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

Nacho Gil scored during first-half stoppage time to lift the New England Revolution to their first point of the season thanks to a 1-1 draw against the Chicago Fire on Saturday afternoon in Foxborough, Mass. New England’s Caleb Porter became the 13th MLS coach to manage 300 regular-season matches in the league. He is 5-1-9 in 15 meetings with Chicago. In the 67th minute, Revolution goalkeeper Earl Edwards Jr. made amends for an egregious failed

Lewis Morgan scored three goals against his former team as the host New York Red Bulls beat Inter Miami 4-0 on Saturday afternoon in Harrison, N.J. Miami star Lionel Messi missed his third straight match with a mild right hamstring injury. Miami (3-2-1, 10) points fell to 1-2-0 without him due to its inability to stop Morgan, who spent two seasons with them before joining the Red Bulls. Morgan notched his second career hat trick

Luciano Acosta scored a goal and added an assist after coming off the bench at halftime and FC Cincinnati held on to a 2-1 victory at the New England Revolution on Sunday afternoon. Yuya Kubo added a goal for Cincinnati (2-0-2, 8 points), which has earned both of its MLS victories on the road this season. Acosta began on the bench after the 2023 MLS MVP played all 90 minutes of Cincinnati’s 2-1 defeat at