Kansas City, Mo. – Davy Arnaud scored two goals and the Kansas City Wizards beat the Colorado Rapids 4-1 Saturday night.
After victories earlier Saturday by the Chicago Fire and New England Revolution, the Wizards (9-13-6) didn’t move up from fourth in the Eastern Conference. However, with the victory they were able to put more distance between themselves and the fifth-place New York Red Bulls, who lost 1-0 Saturday to the Revolution.
Scott Sealy scored for the Wizards just 36 seconds into the game when he knocked home a rebound of a shot by Alex Zotinca that Rapids goalkeeper Joe Cannon saved but couldn’t control. It was the second-fastest score in Wizards history, after Arnaud’s goal 33 seconds in against the Rapids on Aug. 22, 2003.
Colorado (10-11-5) tied it 10 minutes later on a shot from 20 yards out by Kyle Beckerman.
The Wizards broke the game open with two goals in a three-minute span midway through the second half. The first was by Dave van den Bergh on a rebound off a long shot by Jack Jewsbury. It was van den Bergh’s first MLS goal.
Colorado 1 0 – 1
Kansas City 1 3 – 4
First half – 1, Kansas City, Sealy 7, 1st minute. 2, Colorado, Beckerman 6 (Peterson), 11th.
Second half – 3, Kansas City, van den Bergh 1, 54th. 4, Kansas City, Arnaud 3 (Burciaga Jr.), 56th. 5, Kansas City, Arnaud 4 (Burciaga Jr.), 77th.
Goalies – Colorado, Cannon; Kansas City, Oshoniyi. A – 12,337 (20,571).
D.C. UNITED 1, REAL SALT LAKE 1 at Washington: Freddy Adu scored on a free kick, but Chris Klein responded with a second-half goal to lift Real Salt Lake to a tie with D.C. United.
League-leading scorer Jeff Cunningham added his 10th assist on Klein’s goal, making him the ninth player in league history to contribute 15 goals and 10 assists in a season.
Real Salt Lake is 1-2-1 in its past four matches.
REVOLUTION 1, RED BULLS 0 at Foxborough, Mass.: Patrick Noonan’s first goal of the season gave New England a victory over New York.
Noonan converted a pass from Steve Ralston in the eighth minute, beating Red Bulls defender Carlos Mendes on a long run down the right side, then placing the shot past goalie Jon Conway into the top far corner.
Matt Reis made five saves for the Revolution for his eighth shutout of the season.
New York played the final eight minutes without Amado Guevara, who got a red card.
FIRE 2, CREW 1 at Columbus, Ohio: Nate Jaqua and C.J. Brown scored goals to help Chicago beat Columbus.
Jaqua stepped into a low crossing pass from Justin Mapp and banked the ball off the inside of the right goal post in the 40th minute.
CHIVAS USA 1, FC DALLAS 1 at Carson, Calif.: Juan Pablo Garcia scored in the 81st minute to lift Chivas USA to a tie against FC Dallas.
Kenny Cooper scored into the second half for FC Dallas.
