• The Canadian Press

    Espinoza scores go-ahead goal, Yarbrough has 5 saves to help Earthquakes rally, beat Rapids 3-2

    COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Cristian Espinoza had a goal and an assist, Vitor Costa de Brito added two assists and William Yarbrough had five saves to help the San Jose Earthquakes rally from a two-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Rapids 3-2 Saturday night. San Jose (3-8-1) beat Los Angeles FC 3-1 last time out to snap a five-game winless skid in which the Earthquakes conceded 14 of their MLS-high 28 goals this season. Costa de Brito, on the left side, played a cross to a charging Espinoza, who

  • The Canadian Press

    Brawl breaks out after New York City tops Toronto 3-2

    TORONTO (AP) — Rookie Malachi Jones and Andrés Perea scored second-half goals and Matt Freese made nine saves as New York City FC held on for a 3-2 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday night with a brawl taking place after the final whistle. A melee ensued after the match involving players from both sides. Toronto goalkeeper Sean Johnson, a former New York player, was in the middle of it — seemingly trying to play peacekeeper. Santiago Rodríguez staked New York City (5-5-2) to a 1-0 lead on a pen

  • The Canadian Press

    Klauss scores twice to rally St. Louis City to 3-1 victory over Fire

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — João Klauss scored twice in the second half to spark St. Louis City to a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night. Rasmus Alm scored his first goal of the season — unassisted in the 2nd minute — to give St. Louis City (3-1-7) an early lead that lasted until halftime. Hugo Cuypers pulled Chicago (2-6-4) even in the first minute of the second half, using assists from defender Andrew Gutman and Chris Mueller to score his third goal of the season and first since scoring i

  • The Canadian Press

    Accusations fly in wake of ugly player melee following Toronto FC's 2-1 loss to NYCFC

    Toronto FC saw its five-game winning streak end in ugly fashion Saturday in a 3-2 loss to New York City FC that saw seven yellow cards, one red and a frenzied post-game melee. There was bad blood between the two teams dating back to New York's 2-1 win on March 16 when there was an altercation in the tunnel at halftime at Yankee Stadium. New York coach Nick Cushing had played down that incident when asked about it on the lead-up to Saturday's match, saying: "There was nothing in it. It was two te