Danny Musovski came off the bench and tallied twice and Pedro de la Vega had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Sounders defeated the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 3-2 on Saturday night in a Western Conference matchup.

Goalkeeper Andrew Thomas, starting his third straight match for the injured Stefan Frei (concussion), made five saves for the Sounders (10-6-7, 37 points), who extended their unbeaten streak to five matches (3-0-2) since competing in the Club World Cup.

Preston Judd and Cristian Arango scored for San Jose (7-9-8, 29 points) and goalie Daniel stopped six shots.

De la Vega scored what proved to be the winner in the 69th minute. Cristian Roldan’s pass sent de la Vega alone down the left wing and he pulled up for a 20-yard shot into the far side netting just out of the reach of a diving Daniel.

The Earthquakes opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Jamar Ricketts drove the ball to the end line on the left wing and sent a low cross that Judd redirected into the next from three yards out.

The Sounders wasted little time in getting the equalizer, as Obed Vargas sent the ball to Albert Rusnak on the right wing in the 28th minute. Rusnak’s cross found Musovski about eight yards from the goal and he got his head on the ball over defender Dave Romney and just before Daniel could charge off his line to get to the cross.

Musovski gave the Sounders a 2-1 lead in the 54th minute. Roldan’s long ball from his own half of the field sent de la Vega on a solo run down the left wing. De la Vega drove into the penalty area before sending a cross to Musovski for a header that beat a diving Daniel from the top of the 6-yard box.

The Earthquakes tied it in the 65th minute. Cristian Espinoza’s free kick from about 30 yards out found Judd for a header. Thomas dove to his left to get a hand on the ball, which then ricocheted off the right post and back toward the center of goalmouth, where Arango beat two defenders to the ball to poke it into the net.

Sounders forward Jordan Morris, the franchise’s career scoring leader, had to be substituted off in the 16th minute after suffering a left shoulder injury in a collision with Daniel. Morris and Romney were charging after a long through ball when Daniel came out of the penalty area to clear the ball. Romney turned away and Morris ran into the goalie and pinwheeled into the air, landing on his left arm. Daniel was also attended to after getting hit in the mouth.

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Petar Musa set up the first goal and added a second-half brace Saturday night as FC Dallas secured a rare home win, blanking St. Louis City SC 3-0 in Frisco, Texas.

Musa continued a torrid midseason run that has seen him tally seven goals in the last seven fixtures and a team-high 11 for the season. It also enabled Dallas (6-10-7, 25 points) to earn just its second result in 11 home matches this year, moving it within four points of San Jose and Real Salt Lake for the final Western Conference playoff spot.

St. Louis (4-13-6, 18 points) fell to 2-13-4 since going unbeaten in its first four matches. It was outshot 8-1 in the first half and placed only two shots on frame for the night, allowing goalie Maarten Paes to post Dallas’ third clean sheet of the year.

The only goal Dallas needed came in the 24th minute via Kaick. The 19-year-old Brazilian, acquired via transfer in March, made his first MLS goal memorable. Musa fed him at the top of the box and Kaick wired a shot past Roman Burki into the upper left corner.

Musa, who tallied twice Wednesday night in a 2-2 draw at San Jose, then matched that late in the match to give Dallas breathing room. He chested a long pass to the ground near the top of the box in the 79th minute, dribbled around a defender who had played himself out of position and finished clinically into the lower right corner.

In the 88th minute, Musa converted from the spot after a foul in the box, slotting a shot into the lower left corner just past the outstretched Burki.

St. Louis’ best chances to score came about midway through the second half, but Paes was able to deny Tomas Ostrak and Joao Klauss on shots in the box. That capped an eight-minute stretch that saw the visitors squeeze off six of their 16 shots for the match.

Burki finished with seven saves.

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The Chicago Fire won their seventh match on the road of the 2025 campaign, with a 2-0 victory over CF Montreal on a rather temperate summer night at Stade Saputo. Midfielder Philip Zinckernagel tied a league record when he provided the assist on Chicago’s second goal, recording a goal contribution for a tenth consecutive away match.

Chicago’s (9-9-5, 32 points) typical explosiveness and defensive vulnerabilities were on full display at different points, on a night that offered more action at both ends than the scoreline might imply. Montreal (3-15-6, 15 points) finds itself lingering at the bottom of the conference as its inability to finish chances continues to sting.

The Fire’s devastating counter attack threatened from the get-go. A brilliantly weighted pass from Philip Zinckernagel flew all the way to defender Leonardo Barroso storming up the right flank, whose strike came off the post and into the path of Chicago’s leading goalscorer in Hugo Cuypers, who easily tapped it in during the 13th minute.

In the 54th minute, Jack Elliott had the time and space to angle a header up and over Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois to give his team a 2-0 lead off a floated corner from Zinckernagel. Elliot, standing at a lofty 6-foot-6, had little trouble hopping away from diminutive midfielder Victor Loturi, who had the unfortunate task of marking him on the set piece.

The home side had a number of close calls from open play, though their best chance might have come off a well-struck free kick from Brandan Craig a few yards outside the box in the 21st minute, whose effort was thwarted by a diving Chris Brady. Montreal’s attacking forays into Chicago’s third dissipated in the second half, particularly after veteran defender Omar Gonzalez entered the game.

With the clean sheet, Brady managed to blank Montreal leading scorer Prince Owusu, who went goalless for the first time in five competitive fixtures. Montreal will be concerned over the state of captain and Canadian international Samuel Piette, who subbed off early in the match with apparent back pain. Fire defender Sam Rogers also left the game in the first half with an injury.

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A late VAR decision in the 85th minute helped split the points between the Philadelphia Union and host Houston Dynamo FC on Saturday night after former Union midfielder Jack McGlynn scored a first-half penalty kick in the 1-1 draw.

In the 85th minute, the referee awarded Philadelphia (14-5-5, 47 points) a penalty after Pablo Ortiz brought Bruno Damiani down in the box. However, referee Rosendo Mendoza went to the VAR monitor and took the penalty away after the video review showed a foul by the Union’s Nathan Harriel in the play’s build-up.

The draw for Houston (7-11-6, 27 points) stops a two-match losing streak, part of a stretch where the Dynamo have six points in the last seven matches. After 99 appearances for the Philadelphia Union in four seasons, McGlynn secured it from the penalty spot after an attempted free kick resulted in a handball call, in the penalty area, after Jesus Daniel Bueno lifted his arm to stop the ball’s trajectory.

McGlynn hesitated on the penalty kick, and sent the ball slightly to his right as the keeper went the other direction. It was the first goal for McGlynn from the penalty spot in five seasons as an MLS pro.

After the goal, McGlynn celebrated the goal, counter to the customary response of players not celebrating when scoring against their previous team.

Philadelphia started the scoring in the 15th minute off the foot of veteran Alejandro Bedoya after the team captain started due to seven lineup changes after the Union played a midweek match. Off a throw-in, Jakob Glesnes sent in a booming cross that went far post to the chest of the Dynamo’s Griffin Dorsey, who attempted to get the ball to goalkeeper Jonathan Bond. Instead, Bedoya stayed on the ball and scored the first goal of the match. It was his first goal of the regular season for the Union.

In the 67th minute, Houston’s Franco Escobar landed awkwardly on his left leg, which forced him out of the match, which he exited in a wheelchair. The Argentinian could not put any weight on the injured leg.

It was the first matchup between the two sides since 2022, and a physical one with a combined 44 fouls, seven yellow cards and one red.

–Field Level Media