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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Major League Soccer Scoreboard

Yes, perhaps some European soccer fans are unaware of this, but there is professional soccer league in the United States, which also has three Canadian clubs, called Major League Soccer.

This weekend, league play began in the MLS and it was a good weekend for traditionally strong teams, such as the Los Angeles Galaxy, the Houston Dynamo (pictured) and the Columbus Crew.

For the L.A. Galaxy, American soccer player Mike Magee had three goals (38th min., 68th min. and 74th min.) to lead this team to a 4-0 dismantling of the Chicago Fire.

The Houston Dynamo were helped by a late goal from American futboler Ricardo Clark in the 89th minute to a 2-0 win over our beloved D.C. United.

But, another of our favorite teams the Portland Timbers, which are featured in the cult tv show "Portlandia" on IFC, got a slightly surprising 3-3 tie with the New York Red Bulls. For the Timbers, there were goals from Liberian national Darlington Nagbe and Argentinian player Diego Valeri, which has been nominated for MLS Goal of the Week. Another Argentinian Fabian Espindola kicked in two goals for the Red Bulls in the nationally televised game.

Another Argentinian Frederico Higuain, a stand-out for the Columbus Crew, helped his team soundly defeat Chivas USA of Los Angeles.

Two Canadian teams the Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC also did battle on the field. Gershon Koffie, from Ghana, scored the lone goal for the Whitecaps in the 60th minute of play for their 1-0 triumph.

Here are the scores; the New England Revolution did not play this week:

Sporting Kansas City 3 Philadelphia Union 1

Houston Dynamo 2 D.C. United 0

Vancouver Whitecaps 1 Toronto FC 0

FC Dallas 1 Colorado Rapids 0

Real Salt Lake 2 San Jose Earthquakes 0

L.A. Galaxy 4 Chicago Fire 0

New York Red Bulls 3 Portland Timbers 3

Montreal Impact 1 Seattle Sounders 0

Columbus Crew 3 Chivas USA 0

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