Crew beat FC Cincinnati for 5th straight ‘shutout’
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept 7, (AP): Gyasi Zardes scored two goals and the Eastern Conference-leading Columbus Crew beat FC Cincinnati 3-0 on Sunday night for their fifth straight shutout.
Columbus (7-1-2) haven’t surrendered a goal since July 28 and have given up only two all season.
Pedro Santos scored his first goal of the season in the 52nd minute. Ten minutes later, Zardes replaced Fanendo Adi and scored in the 64th and 71st to seal it.
Timbers 2, Sounders 1 Substitute Felipe Mora scored after slipping behind the Seattle defense in the 83rd minute and Portland beat the Sounders.
Moments after Seattle nearly took the lead, Mora came open behind the Sounders back line, collected a welltimed pass from Eryk Williamson and beat goalkeeper Stefan Frei to give the Timbers the lead.
Minnesota Utd 4, Real Salt
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Robin Lod scored two goals and Minnesota United snapped a fourgame losing streak with the victory over Real Salt Lake.
Lod scored in the 62nd and 90th minutes. He has five goals in nine games for the Loons (4-3-2). Chase Gasper and Jacori Hayes also scored.
Galaxy 3, LAFC 0 Sebastian Lletget scored twice, Cristian Pavon had a goal and an assist, and the Galaxy beat Los An
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The Galaxy (4-3-2) have won four straight games and outscored opponents 11-4 during the stretch. LAFC (3-3-3) have lost three of their last four including 2-0 against the Galaxy on Aug 22.
NYCFC 0, D.C. United 0
Chris Seitz made four saves and D.C. United played to a scoreless draw without taking a shot against New York City FC.
D.C. (2-4-4) became the second
MLS team to fail to get a shot during a regular-season match. The New England Revolution did not take a shot in a 7-0 loss to Atlanta United on Sept 13, 2017.
Union 3, Red Bulls 0
Brenden Aaronson, Kacper Przybylko and Matthew Real scored to help Philadelphia beat New York.
Bradley Carnell made his debut as New York’s interim coach following Chris Armas’ firing Friday. Carnell served as an assistant for the club since March 2017.
Revolution 2, Fire 1
Teal Bunbury scored twice in New England’s victory over Chicago.
The Revolution (3-2-5) rebounded from a 2-0 loss to New York City FC on Wednesday night. The Revs have given up just 10 goals over the last 11 games.
Nashville SC 0, Inter Miami 0
Joe Willis made five saves and Nashville SC played to a scoreless draw with fellow expansion team Inter Miami.