Sean Johnson made seven saves and Toronto FC kept their first clean sheet in nine months in a 0-0 draw at defending Supporters’ Shield holders FC Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon in both teams’ season opener. Under new coach John Herdman, Toronto was outshot 17-8 overall and 7-2 in efforts on target but limited Cincinnati to only a couple clear-cut opportunities. After conceding an Eastern Conference-worst 59 goals last season while finishing with the league’s worst

Antony scored two goals and the Portland Timbers dominated play with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Colorado Rapids on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Eryk Williamson added a goal and an assist for the Timbers, who played crisp soccer in Phil Neville’s debut as coach. Portland’s other tally was on an own goal by Colorado’s Sam Vines. Chris Armas’ debut as Rapids’ coach didn’t go as well as Colorado trailed

Dante Sealy scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time, and FC Dallas stunned the visiting San Jose Earthquakes with a 2-1 victory Saturday night in Frisco, Texas. In a match that looked destined to end in a fourth consecutive 1-1 draw between these Western Conference foes, the promising Sealy came through late. After missing some key chances at times Saturday, Sealy controlled the ball on a late Dallas surge, then sent it low and

Ryan Hollingshead scored his third goal of the playoffs just before halftime to help Los Angeles FC to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Houston Dynamo in the Western Conference final on Saturday night. LAFC added a second tally on Houston defender Franco Escobar’s own-goal to reach their second consecutive MLS Cup final. Los Angeles will hit the road next Saturday to face the Columbus Crew, who earned more points in the MLS regular season

Golden Boot Award winner Denis Bouanga scored and goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau made seven saves as Los Angeles FC defeated the host Seattle Sounders 1-0 Sunday night in the Western Conference semifinals. Third-seeded LAFC will play host to No. 4 Houston on Saturday in the conference final. The Sounders had a league-record 19-game home unbeaten streak snapped (17-0-2) dating to 2014. LAFC scored the lone goal on the counterattack in the 30th minute. From just shy

Albert Rusnak scored in the 36th minute and the Seattle Sounders made it stand up for a 1-0 victory over visiting FC Dallas on Friday night to earn a spot in the Western Conference semifinals. Joao Paulo set up the goal with an interception and assist in Match 3 of the best-of-three series. Seattle protected the lead with a defensive masterpiece, with FC Dallas’ lone shot coming in the 89th minute. The second-seeded Sounders also

Diego Luna scored the deciding goal in a penalty-kick shootout, leading Real Salt Lake past the Houston Dynamo on Monday night in Sandy, Utah, and extending the teams’ first-round Western Conference playoff series to a decisive third match. The match finished 1-1 through regulation, and RSL won the shootout 5-4. Salt Lake goalie Zac MacMath saved the first attempt of the shootout, from Amine Bassi. Each player from both teams converted the rest of the

Paul Arriola and Jesus Ferreira each scored within the first 18 minutes to lead FC Dallas to a 3-1 win over the visiting Seattle Sounders on Saturday night in Match 2 of their first-round best-of-three MLS Cup playoff series. The result sets up a winner-take-all Match 3 in Seattle next Friday. Jader Obrian also scored for FC Dallas, while Jordan Morris tallied Seattle’s only goal of the match. The Sounders took a three-match shutout streak

Wilder Cartagena scored on a sensational long-range effort shortly before halftime and Orlando City held on for a 1-0 victory over visiting Nashville SC on Monday night in the first match of their best-of-three first-round MLS Eastern Conference playoff series. The goal, only Cartagena’s second in his MLS career (regular and postseason), gave Orlando its first playoff victory since 2020. The Lions’ previous playoff triumph came in dramatic fashion, as Orlando prevailed on penalty kicks