Gerso, Hurtado help Sporting KC beat Nashville SC

KANSAS CITY, KAN. » Gerso Fernandes and Erik Hurtado scored and Sporting Kansas City rallied to beat Nashville SC 2-1 on Sunday night.

Hurtado slipped a volley under the cross bar to cap the scoring in the 79th minute. Amadou Dia played a long, arcing ball to Hurtado for the right-footed finish. TORONTO FC 1,FC CINCINNATI 0 » Patrick Mullins scored his first goal of the season and Toronto FC extended its winning streak to five games with a 1-0 win over FC Cincinnati on Sunday night.

LOS ANGELES FC 3, SOUNDERS

1» Danny Muskovski scored a pair of goals and Los Angeles FC defeated the Seattle Sounders 3-1 on Sunday night.

Musovski scored on a header from left of the goal mouth off a set piece to give LAFC (7-6-3) a 1-0 lead at the

15th minute.

FIRE 2, DC UNITED 1» C. J. Sapong scored in his first start in nearly three months, Boris Sekulic had his first MLS goal and the Chicago Fire beat D.C. United 2-1 on Sunday night.

Sapong — who missed five games, first for personal reasons and then when he quarantined as part of COVID-19 protocols — put away a volley to open the scoring in the third minute. Álvaro Medrán bent a free kick to the top of the 6-yard box where Sapong flicked in a sliding right-footer.

REVOLUTION2,NEWYORKCITY

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Lee Nguyen had a goal and an assist to make New England history in the Revolution’s 2-1 victory over New York City FC on Sunday at Yankee Stadium.

With the assist, the

34-year-old Nguyen became the first player with at least

50 goals and 50 assists for New England (6-6-4). He had

51 goals and 49 assists with the Revolution from 2012

2018, then returned Sept. 8 in a trade with Inter Miami.

Near midfield, Teal Bunbury tapped a pass to Nguyen, whose one-touch pass led Bunbury through the attacking half before he flicked a left-footer into the net from the center of the area to open the scoring in the third minute.

Nguyen scored his 52nd goal with the franchise when he converted from the spot in the 80th minute after a foul in the area by Alexander Callens.

Callens capped the scoring in the third minute of stoppage time, heading a corner kick by Alexander Ring off the post and into the net.

New York City (8-7-2), which had won three in a row, had 67% possession and outshot the Revs 16-7.

New England’s Matt Turner had seven saves.