Atlanta United comes up short
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Kendall Waston scored twice in the first half and Fredy Montero snapped a fivegame goal drought to help the Vancouver Whitecaps beat expansion Atlanta United 3-1 on Saturday.
Watson tied it at 1 in the 31st minute, and gave Vancouver (6-6-1) the lead in the 44th. Montero scored in the 68th. Greg Garza opened the scoring for Atlanta (5-5-3) in the seventh minute.
Sporting KC 3, Minnesota United 0
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ike Opara, Jimmy Medranda and Saad Abdul-Salaam scored their first goals of the season, Tim Melia had his eighth shutout and Sporting Kansas City beat Minnesota United to move back into first place in the Western Conference.
Sporting KC (7-4-4) improved to 6-0-1 at home, outscoring opponents 16-2. Melia also had eight shutouts in each of the last two seasons after he was signed by KC.
Expansion Minnesota is 4-8-1 overall and 0-5-2 on the road.
Impact 1, Red Bulls 0
MONTREAL — Blerim Dzemaili scored his first MLS goal and Montreal beat New York.
Dzemaili scored in the 67th minute, finishing a give-and-go with Ignacio Piatt by firing a right-footed strike past Luis Robles.
The Swiss international also scored in Montreal’s 4-2 victory over Vancouver in the Canadian Championship on Tuesday night.
The Impact (4-4-4) have won consecutive league games for the first time this season.
The Red Bulls (6-7-2) extended their road losing streak to six games.
New York City FC 2, Union 1
NEW YORK — Maxime Chanot and Alexander Callens scored off corners in the final 10 minutes in New York City’s FC’S victory over Philadelphia.
Chanot rose between two defenders and headed the ball inside the near post off the corner from Maximiliano Morzlez to tie it in the 80th minute.
Callens got the winner for NYCFC (75-3) five minutes later when he knocked in a rebound.