Arango's hat trick leads LAFC past Pepi-less FC Dallas

FRISCO, Texas (AP) – Cristian Arango’s hat trick, which included two goals four minutes apart late in the second half, led LAFC over a Ricardo Pepi-less FC Dallas team 3-2 on Wednesday night. Pepi did not play after injuring a foot last week in the U.S. national team’s win over Costa Rica. Arango tied it at 1 in the 33rd minute on a penalty kick that goalkeeper Phelipe Megiolaro got a hand on but the ball rolled over the line. Arango had a sliding finish of Daniel Musovski’s pass to tie it at 2 in the 75th, and then gave LAFC its first lead four minutes later. Arango has 11 goals in 13 games with LAFC (11-12-7) this season, including two on Saturday. Dallas (6-14-10) has been eliminated from playoff contention. Ryan Hollingshead opened the scoring in the 10th by slotting it inside the far post, and Franco Jara gave Dallas a 2-1 lead just before halftime. SEATTLE SOUNDERS 1, COLORADO RAPIDS 1 COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) – Cristian Roldan scored his fifth goal in sixth games, and Seattle tied Colorado to clinch a top-four seed in the MLS playoffs. Seattle (17-6-7) is six points ahead of Colorado (14-6-10) and Kansas City (15-7-7) in the race for the top spot in the Western Conference. The Sounders host Sporting KC on Saturday. Léo Chú set up Roldan’s tying goal in the 81st minute by dribbling to the edge of the 18-yard box and sending the ball across the goal for a sliding finish in traffic. Colorado forward Dom Badji headed in Jack Price’s corner kick in the 66th. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 3, D.C. UNITED 2 Adam Buksa, Carles Gil and Gustavo Bou all scored after halftime to give New England a win over D.C. New England (21-4-6) extended its undefeated run to eight games, and notched its third straight victory over D.C. United (12-13-5) this season. With four matches remaining in the regular season, the Revolution are three points shy of tying the single-season points record of 72 set by LAFC in the 2019 season. Buksa and Gil scored three minutes apart to give New England a 2-1 lead in the 64th minute. Buksa headed in Tommy McNamara’s cross to the penalty spot for his 14th goal of the season. And Gil cut back his defender along the 18-yard line and took another touch for clear shooting lane. Bou made it 3-1 in the 79th by sending home a deflected shot of Buksa’s back-heel pass. D.C. United struck first in the 51st when Ola Kamara’s shot on a counter attack went off the post and fell to the feet of Nigel Robertha for an easy finish into an empty net. Ramón Ã�bila added a header goal in the 93rd. MINNESOTA UNITED 3, PHILADELPHIA UNION 2 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Robin Lod and Franco Fragapane scored goals a few minutes apart as Minnesota beat Philadelphia. Emanuel Reynoso stole a pass in the attacking third and pulled the Philadelphia defense with him in the center before playing a back-heel pass to Lod for a one-touch finish to tie the game 2-2 in the 63rd minute. Fragapane gave Minnesota a 3-2 lead when he headed home the rebound of a shot by Adrien Hunou in the 67th minute. Minnesota (12-10-8) has won back-to-back games following a three-game winless skid. Fragapane’s first goal came in the 41st minute, playing a slow roller that led Hunou to the corner of the 6-yard box for a one-touch finish. Philadelphia’s Daniel Gazdag scored just before halftime and again in the 54th – just his second and third goals in MLS – to give the Union a 2-1 lead. Philadelphia (12-8-10) had its six-game unbeaten streak snapped. NASHVILLE SC 1, COLUMBUS CREW 1 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Hany Mukhtar scored in the 77th minute and Joe Willis had five saves as Nashville tied Columbus.