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Liel Abada's hat trick powers Charlotte to playoff-clinching win
Liel Abada recorded a hat trick in a span of 16 minutes in the second half after entering as a substitute, and Charlotte FC easily secured a playoff spot with a 4-0 victory over visiting CF Montreal on Wednesday night.,Abada notched the third hat trick in team history by scoring in the 67th, 79th an...
Rapids, Earthquakes come out of testy bout with 2-2 draw
Jack Jasinski headed in the tying goal in the 83rd minute as the San Jose Earthquakes played the visiting Colorado Rapids to a 2-2 tie on Wednesday night.,Reid Roberts scored a first-half goal for the Earthquakes, who are winless over their past five matches (0-1-4). San Jose (13-9-10, 49 points) dr...
Jonathan Bond stops 6 shots as Dynamo shut out Sounders
Lucas Halter scored in the 26th minute Wednesday night and Jonathan Bond made six saves as the visiting Houston Dynamo blanked the Seattle Sounders 1-0.,Playing nearly its entire team in the 18-yard box for most of the last 15 minutes, Houston (14-9-9, 51 points) snapped a seven-match winless streak...
Whitecaps rout San Diego to move to brink of clinching West top seed
Brian White scored his team-leading 18th goal and his first in six matches as the Vancouver Whitecaps romped to a 4-1 win Wednesday night, eliminating San Diego FC from playoff contention.,Ryan Gauld scored one goal and assisted another, and Aleksa Cvetkovic and Bruno Caicedo also scored for Western...
Kristoffer Velde’s brace carries Timbers past St. Louis City
Kristoffer Velde had two goals and an assist as the Portland Timbers earned a vital 3-2 road win over St. Louis City on Wednesday.,All three Portland goals came between the 42nd and 48th minutes, all resulting from an attack down the left side. David Da Costa tallied a goal and an assist and James P...
Minnesota United come alive late in comeback win over Kansas City
Mauricio Gonzalez scored the go-ahead goal in the 76th minute as Minnesota United scored three goals in the final 20 minutes to rally for a 3-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn., ,Anthony Markanich and Kelvin Yeboah also scored goals and Drake Callender made t...
Nashville, Union generate little offense in 0-0 draw
On a night where both teams failed to create many chances, Nashville SC and the visiting Philadelphia Union played to a 0-0 draw on Wednesday.,Nashville (21-3-8, 71 points) saw its MLS record-tying 10-match home winning streak come to an end, but stretched its overall unbeaten streak to eight matche...
Jonathan Bamba's goal, assist lead Fire to draw against Orlando City
Jonathan Bamba had a goal and an assist in the second half and Maren Haile-Selassie scored the tying goal as the host Chicago Fire rallied to earn a 2-2 draw with Orlando City on Wednesday night.,Haile-Selassie's equalizer came in the 69th minute as Chicago's unbeaten streak against Orlando reached ...
Crew shut out FC Dallas, rise into Eastern Conference playoff spot
Gonzalo Tapia and Santi Rodriguez scored and Patrick Schulte made seven saves as the streaking Columbus Crew defeated FC Dallas 2-0 in Frisco, Texas, on Wednesday to move into a playoff spot.,Tapia scored in the 18th minute before Rodriguez extended the lead in the 70th for the Crew (12-15-5, 41 poi...
RSL move into playoff position with comeback win over Austin
Morgan Guilavogui and Saba Lobjanidze each found the net in a decisive six-minute span midway through the second half as Real Salt Lake moved into playoff position with a 2-1 win over host Austin FC on Wednesday.,RSL (12-13-6, 42 points) leapt over the idle Los Angeles Galaxy into eighth place in th...
Benie Traore’s late goal gives NYCFC win over United
Benie Traore's spectacular goal five minutes into second-half stoppage time gave New York City FC a critical 2-1 win over visiting Atlanta United on Wednesday.,Traore came off the bench as a substitute for Hannes Wolf in the 90th minute, and needed only five minutes to find his second goal of the se...
Josh Sargent scores winner as Toronto ends D.C.'s playoff hopes
Josh Sargent had a goal and an assist as Toronto FC kept their playoff hopes alive with a 2-1 win over visiting D.C. United on Wednesday, a result that eliminated D.C. from postseason contention.,Sargent netted the winning goal in the 86th minute as the Reds (9-11-12, 39 points) completed the comeba...
Inter Miami score late to eke out draw against FC Cincinnati
Riquelme Fillipi's first goal for Inter Miami salvaged a 2-2 draw with visiting FC Cincinnati on Wednesday after a wild finish in which the sides scored three of the match's four goals in the final 15 minutes.,Kenji Mboma Dem and Samuel Gidi scored in the 80th and 86th minutes, respectively, to put ...
Liel Abada's hat trick powers Charlotte FC past Montreal CF to secure playoff spot
Liel Abada recorded a hat trick in a span of 16 minutes in the second half after entering as a substitute. Charlotte FC easily secured a playoff spot with a 4-0 victory over visiting Montreal CF on Wednesday night.,Abada notched the third hat trick in team history by scoring in the 67th, 79th and 83...
Daniel Gazdag scores late to help Revs pull out win over Red Bulls
Dor Turgeman scored twice and Daniel Gazdag netted a late winning goal as the New England Revolution pulled out a 3-2 win over the New York Red Bulls Wednesday night in Foxborough, Mass.,The victory marked the fourth straight win for New England (18-10-4, 58 points), keeping it in second place in th...
Dynamo out to prevent Sounders from clinching playoff berth
While the Seattle Sounders are closing the season strong as they pursue a playoff spot, the playoff-bound Houston Dynamo are struggling.,The teams meet Wednesday night in Seattle, with Houston hoping to snap a seven-match winless streak and the Sounders aiming to earn points for the 12th time in 13 ...
Rapids welcome pressure, aim for rare road win vs. Earthquakes
The Colorado Rapids take aim at clinching a Western Conference playoff berth when they visit the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night.,The Rapids (12-13-6, 42 points) can get in by beating the Earthquakes and having both the Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake lose or tie their respective matches...
First-place Whitecaps try to stay focused as San Diego bids for upset
San Diego FC will seek an upset victory to boost their fading playoff hopes Wednesday night when they visit a Vancouver Whitecaps side trying to secure the top seed in the Western Conference.,After finishing atop the West in their first regular season in 2025, 12th-place San Diego (8-12-11, 35 point...
Red-hot Columbus, Dallas jostle for seeding in late-season clash
Crunch time has arrived in MLS with two of the hottest teams pushing for every point for differing reasons when Columbus visits FC Dallas on Wednesday.,While Dallas (15-7-9, 54 points) has secured a playoff spot, it trails first-place Vancouver by one point with three matches left and is eyeing home...
St. Louis City out to shake mini league slump vs. visiting Timbers
With a busy stretch behind them and their first-ever trophy secured, St. Louis City can focus on a push for the top Western Conference playoff seed when they welcome the Portland Timbers on Wednesday.,St. Louis (14-8-9, 51 points) is back home after playing three consecutive matches on the road. Tha...