COLUMBUS, Ohio — Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored on a penalty kick in the 38th minute and the Columbus Crew went to beat Real Salt Lake 1-0 on Saturday night in a matchup of the last two Major League Soccer champions.
Salt Lake upset the Crew in the playoffs last year en route to its first MLS Cup, but went 34 minutes without a shot at one point and didn’t mount an attack until William Hesmer was forced to stop Nelson Gonzalez in the 84th minute. That was followed by a kick save on Robbie Findley’s breakaway four minutes later.
Schelotto scored his third goal after Real Salt Lake defender Robbie Russell knocked down Robbie Rogers on the left side of the box.
Columbus improved to 2-0-1 this season and Real Salt Lake dropped to 1-3-1.
Red Bulls 2, Union 1
HARRISON, N.J. — Juan Pablo Angel converted a penalty kick in the 67th minute to lead New York to a victory.
Wizards 0, Galaxy 0
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Wizards goalkeeper Jimmy Niel- sen had five saves to lead Kansas City to a draw against Los Angeles.
Chivas USA 3, Earthquakes 2
CARSON, Calif. — Justin Braun and Chukwudi Chijindu scored in the second half to give Chivas USA the victory.
Sacha Kljestan also scored for Chivas USA. Chris Wondolowski and Steven Beitashour scored for San Jose.
Fire 2, Dynamo 0
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Midfielders Baggio Husidic and Peter Lowry scored goals and Andrew Dykstra stopped six shots for his second shutout of the season for Chicago.
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