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Fire dominate Minnesota United in road shutout
Chris Brady made four saves as the Chicago Fire put together a complete performance in a 3-0 shutout of Minnesota United FC on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Chicago (13-11-6, 45 points) put the match away in the 70th minute when Philip Zinckernagel received a pass at the top of the 18-yard box...
Whitecaps stay hot, eliminate Sporting KC from playoff contention
Edier Ocampo and Kenji Cabrera scored in the first half and the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps defeated Sporting Kansas City 2-0 on Saturday night.,The Whitecaps (16-6-7, 55 points) remain in contention for the top record in the MLS with the victory. Cabrera's goal was the first of his MLS career in h...
Two-TD underdog San Diego State stuns Cal 34-0
Jordan Napier caught nine passes for 154 yards and a touchdown to help San Diego State to a surprising 34-0 victory against visiting California in a nonconference game on Saturday night.,Jayden Denegal completed 15 of 18 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown, and the defense contributed two scores fo...
Dallas swarms Rapids, moves up Western standings
Petar Musa and Chris Cappis had first-half goals as FC Dallas defeated the Colorado Rapids 3-1 on Saturday evening in a key Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas., ,Dallas (9-11-10, 37 points) moved from 11th to ninth place in the West and within a win over the Rapids (11-14-6, 39 points) with t...
Carlos Coronel's shutout vs. Montreal helps Red Bulls stay in hunt
Carlos Coronel made six saves for his 10th clean sheet of the season as the visiting New York Red Bulls kept their MLS Cup playoff hopes alive with a 2-0 victory at CF Montreal on Saturday night.,Tim Parker and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting each scored goals for New York (12-12-7, 43 points), which remai...
San Diego FC tie MLS expansion mark in draw at Atlanta
Anders Dreyer scored a goal and Carlos Dos Santos made four saves as Western Conference-leading San Diego FC tied the MLS record for points by an expansion team with a 1-1 draw at Atlanta United on Saturday afternoon.,The tie snapped a seven-game road winning streak for San Diego (17-8-6, 57 points)...
Ttwo-TD underdog San Diego State stuns Cal 34-0
Jordan Napier caught nine passes for 154 yards and a touchdown to help San Diego State to a surprising 34-0 victory against visiting California in a nonconference game on Saturday night.,Jayden Denegal completed 15 of 18 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown, and the defense contributed two scores fo...
QB Kaidon Salter's big game lifts Colorado past Wyoming
Kaidon Salter threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night and Colorado's offense got going after a slow start to subdue visiting Wyoming 37-20 in Boulder.,Salter, a Liberty transfer who started the season's first two games but didn't play last week in a defeat at Houston, completed 18 of...
Unlikely hero Brendan McSorley's 2 goals help St. Louis City top San Jose
Making his first start for visiting St. Louis City SC, Brendan McSorley recorded a brace and added an assist Saturday night in its 3-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes.,Marcel Hartel also scored a goal for St. Louis (7-17-7, 28 points), which won consecutive matches for just the second time this ye...
FC Cincinnati edge Galaxy, keep pace in playoff chase
FC Cincinnati's two early goals set the tone in a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, allowing the visitors to keep pace in the Eastern Conference and Supporters' Shield races.,Cincinnati jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first 22 minutes on goals from Ender Echenique and Brenner.,It was ...
Bear Bachmeier helps BYU cruise past East Carolina
Bear Bachmeier threw for 246 yards and accounted for two touchdowns while LJ Martin ran for 101 yards and a TD as BYU triumphed over East Carolina 34-13 in Greenville, NC, to remain undefeated.,BYU (3-0) built a 13-3 halftime lead on a pair of Will Ferrin field goals (40, 23) and an Evan Johnson 4-y...
Shohei Ohtani's 53rd HR caps Dodgers' slugfest in win over Giants
Shohei Ohtani hit his league-leading 53rd home run, Max Muncy, Michael Conforto and Tommy Edman added homers of their own and the Los Angeles Dodgers made it three straight over the visiting San Francisco Giants with a 7-5 triumph Saturday night.,After rallying from a four-run deficit to win for the...
Late Thorns goal earns draw vs. Wave, keeps teams level in standings
Reyna Reyes scored in the 86th minute as the Portland Thorns rallied for a 1-1 draw with the visiting San Diego Wave on Saturday night., ,Reyes tapped in a rebound of a Olivia Moultrie free kick from outside the middle of the penalty box that had caromed to her off the bottom of the crossbar., ,Mack...
No. 4 Miami's stiff defense sends Florida spiraling to third straight loss
CharMar Brown rushed for two touchdowns and accounted for 133 scrimmage yards to help No. 4 Miami notch a 26-7 victory over Florida on Saturday night in nonconference play at Miami Gardens, Fla., ,Mark Fletcher Jr. rushed for 116 yards and one score while Brown had 80 yards on the ground and 53 rece...
No. 20 Vanderbilt puts 70 points on Georgia State in rout
Quarterback Diego Pavia threw for 245 yards, ran for 86 yards and accounted for two touchdowns to lead No. 20 Vanderbilt to a 70-21 win over Georgia State on Saturday in Nashville.,Vanderbilt (4-0), motivated by the memory of last year's upset loss to Georgia State in Atlanta, showed no letdown afte...
Brewers reduce magic number to 1 with win over Cardinals
Brice Turang's decisive 10th-inning RBI single lifted the visiting Milwaukee Brewers past the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Saturday -- and pushed them to the brink of another National League Central title.,The magic number for the Brewers (95-60) to win the division is now one. They have a seven-game lea...
Jesus Gomez's last-second FG lifts Arizona State over Baylor
Jesus Gomez drilled a 43-yard field goal as time expired, sending Arizona State to a 27-24 win over Baylor on Saturday night in Waco, Texas.,Arizona State's defense had three takeaways and kept one of the nation's most prolific passers, Baylor's Sawyer Robertson, relatively in check, but the game ca...
No. 4 Miami' stiff defense sends Florida spiraling to third straight loss
CharMar Brown rushed for two touchdowns and accounted for 133 scrimmage yards to help No. 4 Miami notch a 26-7 victory over Florida on Saturday night in nonconference play at Miami Gardens, Fla., ,Mark Fletcher Jr. rushed for 116 yards and one score while Brown had 80 yards on the ground and 53 rece...
Braves rally past reeling Tigers; Detroit lead in AL Central cut to 1
Nacho Alvarez Jr. hit the first two homers of his career and drove in three runs as the visiting Atlanta Braves rallied past Detroit 6-5 on Saturday afternoon, sending the Tigers to their fifth straight loss and reducing their lead in the American League Central to one game over Cleveland.,The secon...
Arch Manning shines as No. 8 Texas rolls past Sam Houston
Arch Manning passed for 309 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two more scores as No. 8 Texas dismantled hapless Sam Houston 55-0 on Saturday evening in Austin, Texas in what amounted to a glorified scrimmage for the Longhorns.,Manning hit of 18 of his 21 throws and connected with eight differen...