Miami tops Chicago with late goal
Pizarro scores in second-half stoppage for win
Rodolfo Pizarro scored in second-half stoppage time to give Inter Miami a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Fire on Wednesday night.
Pizarro one-touched Victor Ulloa’s pass inside the far post in the 93rd for his first goal of the season.
Miami (5-9-4) won its third straight home game, while Chicago (5-10-5) had its road winless streak extended to 18 matches — with 12 losses.
Robbie Robinson tied it at 2 for Miami in the 62nd with a chip shot over goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth.
Indiana Vassilev, in his first start for Miami, opened the scoring in the 34th minute by tapping home a rebound in front of the net.
Francisco Calvo headed in Luka Stojanovic’s corner
kick to tie it at 1 in the 40th. Stojanovic gave Chicago a 2-1 lead in the 48th with a point-blank redirection of Stanislav Ivanov’s pass to the penalty spot.
New England 3, D.C. 2:
Tommy Mcnamara and Tajon Buchanan scored four minutes apart in the second half and the New England Revolution beat D.C. United. New England (14-3-4) has won seven of its
last eight games — with a draw — to stay atop the Supporters’ Shield race. D.C. United (8-9-3) lost to New England for the fifth straight time. Mcnamara tied it at 1 in the 49th with a curling shot from distance. Buchanan scored the go-ahead goal in the 53rd, one-touching Emmanuel Boateng cross at the back post. Dejuan Jones made it 3-1 in the 85th by calmly sending home a loose ball from the penalty spot.
New York 1, Columbus 0: John Tolkin scored in the 33rd minute for his first MLS goal and the New York Red Bulls beat the Columbus Crew. New York (6-9-4) snapped a seven-game winless streak. Columbus (68-6) has lost five straight matches.
Atlanta 1, Toronto 0: Ezequiel Barco scored in the 20th minute to help Atlanta United beat Toronto FC. Atlanta (5-6-9) has won three in a row following a 12-game winless streak and is unbeaten in its last four. Brooks Lennon played an arcing ball from well beyond midfield to Barco near the top of the box, where he beat a defender before bending an arcing shot inside the far post.
Philadelphia 1, NYC 0: Alejandro Bedoya scored his first goal of the season to help the Philadelphia Union beat New York City FC. Andre Blake had two saves for Philadelphia (8-5-7) to tie Nashville’s Joe Willis and Colorado’s William Yarbrough for the MLS shutout lead with eight. Bedoya banged home a header in the 67th minute off Kai Wagner’s arcing ball from the left sideline. NYCFC (9-6-4) had its unbeaten streak end at six.
Cincinnati 0, Montreal 0:
Sebastian Breza made three saves for his first MLS shutout and Montreal finished the game a man down in a tie with FC Cincinnati.