLS.