Jamal Thiare scored the first two goals of his MLS career to help Atlanta United to a 3-0 win against the visiting Chicago Fire on Sunday. Giorgos Giakoumakis also scored for Atlanta (3-2-0, 9 points), which is unbeaten as the hosts this season. The Fire (1-3-2, 5 points) had their two-game unbeaten streak snapped. Atlanta picked up the pace and controlled the play and possession as the half progressed, putting up 15 shots, including four

Ryan Raposo scored the go-ahead goal in the 87th minute to give the host Vancouver Whitecaps a 3-2 Cascadia Cup victory over the Portland Timbers on Saturday night. Raposo knocked in a Fafa Picault pass with a right-footed shot near the goal line during a scramble inside the 6-yard box for the game-winner. Picault had a goal and an assist and Ryan Gauld also scored for Vancouver (3-1-1, 10 points), which moved into a tie

Gabriel Pec scored his first MLS goal in the very early stages, and the LA Galaxy made it stand up for a 1-0 victory over the visiting Seattle Sounders in soggy conditions on Saturday night. Joseph Paintsil set up Pec’s goal with his second assist to continue his bright start in MLS with the Galaxy (3-0-3, 12 points), which finally won at home for the first time this season despite their unbeaten start. John McCarthy

Cristian Arango scored three second-half goals, including a go-head marker on a penalty kick, as Real Salt Lake overcame an early defensive lapse to defeat visiting St. Louis City 3-1 on Saturday night at Sandy, Utah. Arango had all of his goals in a span of about 21 minutes, pushing his goals total to five through five games this season. Real Salt Lake (3-2-1, 10 points) has scored more than one goal in each of

Djordje Mihailovic scored his first two goals for his new MLS club during the final 10 minutes and Colorado rallied to a stunning 3-2 victory over visiting LAFC on Saturday afternoon. Mihailovic’s first came on an 83rd-minute free kick while LAFC was still at full strength. His second — an improvisational finish from close range in the 89th — came after LAFC substitute David Martinez was sent off for receiving his second yellow card. Moise

Denis Bouanga scored his first two goals of the season and LAFC snapped out of their attacking funk with a 5-0 thrashing of visiting Nashville SC on Saturday night. Timothy Tillman’s second goal of the season opened the scoring in the ninth minute for the Black-and-Gold, who did not score in their previous three matches. Cristian Olivera and Eduard Atuesta added their first goals late to help LAFC (2-2-1, 7 points) remain unbeaten at home

Jeremy Ebobisse broke a tie late in the second half to lift the San Jose Earthquakes to their first win of the season, 3-2, against the visiting Seattle Sounders on Saturday. Vitor Costa de Brito and Cristian Espinoza also scored for the Earthquakes (1-4-0, 3 points). Raul Ruidiaz and Danny Musovski tallied for the Sounders (0-2-2, 2 points). Both sides struggled to generate much offense early but found opportunities as the opening half progressed. In

Julian Carranza scored twice as the short-handed Philadelphia Union earned their first victory of the season, a shocking 3-1 decision against the host Portland Timbers on Saturday night. Quinn Sullivan also scored and backup goalkeeper Oliver Semmle made six saves for the Union (1-0-3, six points), who were without six starters because of international duty. Jonathan Rodriguez scored a late goal for the Timbers (2-2-1, seven points), who suffered their second straight defeat. Carranza’s goal

Brad Smith scored on an assist from Sebastian Ferreira six minutes into second-half stoppage time to lift the Houston Dynamo to an unlikely 1-0 win over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday in a tentatively played Western Conference clash in Commerce City, Colorado. Smith, who entered the game in the 89th minute, used his left foot to beat Colorado goalkeeper Zach Steffen into the left side of the box, carrying the Dynamo (2-1-1, seven points) to