Diaz, Zardes score in Columbus' 2-1 win over Toronto FC

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Luis Diaz and Gyasi Zardes scored in the first half and Columbus held off Toronto FC for a 2-1 win on Saturday. Diaz opened the scoring in the 12th minute and Zardes gave Columbus (3-2-2) a 2-0 lead nine minutes later just after he’d had a goal waved off for offside Ayo Akinola scored for Toronto (1-4-2) in the 52nd. NASHVILLE 2, ATLANTA UNITED 2, TIE ATLANTA (AP) – Hany Mukhtar scored two late goals to help Nashville tie Atlanta. Mukhtar cut the deficit in the 80th minute and tied it in the 83rd. Nashville is 2-0-5, joining Seattle as the only remaining unbeaten teams. Marcelino Moreno and Erik López scored for Atlanta (2-1-4). REVOLUTION 1, FC CINCINNATI 0 CINCINNATI (AP) – Adam Buksa scored on a header in the 70th minute and New England beat FC Cincinnati to remain atop the Eastern Conference standings. The Revolution (5-1-2) extended their unbeaten streak to four games. Cincinnati is 1-4-1. NEW YORK CITY FC 2, LOS ANGELES FC 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ismael Tajouri-Shradi broke a tie in the 90th minute and 10-man New York City FC rallied to beat Los Angeles FC. Jesús Medina scored in the 70th minute to tie it for NYCFC (3-2-2). Tajouri-Shradi added the winner three minutes after Nicolas Acevedo was given a red card. Corey Baird scored for LAFC (2-3-2). RED BULLS 2, ORLANDO CITY 1 HARRISON, N.J. (AP) – Caden Clark and Cristian Cásseres Jr. scored and New York handed Orlando City its first loss of the season. The Red Bulls improved to 3-4-0. Silvester van der Water for Orlando City (3-1-3). SPORTING KANSAS CITY 3, DYNAMO 2 KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – Gianluca Busio had a goal and an assist, Alan Pulido also scored and Sporting Kansas City beat Houston Dynamo. Pulido converted from the penalty spot in the 61st minute to make it 2-1 and Kansas City (5-2-1) led the rest of the way. Gadi Kinda also scored. Matías Vera and Maximiliano Urruti scored Houston. D.C. UNITED 3, INTER MIAMI 0 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Ola Kamara scored twice and Bill Hamid had three saves to help D.C. United beat Inter Miami. Paul Arriola added a goal and an assist for D.C. United (3-5-0). Miami dropped to 2-4-2. EARTHQUAKES 1, GALAXY 0 LOS ANGELES (AP) – San Jose’s Tanner Beason had an own goal in the 70th to hand the victory to Los Angeles. Samuel Grandsir was working down the right side, shed a defender and appeared to center in front of the goal mouth that ricocheted off Beason’s left foot and into the net. The Galaxy are 5-2-0, and San Jose 3-5-0. MINNESOTA UNITED 1, REAL SALT LAKE 1, TIE SANDY, Utah (AP) – Niko Hansen scored his first goal of the season to help Minnesota United tie Real Salt Lake. Hansen, a 26-year-old midfielder who made his first appearance for Minnesota (2-4-1) when he came on in the 65th minute, scored in the 78th minute. Damir Kreilach scored for Real Salt Lake (2-1-3). MONTREAL 1, FIRE 0 CHICAGO (AP) – Mason Toye scored on a header in the 87th minute to lift Montreal past Chicago. Montreal improved to 3-3-2, and Chicago dropped to 1-5-1. ___ More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

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