MLS-leading Revolution beat DC United 3-2

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Tommy McNamara and Tajon Buchanan scored four minutes apart in the second half and the New England Revolution beat D.C. United 3-2 on Wednesday night. New England (14-3-4) has won seven of its last eight games – with a draw – to stay atop the Supporters’ Shield race. D.C. United (8-9-3) lost to New England for the fifth straight time. McNamara tied it at 1 in the 49th with a curling shot from distance. Buchanan scored the go-ahead goal in the 53rd, one-touching Emmanuel Boateng cross at the back post. DeJuan Jones made it 3-1 in the 85th by calmly sending home a loose ball from the penalty spot. Paul Arriola opened the scoring for United in the 10th by forcing a turnover near midfield and running past the defense to Edison Flores’ through ball for a calm finish. Ramón Ã�bila capped the scoring for United in the 96th. SOUNDERS 1, FC DALLAS 0 FRISCO, Texas (AP) – Raúl Ruidíaz scored his MLS-leading 14th goal of the season and Seattle beat FC Dallas. Seattle (11-3-6) is unbeaten in its last three games – following a stretch of four losses in five games – and moved a point ahead of Sporting Kansas City atop the Western Conference standings with 39 points . Ruidíaz had a shot blocked by defender Nkosi Tafari but the rebound went directly back to Ruidíaz, who chipped a shot off the crossbar, then the post and into the net in the 63rd minute. Dallas dropped to 5-9-6. TIMBERS 1, SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1, TIE KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – Dániel Sallói scored in second-half stoppage time for his 12th goal of the season and Sporting Kansas City tied Portland. Felipe Mora scored for Portland (7-9-3) in the 17th minute. Kansas City (11-4-5) has earned just two points in its three home matches since the start of July. UNION 1, NEW YORK CITY FC 0 CHESTER, Pa. (AP) – Alejandro Bedoya scored his first goal of the season in Philadelphia’s victory over New York City. Andre Blake had two saves for Philadelphia (8-5-7) to tie Nashville’s Joe Willis and Colorado’s William Yarbrough for the MLS shutout lead with eight. Bedoya banged home a header in the 67th minute off Kai Wagner’s arcing ball from the left sideline. NYCFC (9-6-4) had its unbeaten streak end at six. INTER MIAMI 3, FIRE 2 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Rodolfo Pizarro in second-half stoppage time to give Inter Miami a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Fire on Wednesday night. Pizarro one-touched Victor Ulloa’s pass inside the far post in the 93rd for his first goal of the season. Miami (5-9-4) won its third straight home game, while Chicago (5-10-5) had its road winless streak extended to 18 matches – with 12 losses. Robbie Robinson tied it at 2 for Miami in the 62nd with a chip shot over goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth. Indiana Vassilev also scored for Miami. Francisco Calvo and Luka Stojanovic scored for Chicago. RED BULLS 1, CREW 0 HARRISON, N.J. (AP) – John Tolkin scored in the 33rd minute for his first MLS goal and New York beat Columbus. New York (6-9-4) snapped a seven-game winless streak. Columbus (6-8-6) has lost five straight matches – the longest losing streak by a defending champion since the LA Galaxy dropped seven in a row in 2006. New York goalkeeper Carlos Coronel had his seventh shutout of the season. ATLANTA UNITED 1, TORONTO FC 0 ATLANTA (AP) – Ezequiel Barco scored in the 20th minute and Atlanta beat Toronto. Atlanta (5-6-9) has won three in a row following a 12-game winless streak and is unbeaten in its last four. Toronto (3-11-6) has an MLS-low 15 points. WHITECAPS 2, AUSTIN FC 1 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Brian White had a sliding finish in the 74th minute to help Vancouver beat Austin FC.

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