Timbers top Whitecaps, 2-1
Houston’s Torres scores MLS-leading 7th goal
PORTLAND, Ore. — Darlington Nagbe scored a spectacular goal and Darren Mattocks added his first of the season as the Portland Timbers defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on Saturday afternoon.
Nagbe’s highlight reel strike came in the 18th minute, when he received a pass 30 yards from goal and danced away from two Vancouver defenders. Moving toward the penalty area, he shrugged off a challenge by Kendall Watson, who has an eight-inch and 50-pound advantage. Nagbe finished the play by blasting a right-footed shot from 20 yards out over Vancouver goalkeeper David Ousted and off the bottom of the crossbar for his second goal of the season.
Portland doubled its lead in the 39th minute, with Nagbe involved again. His threaded pass found Diego Valeri on the right wing, who then drove a cross into the Vancouver penalty area. Mattocks was racing into the area and met the cross, driving the ball past Ousted from 5 yards out and heaping more misery on his former team.
DYNAMO 2, EARTHQUAKES 0: In Houston, Erick Torres scored his MLSleading seventh goal of the season as Houston beat San Jose.
Torres opened the scoring in the ninth minute. Alberth Elis tapped in a corner kick by Eric Alexander in the 72nd.
It was the third game in eight days for San Jose (2-3-3). Joe Willis had two saves for his first shutout this season for the Dynamo (4-2-1).
IMPACT 3, UNION 3: In Chester, Pa., Anthony Jackson-Hamel scored his second goal of the game in the 87th minute, rallying Montreal to a 3-3 draw with Philadelphia.
Jackson-Hamel replaced Dominic Oduro in the 62nd minute and put away a rebound to tie it. Matteo Mancuso’s shot from just outside the box had bounced off the arms of a diving Andre Blake. Jackson-Hamel tapped it in from the top of the 6-yard box. Philadelphia (1-4-2) took a 3-0 lead on a penalty kick by Roland Alberg in the 39th.
DC UNITED 2, REVOLUTION 2: In Foxborough, Mass., New England took advantage of an own goal early in the second half to earn a draw.
D.C. conceded a corner kick in the 48th and Kelyn Rowe got two attempts. D.C. cleared the first one beyond the end line but on the second Antonio Mlinar Delamea put his head on the ball, directing it into defender Sean Franklin and deflecting past keeper Bill Hamid.
RED BULLS 2, CREW 0: In Harrison, N.J., Luis Robles had two saves to earn his fourth shutout and Alex Muyl scored early to spark New York over Columbus, leaving the teams tied atop the Eastern Conference standings.
FC DALLAS 1, SPORTING KC 0: In Frisco, Texas, Maynor Figueroa scored his first goal of the season and Jesse Gonzalez earned his 10th career shutout and FC Dallas defeated Sporting Kansas City.
Dallas broke through in the 77th minute of the even match between teams that have now conceded just three goals apiece this season.