Eastern Conference:
• Crew hangs on to seventh place. French right back Steven Moreira scored in second-half stoppage time to give Columbus a 2-2 tie with FC Cincinnati in their Hell is Real Derby, keeping the two teams separated by one point on either side of the playoff line. New England can overtake both Ohio teams with a win over the LA Galaxy on Sunday.
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NY Red Bulls 3 Inter Miami 1. (Goals: Morgan 43, Edelman 53, Clark 74; Higuaín 19. Att.: 21,374.)
FC Cincinnati 2 Columbus 2. (Goals: Vazquez 36, Miazga 77; Etienne 74, Moreira 90+6. Att.: 25,037.)
Chicago 0 CF Montreal 2. (Goals: Kone 19, Quioto 24. Att.: 13,907.)
Charlotte FC 0 Toronto 2. (Goals: Insigne 49, Bernardeschi 66. Att.: 32,495.)
Western Conference:
• Nashville SC has third straight playoff berth in sight. Nashville SC got two goals from Jack Maher, one more than he had scored in his first 44 MLS games, and cruised to a 3-0 win at Vancouver. Nashville coach Gary Smith was full of praise for his team’s performance against the Whitecaps, who would have climbed into sixth place with a win.
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Minn. United 2 Houston 1. (Goals: own goal 79, Amarilla 84; Baird 45+1. Att.: 19,624)
Sporting KC 1 San Jose 0. (Goal: Salloi 10. Att.: 18,241.)
FC Dallas 1 Real Salt Lake 1. (Goals: Velasco 7; Julio 69. Att.: 15,573.)
Vancouver 0 Nashville SC 3. (Goals: Leal 19, Maher 23, 49. Att.: 16,361.)
Inter-conference:
• Union wins big again. Philadelphia beat Colorado, 6-0, to give it back-to-back 6-0 wins and four wins by six or more goals — a single-season MLS record — in its last 10 games. The shutout was the 12th of the season for the Union, whose 20 goals conceded are 10 fewer than the next fewest allowed. “We started with a good defensive foundation at the beginning of the year,” said Union coach Jim Curtin.” The goals weren’t coming and now the goals are really coming in bunches. I want to save some, to be honest, for the playoffs.”
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Philadelphia 6 Colorado 0. (Goals: Gazdag 9, 20 pen., 83, Carranza 30 pen., Burke 87, Real 90+1. Att.: 18,005.)
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