Soccer Week (6 of 8): DC United Beats L.A. Galaxy 2-2

This image above is of Ghana international Dominic Oduro who kicked in the winner for the Columbus Crew as the Ohio-team beat the Montreal Imapct 2-1. Oduro's goal came in the 78th minute of the play. Earlier, Chad Marshall scored a Crew goal in the 66th minute.

But, our slightly misleading header (no pun intended, yeah no one will get that in Latvia) refers to D.C. United's 2-2 tie with the Los Angeles Galaxy, a mere two days prior to yesterday's tragic shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, near the U.S. Capitol Building.

The L.A. Galaxy were the highly favored team with a significantly better record, but thanks to a goal from DCU's Kyle Porter in the 84 minute, the home team 'upset' the star-studded visiting team, which features Irish national team captain Robbie Keane who scored in the 7th minute of play.

In weekend play, American Ricardo Clark scored the lone goal in the 52nd minute of play to help the Houston Dynamo beat the Philadelphia Union 1-0.

And, tonight, Sporting Kansas City had a come from behind tie with Repal Esteli, a visiting soccer team from Nicaragua, who was playing SKC in the CONACAF Cup. The final score of that game was 1-1.

Here are the scores from weekend MLS play:

Montreal 1 Columbus 2

DC United 2 L.A. Galaxy 2 (tie)

Philadelphia 0 Houston 1

Chicago 3 New England 2

Colorado 2 Dallas 1

Chivas (LA) 1 Portland 1, tie

San Jose 0 Vancouver 0, tie

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Parade of Nations (Four of Four)_ Ghana-Zimbabwe

Here is our final list of flag-bearers from the Parade of Nations which occurred during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics:

Ghana: Maxwell Amponsah (men's boxing)

Mexico: Maria Espinoza (pictured below, women's taekwondo)

Morocco: Wliam Dislam (women's taekwondo)

Nicaragua: Michelle Richardson (An swimmer born in Nicaragua, she won silver while competing for the United States at age 15 during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics).

Norway: Miras Versas Larsen (women's canoeing)

South Korea: Yoon Kyung-shin (pictured middle, handball, South Korea is having a great Olympics so far with two golds, two silvers and two bronze medals).

Zambia: Prince Mumba (men's track and field)

Zimbabwe: Kirsty Coventry (pictured top, women's swimming)