Sounders top St. Louis, secure second seed in West
Albert Rusnak scored his fifth goal of the season early to help the visiting Seattle Sounders secure a 2-0 victory over St. Louis City on Saturday night and the second Western Conference seed in the MLS Cup Playoffs. Reed Baker-Whiting and Leo Chu helped force an own-goal that doubled Seattle’s lead before halftime as the […]
Sporting KC top Minnesota, squeeze into play-in game
Johnny Russell scored a brace with a goal in each half as Sporting Kansas City defeated Minnesota United 3-1 Saturday night in Kansas City, Kan. The victory, combined with a loss by Portland and a San Jose tie, allows SKC to secure the eighth spot in the Western Conference playoffs. SKC will host No. 9 […]
Denis Bouanga scores 20th goal as LAFC, Whitecaps draw
Denis Bouanga added to his league-best goal-scoring total to help Los Angeles FC notch a 1-1 tie against the host Vancouver Whitecaps in the regular-season finale for both teams on Saturday night. Ali Ahmed scored the tying goal in the second half for the Whitecaps. The tie dropped Los Angeles FC (14-10-10, 52 points) into […]
Diego Luna scores late as Real Salt Lake edges Rapids
Diego Luna scored in the 74th minute to lift Real Salt Lake past the host Colorado Rapids 1-0 on Saturday night. The goal ensured Real Salt Lake (14-12-8, 50 points) home-field advantage in the opening round of the MLS playoffs. Luna kept the ball in play on the left boundary and fired it into the […]
Bernard Kamungo records brace as FC Dallas crush Galaxy
Bernard Kamungo scored twice in the first half before exiting with an apparent injury as FC Dallas clinched seventh place in the Western Conference with a 4-1 rout of the LA Galaxy on Saturday night in Carson, Calif. Kamungo scored in the fourth and 30th minutes to help Dallas (11-10-13, 46 points) qualify for the […]
Griffin Dorsey nets brace as Dynamo eliminate Timbers
Griffin Dorsey scored a brace to lead Houston Dynamo FC to a 3-1 road win over the Portland Timbers on Saturday, eliminating Portland on MLS Decision Day. Houston (14-11-9, 51 points) secured fourth place in the Western Conference with the win. The Dynamo will have the home-field advantage when they face fifth-place Real Salt Lake […]
Jackets prevail in OT in back-and-forth affair with Wild
Adam Fantilli scored his first career NHL goal and Jack Roslovic tallied the overtime winner to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday in Saint Paul, Minn. Justin Danforth, Kent Johnson and Boone Jenner also scored for the Blue Jackets, who completed a sweep of a back-to-back. Goaltender […]
BYU handles error-prone Texas Tech
BYU’s defense took full advantage of Texas Tech’s rash of turnovers and its offense was efficient when it needed as the Cougars emerged with a 27-14 victory in a matchup of two Big 12 Conference teams desperate for a bounce back on Saturday. With freshman quarterback Jake Strong making his first career start, the Red […]
No. 19 LSU manhandles Army 62-0
Jayden Daniels threw three touchdown passes and rushed for another as No. 19 LSU rolled to a 62-0 victory over Army in a nonconference game Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La. Daniels completed 11 of 15 passes for 279 yards, and Brian Thomas Jr. (122 receiving yards) and Malik Nabers (121) each caught two touchdown […]
Kansas State nearly unstoppable in clobbering TCU
Will Howard and Avery Johnson alternated drives at quarterback for Kansas State, and the Wildcats walloped TCU 41-3 Saturday night in Manhattan, Kan., in a rematch of last season’s Big 12 Championship Game. Kansas State scored on six of its first seven drives to seize control of the game and seven of nine possessions overall. […]
