Chinonso Offor scored in the 53rd minute to lift CF Montreal to a 1-0 victory over visiting Inter Miami on Saturday night.

Ariel Lassiter assisted on the close-range, right-footed shot that broke a scoreless tie after Montreal hadn’t been able to generate anything in the first half of play.

Montreal (6-8-0, 18 points) snapped a two-game skid in match play, while Miami (5-9-0, 15 points) dropped its third straight match after putting together a three-game winning streak. With 15 points, Miami has the fewest points in the Eastern Conference.

Possession was fairly even in the first 45 minutes, with the hosts outshooting Inter Miami 8-5. However, none of Montreal’s tries were on target, while the guests had three solid chances. Despite those opportunities, both teams went into the break with nothing to show for their efforts on the scoreboard.

Montreal had the first six shots of the game — through 31 minutes — before Inter Miami’s Leonardo Campana gave his side a chance in the 32nd. That offering missed just left, keeping the score even.

Offor also missed just left six minutes after Campana’s attempt. Inter Miami’s Corentin Jean had the best chance in the remainder of the first half, but his shot on goal was saved in the 43rd minute.

Montreal finished with a slight advantage in shots (14-13) and got five important saves from goalie Jonathan Sirois. It marked the fifth shutout of the season for Sirois.

Inter Miami almost got points late in the match when, in extra time, Nicolas Stefanelli had a shot blocked from the center of the box after teammate Benjamin Cremaschi hit the post with a right-footed shot. However, Miami didn’t get a chance after that as Montreal held on for the victory.

Miami goalie Drake Callender finished with just one save.

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Lorenzo Insigne contributed a pair of assists on a night his high-profile Italian teammate Federico Bernardeschi was benched by manager Bob Bradley as Toronto FC held on for a 2-1 victory over visiting D.C. United on Saturday.

Deandre Kerr scored his second goal of the season from Insigne’s corner kick in the 14th minute. Kosi Thompson finished off a transition opportunity for his first tally of the campaign from Insigne’s feed in the 72nd.

The victory followed a tumultuous week for Toronto (3-5-7, 16 points). After last weekend’s late 1-0 loss against Austin, Bernardeschi had openly questioned Bradley’s tactical approach in remarks to reporters.

Then on Friday, a report from the Athletic indicated both Bernardeschi and Insigne had at times tried to undermine their manager, though the Italian duo also had friction with each other.

Bradley stated during the week that Bernardeschi would not be on Saturday’s gameday roster.

Christian Benteke scored a late goal for D.C. (5-6-4, 19 points) for his team-leading seventh of the season. The visitors saw a modest three-match unbeaten run (0-1-2) snapped and lost for only the second time in eight games.

Both of those losses came on the road by identical 2-1 scores, with D.C. holding opponents to one goal or fewer in the other six.

Kerr put Toronto in front when he headed in Insigne’s out-swinging corner kick from the right side.

He had a relatively open header, simply running away from his marker and reaching the service about 8 yards from goal, where he redirected it past Tyler Miller into the top left corner.

Thompson doubled the advantage when D.C. got caught pushing numbers forward on a counterattack. The ball flowed right to left, where it found Insigne wide of the penalty area.

Insigne picked out an excellent low cross to Thompson near the penalty spot, and Thompson directed in a first-time finish that left Miller little chance.

D.C.’s goal also stemmed from a corner kick. After the initial danger wasn’t completely cleared, Benteke sent in a second rebound past TFC goalkeeper Sean Johnson in the 87th minute.

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Jozy Altidore scored in the 83rd minute to help the New England Revolution escape with a 3-3 draw against the visiting Chicago Fire on Saturday night in Foxborough, Mass.

Four minutes earlier, Chicago moved ahead for the second time on Maren Haile-Selassie’s goal, but Altidore’s touch on the receiving end of a corner kick helped the Revolution end their losing streak in thrilling fashion.

New England (7-3-4, 25 points) had lost its past three matches across all competitions — two MLS matches and a U.S. Open Cup fixture.

Chicago (3-4-7, 16 points) got three saves from goalkeeper Chris Brady. Djordje Petrovic had one save for New England. Bobby Wood had a goal and an assist for the Revolution.

Chicago struck first thanks to a New England turnover. Off a teammate’s steal, Xherdan Shaqiri was able to deliver a pass over two defenders’ heads to Georgios Koutsias, who scored on a shot through a defender’s legs to the bottom left corner in the 10th minute.

Shaqiri was on point again in the 22nd minute when he passed it up the left side to Koutsias, who fed it to defender Miguel Navarro. Navarro’s ensuing cross into the box deflected off New England defender Andrew Farrell’s leg and into the net for an own goal.

New England got on the board in the 38th minute after Latif Blessing stole the ball in Chicago’s end. Wood fed Noel Buck, whose left-footed rocket from outside the box got past a diving Brady.

The Revolution earned a corner kick two minutes later and capitalized to draw the game level. Emmanuel Boateng served the kick toward the box, and Christian Makoun headed it over to Wood, whose header touched the net for his team-leading fourth goal of the year.

Chicago’s Brian Gutierrez, who subbed in during the 67th minute, fed Kei Kamara in the box during the 79th minute and Kamara passed it right to Haile-Selassie, whose left-footed shot got past Petrovic.

But Chicago’s joy was short-lived thanks to a corner kick four minutes later. Carles Gil lofted the kick into the box, and Dave Romney headed it toward the far post. The ball slipped past a Chicago defender and Altidore tapped it in at the post.

Both teams had shots at net in the dying minutes but missed wide. New England outshot Chicago 16-9, along with 6-3 in shots on goal.

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The Portland Timbers look to get back on track when they visit Sporting Kansas City on Sunday in Kansas.

The Timbers (4-6-4, 16 points) have hit a dry spell offensively, getting shut out in each of their past two matches after scoring 12 goals in their five previous MLS outings.

Portland is coming off a 1-0 setback to Minnesota United last week, allowing the lone tally in the final minute of second-half stoppage time. It was the second time this month that a last-minute goal cost the club points at home; the Timbers settled for a draw against Austin FC on May 6.

“We managed everything well until the 93rd minute,” coach Giovanni Savarese said after the match.

Evander leads the Timbers with four goals this season, two more than Dairon Asprilla, Franck Boli and Juan Mosquera. Evander also stands atop the club with 29 shot attempts and 11 shots on target. He set up seven chances for teammates in the loss. Since April 22, he’s been directly involved in 40 shots, second only to Thiago Almada (45) in MLS in that stretch.

It’s been a rough season for Sporting Kansas City (2-8-4, 10 points), who reside second to last in the Western Conference and overall in the MLS entering play on Saturday.

After going 2-1-1 to start the month of May, the team fell 4-0 to rival St. Louis City last week for its third loss by at least three goals this season.

The loss marked the ninth time this season that Kansas City has been shut out.

“They came out and physically dominated us in that game,” defender Graham Zusi said Tuesday. “I think we need to get back to doing that to teams. … Pushing all that aside, we still have to compete a little bit better.”

Sporting KC have scored only nine goals through 14 games thus far, fewest in MLS. Johnny Russell and Daniel Salloi lead the way with two apiece.

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Hany Mukhtar and Nashville SC look to add to the Columbus Crew’s road struggles on Sunday.

Nashville (7-3-4, 25 points) will try again to set a franchise record with a fourth straight home victory in MLS play. The previous three attempts to establish that mark ended in draws.

A 4-0-2 run has moved Nashville to second in the Eastern Conference as it prepares to host the Crew (5-5-3, 18 points) for just the second time in history. The teams tied 1-1 in October 2021.

It will be second straight formidable away test for Columbus with Nashville sporting a 5-1-2 home mark.

The Crew, 1-4-1 on the road, lost 3-2 to FC Cincinnati last Saturday for their rival’s eighth straight home win to start the season. Columbus is 1-6-2 in its past nine road games back to last season.

“It’s always hard to win away but we’re preparing well for it and will go for it and go grab the three points away,” Crew defender Mohamed Farsi said. “Away or home we press, we attack. The missing piece is the win, but our time will come.”

In order to avoid another setback, the Crew must somehow contain Mukhtar, the 2022 MLS MVP.

He scored twice in a 2-1 comeback win at Charlotte FC last Saturday, including a stoppage-time penalty kick to secure the three points, to give him eight goals and six assists this season.

“We showed character and that’s what we have to be all the time,” he said. “Even if you fall behind in the first 15-20 minutes, there is still time to change the game.”

His first goal, coming in his 93rd game, made him the fifth-fastest player in MLS history to have at least 50 career goals and 30 assists in the regular season.

Mukhtar has had eight multi-goal games since the start of last season, the most in MLS, according to the league’s website.

Since the start of the 2021 season, he has been involved in 76 goals (47 goals, 29 assists), 22 more than anyone else in the league.

— Field Level Media