COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lucas Zelarayán scored in the first half and the defending MLS champion Columbus Crew won for the first time this season, beating D.C. United 3-1 on Saturday.
Zelarayán’s curling 25-yard free kick in the 20th minute was the first goal of the season for the Crew (1-0-2).
D.C. United (1-3-0) had two own goals in the second half. Pedro Santos’ left-footed blast was blocked by D.C. goalkeeper Chris Seitz at teammate Frédéric Brillant, whose chest deflection went into the net for a Columbus goal in the 63rd minute.
Former Crew forward Ola Kamara brought D.C. back within one with a left-footed shot in the 81st minute, but Columbus quickly got its lead back to two when Tony Alfaro’s own goal capped the scoring in the 83rd.
NASHVILLE 2, REVOLUTION 0
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — C.J. Sapong and Alex Muyl scored in Nashville’s victory over New England.
Sapong scored on a sliding left-footed tap-in off a header from Walker Zimmerman at the 25th minute, and Muyl connected in the 75th for Nashville’s (1-0-3).
New England dropped to 2-1-1.
WHITECAPS 2, MONTREAL 0
SANDY, Utah — Cristian Dájome scored twice in the second half to lift Vancouver past Montreal.
The Whitecaps (2-1-1) are playing their 2021 home games at Real Salt Lake’s Rio Tinto Stadium through at least the end of June. Montreal fell to 1-1-2.
RED BULLS 2, TORONTO FC 0
HARRISON, N.J. — Frankie Amaya scored his first goal for New York and and Caden Clark added a late goal to finish off Toronto.
New York improved to 2-2-0, and Toronto dropped to 0-2-1.
DYNAMO 1, FC DALLAS 1, TIE
FRISCO, Texas — Jáder Obrian scored the tying goal late in the first half and Dallas held on for the draw with Houston.
Fabrice-Jean Picault opened the scoring for Houston (1-1-2) on a penalty kick into the right corner in the 34th minute. Obrian tied it for Dallas (1-1-2) in the 42nd.
UNION 2, FIRE 0
CHICAGO — Corey Burke and Jakob Glesnes scored to help Philadelphia beat Chicago.
Andre Blake came up with a late save for his 40th shutout. The Union (1-2-1) have won five of their last six matches against the Fire (0-3-1).
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