MLS ROUNDUP First loss for Seattle, DC; Crew still winless
Chris Rolfe's second half goal gave the Chicago Fire a 3-3 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes. Linda Cuttone/Sports Vue Images
FC DALLAS 1, TORONTO FC 1
TORONTO---Pablo Ricchetti’s goal with three minutes left lifted FC Dallas to a 1-1 draw against Toronto FC at BMO Field Saturday.
The 87th minute goal was the first in Ricchetti’s MLS career since entering the league in 2007 and the Hoops first second half goal of the season.
Dwayne DeRosario gave Toronto the lead in the 17th minute, putting in a header on a long throw in from Adrian Serioux.
The point was the first of the season for FC Dallas (0-3-1). Toronto is 1-1-2, with their only winning coming on opening day.
CHICAGO FIRE 3, SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 3
SANTA CLARA, Calif---The Chicago Fire and San Jose Earthquakes played to a 3-3 tie at Buck Shaw Stadium Saturday.
Ryan Johnson gave the Earthquakes a 1-0 lead in just the 14th minute. Logan Pause found Marco Pappa running up field in the 41st minute. Pappa easily finished the shot past Joe Cannon, tying the game at 1-1.
But two minutes later, Bobby Convey snuck an unassisted goal past Fire keeper Jon Busch and into the net for a 2-1 lead just before the half.
Brian McBride tied the game up in the 57th minute, blasting a shot into the net, evening the score at 2-2.
In the 73rd minute, the game got a little out of control. Shea Salinas received a yellow card after taking down Chicago’s Gonzalo Segares. When play resumed, Dasan Robinson took down Bobby Convey for a yellow and a penalty kick, easily converted by San Jose’s Arturo Alvarez.
The Fire got a one-man advantage in the 81st minute, when Salinas exited the game with his second yellow card.
Second-half substitute Chris Rolfe rocketed a shot into the net in the 85th minute, giving the Fire a 3-3 draw. Chicago remains undefeated with a 2-0-2 record, while San Jose is 1-2-1
REAL SALT LAKE 2, D.C. UNITED 1
SANDY, Utah---Javier Morales 80th minute goal lifted Real Salt Lake to a 2-1 victory over D.C. United Saturday afternoon at Rio Tinto Stadium.
The win, RSL’s second straight gave the team their first winning streak since September of 2007 and ended United’s three-game undefeated stretch to begin its 2009 season.
United striker Luciano Emilio found the back of the net for the third consecutive contest in the 38th minute, as he headed home an opportunity created by a skilled set of passes in and around the area by Chris Pontius and Fred.
Just two minutes later Real Salt Lake defender Jamison Olave stayed up on a failed corner kick opportunity and got his head on the end of a cross from Will Johnson, the Colombian’s shot beating United ‘keeper Louis Crayton to equalize things heading into the halftime break.
NEW YORK RED BULLS 0, HOUSTON DYNAMO 0
HOUSTON--- Despite losing regular goalkeeper Danny Cepero to a concussion in the opening minutes and playing 13 minutes at a man disadvantage, the New York Red Bulls managed to play the Houston Dynamo to a 0-0 draw at Robertson Stadium.
Rookie Alec Dufty, who did not have a minute of MLS experience prior to the match, acquitted himself well as he and Cepero combined on the shutout.
The result left the Red Bulls winless (0-2-2, two points) and at the bottom of the Eastern Conference after four matches with two paltry points. The Dynamo also are 0-2-2.
The Red Bulls lost right fullback Carlos Johnson to a red card in the 77th minute after a tough tackle on the Dynamo's Geoff Cameron in the right corner.
COLORADO RAPIDS 1, COLUMBUS CREW 1
COLUMBUS, Ohio--– The Colorado Rapids earned a big point away from home, while keeping the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew still winless on the season, with a 1-1 draw Saturday night at Crew Stadium.
Guillermo Barros Schelotto, who earlier in the match hit the crossbar on a free kick, scored the match’s opening goal in the 41st minute putting Columbus up 1-0. Defender Gino Padula played the ball into the box for Emmanuel Ekpo on the left side. Ekpo then found Schelotto near the penalty spot, as the Crew captain punched in the goal to the lower right corner.
Conor Casey found the back of the net for the visiting Rapids in the 82nd minute to even the score, with his fourth in Colorado’s last two matches.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 1, SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 0
SEATTLE- Davy Arnaud scored in the 80th minute to lift the Kansas City Wizards to a 1-0 victory over the shorthanded Seattle Sounders FC, 1-0, at Qwest Field on Saturday night.
Arnaud’s goal was the first in 350 minutes against the Sounders FC defense this season. Finding time in the midfield to set up a touch and shot, Arnaud beat goalkeeper Ben Dragavon to the lower right off a square pass from Jack Jewsbury 20 yards out.
It was the first defeat for Seattle (3-1-0), which dropped one point behind Chivas USA in the MLS Western Conference. Kansas City (2-2-0) won its second game in a row and moved up to third in the East.
The Sounders played a man down for 60 minutes after starting goalkeeper Kasey Keller was sent off the field with a red card in the 30th minute of the match. Keller was called for a handball outside the penalty area on a shot by the Wizards’ Herculez Gomez.
