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Three quick tallies lift Minnesota over Houston Dynamo
Bongokuhle Hlongwane scored a brace as Minnesota United tallied three times in a 11-minute span midway through the second half en route to a 3-1 victory over Houston Dynamo on Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn., ,Robin Lod also scored a goal and Wessel Speel finished with one save for the Loons (9...

Ramiro Enrique, Marco Pasalic score twice each as Orlando beats St.Louis
Ramiro Enrique's brace in the first 22 minutes Wednesday night staked visiting Orlando City to a 3-0 lead on its way to a 4-2 win over St. Louis City SC.,Marco Pasalic also notched a brace for Orlando (9-4-6, 33 points), including a marker in the 82nd minute that helped sew up three points for the L...

Sporting KC achieves stunning stoppage-time comeback win against Charlotte FC
Sporting Kansas City scored two goals in two and a half minutes of second-half stoppage time to claim a 2-1 victory over Charlotte FC Wednesday night in Kansas City, Kan.,Mason Toye, a late substitution for Sporting KC, received a beautiful pass from Manu Garcia and redirected it past Charlotte keep...

Bruno Damiani's penalty strike sends Union over Fire
Bruno Damiani's 10th-minute penalty kick held up as the only goal in the Philadelphia Union's 1-0 away win over the Chicago Fire on Wednesday.,The victory extended Philadelphia's club-record unbeaten streak to 11 matches (8-0-3). This outstanding run of play has elevated the Union (12-3-4, 40 points...

Sam Surridge stars as Nashville SC downs New England
Major League Soccer's leading scorer Sam Surridge scored twice to help Nashville SC post a 3-2 victory over the New England Revolution on Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass.,Surridge now paces the league with 14 goals, surpassing Philadelphia's Tai Baribo's 13, while leading Nashville (10-4-5, 35 points)...

Red Bulls extend unbeaten streak against Toronto to 13
The visiting New York Red Bulls extended their unbeaten streak against Toronto FC to 13 matches with a 1-1 draw in a match north of the border on Wednesday.,The Red Bulls (8-7-4, 28 points) are 9-0-4 in those 13 matches. Toronto (3-10-5, 14 points) is winless in its past four MLS matches.,Toronto go...

Evander's two goals, assist lift FC Cincinnati past CF Montreal
Midfielder Evander scored twice and assisted on another goal as FC Cincinnati earned a 3-1 road win over CF Montreal on Wednesday.,Evander, who earned his second straight All-Star nod in his first season with Cincinnati, raised his total to nine goals in MLS regular-season competition this year.,He ...

Columbus Crew have little trouble in dispatching Atlanta United
Jacen Russell-Rowe scored two of the host Columbus Crew's three first-half goals in a thorough 3-1 victory over flailing Atlanta United on Wednesday.,Rowe made the most of his first start since May 24 with goals in the 32nd and 42nd minutes after Andres Herrera staked the Crew (9-3-7, 34 points) to ...

Reigning MVP Lionel Messi joined by four Whitecaps on MLS All-Star team
The Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps placed four players on the 26-man MLS All-Star team that was announced Wednesday by the league.,Forward Brian White, midfielder Sebastian Berhalter, defender Tristan Blackmon and goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka will represent Vancouver in the MLS All-Star ...
How the Club World Cup Is Proving the Power of Local Soccer Support
The Club World Cup is showing U.S. fans that local soccer support—whether MLS, USL or beyond—is just as real and passionate as the European game....

Gold Cup: Canada blanks El Salvador, wins Group B
Jonathan David and Tajon Buchanan scored three minutes apart early in the second half as Canada shut out short-handed El Salvador 2-0, clinching the top spot in CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B play on Tuesday in Houston.,Canada (2-0-1, 7 points) advances to the knockout round, while El Salvador (0-2-1, 1 ...

Gold Cup: Luis Palma's late tally vs. Curacao sends Honduras to knockouts
Luis Palma roofed an unlikely goal early in second-half stoppage time to hand Honduras a 2-1 victory over Curacao and lock up the country's place in the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Tuesday in San Jose, Calif.,After a series of headers that moved the ball jaggedly through Honduras' att...

San Diego FC challenge Whitecaps for top spot in the West
Western Conference supremacy will be on the line Wednesday night when the expansion San Diego FC visit the Vancouver Whitecaps.,Upstart San Diego (10-5-3, 33 points) is 6-1-0 in its last seven MLS matches to move within two points of Vancouver (10-2-5, 35 points), which boasts a 6-1-2 record at home...

Rapids look to get back in win column vs. hapless Galaxy
Hovering just above the playoff line in the Western Conference standings, the Colorado Rapids hope to shake a three-game losing streak when they get a visit from the disappointing Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday in Commerce City, Colo.,The Rapids (6-8-4, 22 points) return from a 10-day break followi...

Rapids look to get back in win colum vs. hapless Galaxy
Hovering just above the playoff line in the Western Conference standings, the Colorado Rapids hope to shake a three-game losing streak when they get a visit from the disappointing Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday in Commerce City, Colo.,The Rapids (6-8-4, 22 points) return from a 10-day break followi...

Gold Cup: Panama beats Jamaica, completes sweep of Group C
Ismael Diaz posted a hat trick in the final match of Group C play as Panama completed its sweep of the group with a 4-1 victory over Jamaica on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.,Diaz had two goals in 17 minutes before Amari'i Bell answered for Jamaica. But Diaz completed the hat trick by sending a penalty k...

Gold Cup: Guatemala beats Guadeloupe to place 2nd in Group C
Jose Pinto, Olger Escobar and Rubio Rubin found the back of the net to lift Guatemala to a 3-2 win over Guadeloupe in CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C action Tuesday in Houston.,That win, combined with Jamaica's loss to Panama on Tuesday, pushed Guatemala (2-1-0, 6 points) into second place in the group an...

Charlotte FC continues long road stretch at Sporting KC
Charlotte FC have a perilous hold on an Eastern Conference playoff spot as they meet Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday in Kansas City, Kan.,Sporting KC only wish they could say a similar thing.,Charlotte (8-9-1, 25 points) shares ninth place in the East with Chicago, but holds the final playoff spot...

Coming off hat trick, Joao Klauss leads St. Louis City vs. Orlando City
St. Louis City SC interim coach David Critchley said Joao Klauss has many good attributes as a player, but values one above all others.,"We want our No. 9 scoring goals," Critchley said of Klauss.,Klauss did that in the team's last match on June 15, scoring a hat trick in St. Louis City's 3-3 home t...

Middling FC Dallas, Earthquakes look to expand on recent success
FC Dallas will lean on their home-pitch advantage to build on a three-match unbeaten streak when they clash with the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday in Frisco, Texas, as MLS returns to action following the midseason international break.,San Jose begins the week in eighth place in the Western Confe...