Eryk Williamson scored nine minutes into the match, Antony Alves Santos added two goals before halftime and the Portland Timbers rolled to a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids in a season opener on Saturday night. Phil Neville earns the victory in his first match as manager of the Timbers. Neville was let go by Inter Miami last season — six weeks before Lionel Messi’s … Continue reading Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids

Head coach Nico Estévez was able to test his new formation in an official game following several months of experimentation through the preseason. The 3-4-3 formation saw newcomer Logan Farrington play up top with Bernard Kamungo and Paul Arriola on either side. The back-three of Nkosi Tafari, Sebastien Ibeagha and Sam Junqua was flanked by wingbacks Herbert Endeley and Dante Sealy. In the middle, veterans Asier Illarramendi … Continue reading FC Dallas wins season opener 2-1 against San Jose Earthquakes

Houston’s Gabriel Segal scored eight minutes after Sporting Kansas City’s Erik Thommy found the net in the second half and the Dynamo rallied to forge a 1-1 draw in a season opener on Saturday night. After a scoreless first half, Sporting KC grabbed the lead on Thommy’s netter in the 61st minute. Segal answered in the 69th as both teams earned a point. Steve Clark … Continue reading Dynamo, Sporting KC play to 1-1 draw in season opener

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — Samuel Adeniran scored late in the second half to rally St. Louis City to a 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Adeniran’s goal in St. Louis City’s opener came in the 79th minute, five minutes after Cristian Arango’s netter had given Real Salt Lake a 1-0 lead. Roman Bürki had two saves for St. Louis City. Zac … Continue reading St Louis City, Real Salt Lake play to 1-1 draw

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Robin Lod scored a first-half goal, Alejandro Bran debuted with a goal during second-half stoppage time and Minnesota United held off Austin FC 2-1 on Saturday night. Lod scored in the 34th minute and Minnesota United took a 1-0 lead into halftime. Bran added an insurance goal in the first minute of stoppage and it came in handy when defender Guilherme … Continue reading Minnesota United to 2-1 victory over Austin in opener

Christian Benteke scored his second career MLS hat trick to lead host D.C. United to a 3-1 victory over the 10-man New England Revolution in both teams’ regular season opener on Saturday night. After leading D.C. with 14 goals last season, the former Liverpool and Crystal Palace attacker began the new campaign with goals in 34th minute, 72nd minute and then in second-half stoppage time to lift the Black and Red to the win. … Continue reading Christian Benteke’s hat trick lifts D.C. United over Revs

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Pedro Gallese finished with five saves for Orlando City, Jonathan Sirois stopped four shots for CF Montreal and the clubs played to a scoreless draw in a season opener on Saturday night. Gallese has not allowed a goal in the first match of a season since he joined Orlando City in 2020, posting a 2-0-3 record. Orlando City has opened each … Continue reading Orlando City’s Gallese, Montreal’s Sirois stellar in scoreless opener

Daniel Gazdag scored in the third minute of stoppage time to allow the host Philadelphia Union to complete a 2-2 draw against Chicago Fire FC on Saturday in Chester, Pa. Mikael Uhre added one goal for the Union (0-0-1, one point) in their season opener. Goalkeeper Andre Blake was injured and unavailable, so Oliver Semmle made his Union debut. Brian Gutierrez had one goal and one assist while Fabian Herbers also scored for Chicago Fire FC (0-0-1, … Continue reading Gazdag’s late goal earns Philadelphia draw with Chicago

Adilson Malanda scored his first career MLS goal as host Charlotte FC held on for a 1-0 victory over New York City Football Club as coach Dean Smith made a winning debut. Playing in his 36th MLS game since signing with Charlotte on Aug. 4, 2022, Malanda got his elusive goal on a scramble near the net. Kerwin Vargas was awarded a corner kick after NYCFC goaltender Matt Freese stopped Júnior Urso. … Continue reading Charlotte edge MLS opener with NYCFC

The Black & Gold defeat the Seattle Sounders, 2-1, for a league-record seventh consecutive season-opening win. If the start of Los Angeles Football Club’s seventh season in Major League Soccer is any indication, it could be. Dispatching the Seattle Sounders, 2-1, in a midday match at BMO Stadium, LAFC (1-0-0, 3 points) secured a league record seventh straight MLS regular season opening day victory, adding … Continue reading LAFC starts the season with an MLS-record victory