Cole Bassett helped force an own goal just before halftime, Calvin Harris added his second goal of the season shortly after the break and the Colorado Rapids held on for a 2-1 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday night in Commerce City, Colo. Goalkeeper Zack Steffen made two saves to help stretch Colorado’s unbeaten run to four matches (3-0-1). Kevin Cabral set up Harris’ strike for the Rapids (4-2-3, 15 points), who are already one

Less than 20 minutes from seeing their unbeaten start to the season come to an end, the Philadelphia Union rallied for an improbable 2-2 draw on the road at Atlanta United on Sunday afternoon. Despite trailing, 2-0, after 70 minutes, the Union (3-0-4, 13 points) would not go down quietly. A mistake by Atlanta in the 73rd minute saw an errant cross-field back pass find the feet of Philadelphia Mikael Uhre, who beat keeper Brad

Joseph Paintsil scored the tiebreaking goal and Diego Fagundez added insurance two minutes later as the Los Angeles Galaxy earned a 3-1 victory over the host Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Dejan Joveljic also had a goal for the Galaxy (4-1-3, 15 points), who moved into first place in the Western Conference. Riqui Puig had two assists for Los Angeles. Brian White scored for the Whitecaps (4-2-1, 13 points), who fell out of first place

Jamal Thiare scored the first two goals of his MLS career to help Atlanta United to a 3-0 win against the visiting Chicago Fire on Sunday. Giorgos Giakoumakis also scored for Atlanta (3-2-0, 9 points), which is unbeaten as the hosts this season. The Fire (1-3-2, 5 points) had their two-game unbeaten streak snapped. Atlanta picked up the pace and controlled the play and possession as the half progressed, putting up 15 shots, including four

Ryan Raposo scored the go-ahead goal in the 87th minute to give the host Vancouver Whitecaps a 3-2 Cascadia Cup victory over the Portland Timbers on Saturday night. Raposo knocked in a Fafa Picault pass with a right-footed shot near the goal line during a scramble inside the 6-yard box for the game-winner. Picault had a goal and an assist and Ryan Gauld also scored for Vancouver (3-1-1, 10 points), which moved into a tie

Gabriel Pec scored his first MLS goal in the very early stages, and the LA Galaxy made it stand up for a 1-0 victory over the visiting Seattle Sounders in soggy conditions on Saturday night. Joseph Paintsil set up Pec’s goal with his second assist to continue his bright start in MLS with the Galaxy (3-0-3, 12 points), which finally won at home for the first time this season despite their unbeaten start. John McCarthy

Cristian Arango scored three second-half goals, including a go-head marker on a penalty kick, as Real Salt Lake overcame an early defensive lapse to defeat visiting St. Louis City 3-1 on Saturday night at Sandy, Utah. Arango had all of his goals in a span of about 21 minutes, pushing his goals total to five through five games this season. Real Salt Lake (3-2-1, 10 points) has scored more than one goal in each of

Djordje Mihailovic scored his first two goals for his new MLS club during the final 10 minutes and Colorado rallied to a stunning 3-2 victory over visiting LAFC on Saturday afternoon. Mihailovic’s first came on an 83rd-minute free kick while LAFC was still at full strength. His second — an improvisational finish from close range in the 89th — came after LAFC substitute David Martinez was sent off for receiving his second yellow card. Moise

Denis Bouanga scored his first two goals of the season and LAFC snapped out of their attacking funk with a 5-0 thrashing of visiting Nashville SC on Saturday night. Timothy Tillman’s second goal of the season opened the scoring in the ninth minute for the Black-and-Gold, who did not score in their previous three matches. Cristian Olivera and Eduard Atuesta added their first goals late to help LAFC (2-2-1, 7 points) remain unbeaten at home