MLS ROUNDUP: Red Bulls apos; Andres Reyes Is Sent Off St. Louis Go Top

The New York Red Bulls ironically saw too much red Saturday night as Andrés Reyes was sent off in their 3-0 defeat to Orlando City. 
Facundo Torres had two goals in the second half, including a penalty-kick score, as Orlando City defeated the Red Bulls.
Orlando City (6-4-5) beat the Red Bulls (4-6-7) for a second time this season and a fourth straight time in all competitions.

The only other team Orlando City beat four straight times in all competitions was the Columbus Crew from 2018-21.

Iván Angulo gave Orlando City an early lead when he took passes from Wilder Cartagena and César Araújo in the 18th minute and scored his third goal of the season.
Torres made it 2-0 with a PK goal in the 52nd minute.

Torres' goal came five minutes after New York's Andrés Reyes was sent off with a red card, forcing the Red Bulls to play a man down the rest of the match.
The New York Red Bulls suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Orlando City Saturday night 
Andrés Reyes was sent off, forcing the Red Bulls to play a man down the rest of the match
Torres added his fourth goal of the campaign when he scored unassisted in the 72nd minute.
Pedro Gallese stopped two shots to earn his fourth clean sheet of the season for Orlando City.

Carlos Coronel finished with two saves for the Red Bulls.
The Red Bulls saw a three-match win streak at home end. The Red Bulls entered play having conceded just six goals at home this season. It was the first time New York yielded multiple goals in 10 home matches.
New York had a 14-7 advantage in shots but five of Orlando's were on goal to just two for the Red Bulls.
Orlando City improves to 4-1-2 on the road this season.
Orlando City returns home to host the Colorado Rapids on Saturday.

The Red Bulls are idle.
ST LOUIS 3-0 HOUSTON DYNAMO
Eduard Lowen scored one goal, assisted on another and made his presence felt on defense to carry St. Louis City to a 3-0 win over the visiting Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.
Lowen's ninth-minute penalty kick opened the scoring and his long free kick set up the second goal of the night, helping expansion side St.

Louis (9-4-1, 28 points) leapfrog the Seattle Sounders and move back into first place in the Western Conference.
St. Louis City won their third straight match, while the Dynamo (5-7-3, 18 points) lost for the second time in four days following a 6-2 letdown against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday.
Roman Burki made four saves for St.

Louis. Steve Clark recorded two for Houston.
Lowen now leads St. Louis in goals (five, tied with two teammates) and assists (six). Tomas Ostrak and Nicholas Gioacchini also scored for the hosts.
Eduard Lowen scored one goal and assisted on another to carry St.

Louis City to a 3-0 win
NASHVILLE 2-1 FC DALLAS 
Hany Mukhtar scored late in the second half to rally Nashville SC to a 2-1 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday night.
Mukhtar, the reigning league MVP, took a pass from Daniel Lovitz and scored the winner in the 77th minute.

It was his 10th goal of the season, tying Los Angeles FC's Dénis Bouanga for the league lead. Mukhtar also has seven assists, one behind the league leaders.
Nashville (9-3-4) notched its fourth straight win, improving to 6-0-2 in its last eight matches.
Nashville sits in second place in the Eastern Conference, eight points behind Cincinnati and one in front of the defending conference champion Philadelphia Union.
Hany Mukhtar scored late in the second half to rally Nashville SC to a 2-1 victory
NYCFC 0-0 NEW ENGLAND
New York City FC suffered more misery Saturday afternoon as they lost Braian Cufre to a red card in the 91st minute of a goalless tie against New England Revolution. 
Nick Cushing's team 's MLS woes continued as it saw its run without a win extended to eight games at Yankee Stadium. 
The hosts had chances to break the deadlock throughout the first half but couldn't find the breakthrough. 
They allowed New England a glimpse of hope at the death when they found themselves down to ten men. 
Cufre saw red in the first minute of added time when he ran into DeJuan Jones near midfield stomping down on the instep of his opponents foot.
Braian Cufre saw red in the first minute of added time when he ran into DeJuan Jones (left)
SEATTLE SOUNDERS 0-0 PORTLAND
For the first time in their history as Major League Soccer rivals, the Sounders and Portland Timbers played to a 0-0 draw on Saturday in a match where scoring chances were limited and izkp.ru neither goalkeeper was tested.
The previous 39 MLS matches between the teams - regular and postseason - all featured at least one goal scored.
The draw left the Timbers unbeaten in their past eight games played at Lumen Field.

Portland´s last loss in Seattle was May 27, 2017.
'The past has passed and we have to come every single game and perform and put in a good fight. I thought we did that today,' Portland coach Giovanni Savarese said. 'Unfortunately we didn't get the three points.'
The draw continued a troubling trend for the Sounders when it comes to the biggest opponent on their schedule year after year.

On a resume that's included MLS Cup and CONCACAF Champions League titles won at home in the past six years, the lack of a victory over the Timbers has become more than an annoyance.
The Sounders and Portland Timbers played to a 0-0 draw for the first time in their history 
INTER MIAMI 1-2 DC UNITED
Inter Miami's new era started off the same way the previous one ended - in a disastrous defeat. 
New head coach Javier Morales would have been looking to kickstart the Miami revolution against Wayne Rooney's DC United after replacing another former Manchester United star in Phil Neville this week. 
But Morales's reign couldn't have gotten off to a worse start when Kamal Miller saw red within the opening eight minutes of the MLS clash Saturday night. 
Playing a man down, Miami struggled to fend off the attack of the visitors and DC finally broke the deadlock through Donovan Pines, who finished off a corner while tangled up with goalkeeper Drake Callender and the post.
Christian Benteke looked to have put the game on ice when he got in behind Miami's back line and slipped it past a beleaguered Callender just as the clock hit 90 minutes.
But Ian Fray handed the Herons a lifeline and put a stopper in the flood of fans exiting Drive Pink Stadium by clawing one back with seven minutes of injury time left on the clock. 
Inter Miami's woes continued as it suffered a 2-1 defeat to Wayne Rooney's DC United 
PHILADELPHIA 3-0 MONTREAL
Julián Carranza scored a goal in each half to lead the Philadelphia Union to a 3-0 victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night.
Carranza staked the Union (9-4-3) to a 1-0 lead when he took a pass from Matt Real in the 12th minute and scored.
Philadelphia increased its lead to 2-0 on Mikael Uhre's sixth goal this season - unassisted in the 36th minute.
Carranza used an assist from Dániel Gazdag in the 61st minute to net his ninth goal of the season and cap the scoring.
Andre Blake did not have to make a save to earn his seventh clean sheet for the Union. Blake has 22 shutouts since the start of the 2021 season. If you enjoyed this information and you would certainly such as to get even more information concerning news kindly check out our web page. He has saved 83.6% of shots on goal for his career.

No other goaltender who has faced a minimum of 25 shots is over 80 percent. 
James Pantemis did not have a save, making his second start this season for Montreal (6-9-1).
The Philadelphia Union clinched a 3-0 victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night
CINCINNATI 1-0 CHICAGO
Luciano Acosta scored late in the second half to propel FC Cincinnati to a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night.
Acosta scored his seventh goal of the season when he took a pass from defender Santiago Arias and found the net in the 83rd minute.
Cincinnati (12-1-3) has collected 39 points through the first 16 matches.

Only the 1998 Los Angeles Galaxy had more points (41) at this stage than this season's Supporter's Shield front-runners.
Roman Celentano did not have to make a save in goal for Cincinnati. It was Celentano's eighth clean sheet of the season - one behind Stefan Frei of the Seattle Sounders for the league lead.

Spencer Richey also did not have a save, making his second start of the season for the Fire.
Chicago (3-5-8) falls to 4-14-5 in its last 23 road matches, including 0-4-2 in the last six. The Fire entered play 2-0-2 all-time at Cincinnati and dealt the Eastern Conference leaders their only loss in the club's last 20 matches at home - 3-2 late last season.
Cincinnati improves to 9-0-0 at home this season, tied with the 2020 Philadelphia Union for the second longest win streak to begin a season. The 2002 San Jose Earthquakes set the league record when they won 10 straight.
COLUMBUS 4-2 CHARLOTTE
Christian Ramírez scored in each half, Cucho Hernández added a goal and an assist and the Columbus Crew doubled up Charlotte FC 4-2 on Saturday night.
Ramírez put Columbus (7-6-3) on top early, scoring in the 5th minute.
Hernández notched an assist on Ramírez's fourth goal of the season. The assist gives Hernández, who scored the winner on Wednesday in a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids, a hand in at least one goal in seven straight matches.

He joins Edson Buddle (2003) as the only Crew players to accomplish the feat.
Ramírez, along with Yaw Yeboah, picked up an assist in the 21st minute on a goal by Max Arfsten to make it 2-0. Arfsten's second goal of his rookie season came in his first start and fourth appearance.

He also has two assists. Arfsten was the Crew's first pick - 14th overall - in the 2023 draft.
Hernández scored in the 43rd minute to put the Crew up 3-0 at halftime. Lucas Zelarayán and Aidan Morris had assists on Hernández's third goal this year.
Charlotte (6-8-3) made things interesting when Karol Swiderski found the net in the 56th minute and izkp.ru Justin Meram scored unassisted two minutes later to cut the deficit to 3-2.

Ashley Westwood had an assist on Swiderski's fifth goal of the season. Meram scored his third.
Ramírez pushed the lead back to two one minute after Meram's goal, using assists from Zelarayán and Arfsten.
REAL SALT LAKE 2-1 AUSTIN
Rubio Rubín found the net for the first time this season - scoring a goal in each half - to guide Real Salt Lake to a 2-1 victory over Austin FC on Saturday night.
Rubín staked Real Salt Lake (5-7-4) to a 1-0 lead when he took a pass from Jasper Löffelsend and scored in the 15th minute.

Rubín pushed the lead to 2-0, using assists from Maikel Chang and Andrés Gómez to score in the 81st minute.
Austin (5-7-4) avoided the shutout when Julio Cascante scored in the second minute of stoppage time. Emiliano Rigoni had an assist on Cascante's first goal of the season.
Gavin Beavers had four saves in his third start this season for Real Salt Lake.

Brad Stuver saved four shots for Austin.
Austin picked up its first road win in the series with a 2-1 victory earlier this season. Austin was trying to win three straight at home for the first time.
Rubio Rubín celebrates his goal against Austin FC with teammate Maikel Chang (16)
MINNESOTA 1-1 TORONTO 
Minnesota United struck late in the second half to pull out a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC on Saturday in St.

Paul, Minn.
Minnesota (5-6-5, 20 points) pressed in the late stages and finally got level in the 89th minute when Kervin Arriaga's strike from the top of the box was deflected into the net.
Toronto (3-5-9, 18 points) has scored one goal or fewer in seven of its past eight matches.
Neither side generated much in the early stages of the first half, with both clubs failing to register so much as a shot attempt through the first eight minutes.
But Lorenzo Insigne gave Toronto a 1-0 lead in the 58th minute.

Bernardeschi powered up the middle into the attacking third and sent a quick pass over to Richie Laryea, who a pass through the box to Insigne.
Minnesota United struck late in the second half through Kervin Arriaga to seal a 1-1 tie
COLORADO 0-0 SAN JOSE
San Jose goalkeeper Daniel saved Connor Ronan's second-half penalty kick to help the visiting Earthquakes earn a 0-0 draw against the 10-man Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.
That save helped the Brazilian goalkeeper earn his second consecutive clean sheet and second overall in five starts for San Jose (6-5-5, 23 points) in his first MLS season.
Brought in to compete with JT Marcinkowski for the starting job, Daniel has made the last three starts for the Quakes after missing about two months recovering from knee surgery.
Marko Ilic kept his first clean sheet in his second start for Colorado despite not facing a single San Jose shot on goal.

The Rapids snapped a five-game skid -- their longest since 2019 -- but are now winless in their first eight home matches of the season.
Colorado (2-8-7, 13 points) played the final 39 minutes down a man after Moise Bombito picked up his second yellow card in seven minutes and was sent off.
The visiting San Jose Earthquakes earn a 0-0 draw against the 10-man Colorado Rapids
VANCOUVER 1-1 SPORTING KC
Ryan Gauld scored on a penalty kick late in the second half to rally the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 1-1 draw with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.
Gauld's PK score came in the 88th minute.

It was his second goal of the season for Vancouver (5-5-6).
Sporting KC (4-8-5) grabbed the lead in the 20th minute when Alan Pulido took a pass from Erik Thommy and scored for a second time this season.
The Whitecaps entered play with three straight wins over Sporting KC after going 3-11-4 through the first 18 meetings.

Vancouver set a club record for goals in a 6-2 home win over the Houston Dynamo last time out. It was the most goals ever scored by a team from Canada.
Sporting KC saw its first two-match win streak of the season end.