Defending champion Crew beat United for 1st win of season

<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio &mdash; 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.</p>
<p>Zelarayán’s curling 25-yard free kick in the 20th minute was the first goal of the season for the Crew (1-0-2).</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>NASHVILLE 2, REVOLUTION 0</p>
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. &mdash; C.J. Sapong and Alex Muyl scored in Nashville’s victory over New England.</p>
<p>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).</p>
<p>New England dropped to 2-1-1.</p>
<p>WHITECAPS 2, MONTREAL 0</p>
<p>SANDY, Utah &mdash; Cristian Dájome scored twice in the second half to lift Vancouver past Montreal.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>RED BULLS 2, TORONTO FC 0</p>
<p>HARRISON, N.J. &mdash; Frankie Amaya scored his first goal for New York and and Caden Clark added a late goal to finish off Toronto.</p>
<p>New York improved to 2-2-0, and Toronto dropped to 0-2-1.</p>
<p>DYNAMO 1, FC DALLAS 1, TIE</p>
<p>FRISCO, Texas &mdash; Jáder Obrian scored the tying goal late in the first half and Dallas held on for the draw with Houston.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>UNION 2, FIRE 0</p>
<p>CHICAGO &mdash; Corey Burke and Jakob Glesnes scored to help Philadelphia beat Chicago.</p>
<p>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).</p>
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