WASHINGTON (AP) — David Brekalo scored his first MLS goal in the 82nd minute and Duncan McGuire added a goal in stoppage time to help Orlando City beat D.C. United 3-2 on Saturday night. McGuire, on the counter-attack, slipped behind the defense and ran onto a long ball played by Nico Lodeiro and score from the top of the penalty area to give Orlando City (2-3-2) its first lead of the game in the first minute of injury time. Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he headed home a corner kick by Mateusz Klich. Benteke has scored in back-to-back games and his six goals thi ..read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Aidan Morris scored a short-handed goal in the 87th minute to help the Columbus Crew to a 1-1 tie with D.C. United on Saturday night. Mohamed Farsi played an arcing cross from the right wing to the center off the area that was cleared by D.C. United. Morris corralled the loose ball, calmly took a dribble and ripped a right-footer from 30 yards out to cap the scoring. Juan Hernández, known simply as Cucho, was shown a red card (violent action) in the 75th and Columbus played a man down the rest of the way. The Crew (3-1-3) is winless in three consecutive games following a ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pedro Santos scored his first goal of the season in the 85th minute to help D.C. United beat Montreal 1-0 Saturday night to snap a four-game winless streak. Santos, a 35-year-old midfielder who replaced Conner Antley in the 74th, ran onto a failed clearance and blasted a one-touch shot from just inside the area into the top corner of the net for the game’s only goal. D.C. United (2-1-3) won for the first time since it beat the New England Revolution 3-1 in the season opener. Montreal (2-2-1), which had scored eight goals in its last three games, was shut out for the second ti ..read more

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — João Klauss scored on a penalty kick in the 70th minute to help St. Louis City earn a 2-2 draw with D.C. United on Saturday night. Klauss scored after a handball penalty on DC United’s Conner Antley that was upheld by a review. It was the first matchup between St. Louis City (1-0-4), which won the Western Conference regular-season title in its first season in the league last year, and DC United (1-1-3). St. Louis City took a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute when Joshua Yaro headed in a shot from close range with an assist from Indiana Vassilev off a corner kick. The lead laste ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Luis Suárez scored the go-ahead goal in the 72nd minute and added another in the 85th minute, lifting Inter-Miami to a 3-1 victory over DC United on Saturday, despite the absence of Lionel Messi. Messi was held out of Sunday’s 3-2 MLS loss to Montreal and was subbed off early in the second half of Wednesday’s 3-1 victory over Nashville in the Concacaf Champions Cup second leg. Messi is reportedly resting a right leg injury. Inter Miami coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino said after the game that Messi’s injury would be “dealt with week by week,” and that the 36-year-old eight-time B ..read more

Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi runs after scoring against Orlando City during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)(AP/Rebecca Blackwell) Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi runs after scoring against Orlando City during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)(AP/Rebecca Blackwell) Lionel Messi’s status for Saturday’s match against D.C. United at Audi Field is now uncertain after the Argentine superstar was injured Wednesday night. Messi ..read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi is dealing with a leg injury that will likely cause him to miss the team’s next match. Messi checked out of Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Nashville just a few minutes into the second half, and coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino said the 36-year-old was experiencing discomfort in his right hamstring area. He was removed from the game as a precaution. “He is overloaded in the right posterior,” Martino said through a translator. “We don’t want to run a risk. We tried to see if he could go further along (in the game), but it was bothering him so ..read more

CINCINNATI (AP) — Alex Bono finished with seven saves for D.C. United, Roman Celentano stopped four shots for FC Cincinnati and the two clubs played to a scoreless draw on Sunday. Bono had four saves in the first half for DC United (1-0-2) and he notched his first clean sheet of the season after posting five in nine starts for the club last year. Bono joined the club after making 129 starts for Toronto FC over eight seasons. Celentano had three saves in the first half for Cincinnati (1-0-2), the defending Supporters’ Shield winners. DC United is off to a good start under first-year coach Troy ..read more

Defender DeAndre Yedlin wears No. 91 for his new team, FC Cincinnati, in tribute to uncle Dylan Walton-Yedlin, who played American football. Yedlin said his uncle — a standout defensive lineman at Union College in New York — was “like a father” to him. In fact, Yedlin has a tattoo of his uncle and himself, both wearing No. 91, on his forearm. But the new number is about more than honoring his uncle. “My whole career I’ve played with a number that has a two in it, whether it be No. 2 or 22 or 20 or 24,” Yedlin said. “This will be the first time that I have a number that doesn’t have that, and I ..read more

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mateusz Klich and Kristian Fletcher scored late in the second half to help D.C. United rally for a 2-2 draw with the Portland Timbers on Saturday night. Dairon Asprilla took a pass from Santiago Moreno and scored in the 18th minute as Portland (1-0-1) took a 1-0 lead into halftime. Moreno used an assist from Eric Miller in the 61st minute to find the net and push the Timbers’ lead to 2-0. DC United (1-0-1) pulled within a goal on a penalty kick by Mateusz Klich in the 72nd minute. Klich’s netter followed a foul on Portland’s Diego Chará. Aaron Herrera fed Kristian Fletche ..read more