Montreal Impact [1-1] Chicago Fire
In front of a record crowd of 58,000 plus, the Impact fought out a well-earned draw against the Chicago Fire. The Impact struck first, captain Davy Arnaud connecting with a Sanna Nyassi cross and heading past Tornaghi the first ever goal scored for the new club. The elation wouldn't last, however, as two of Chicago's key players linked up to equalize the match, Sebastian Grazzini providing the cross to Dominic Oduro to tap in.
San Jose Earthquakes [0-1] Houston Dynamo
A Brad Davis penalty kick was the deciding factor as Houston got their second road win in a row, matching their dismal road win total of last season. To Houston's benefit San Jose didn't look much of a threat, only putting one shot of frame the entire match.
FC Dallas [1-1] Portland Timbers
Early domination from FC Dallas paid off in an early goal, Blas Perez easily tapping in the rebound from a saved shot. Dallas, however, were not able to deny the Timbers. A defensive mistake led to the ball finding it's way to Darlingon Nagbe who easily put into the back of the net.
Sporting Kansas City [3-0] New England Revolution
An early red card doomed the Revolution. SKC scored three goals in a roughly twenty minute period to comfortably win the match, the goals coming from three of their key attacking players: Graham Zusi, Kei Kamara, and CJ Sapong.
Real Salt Lake [2-0] New York Red Bulls
Despite being up to task against RSL, mistakes continue to haunt the Red Bulls. Real Salt Lakes first goal, a breakaway by none other then Fabian Espindola, was the direct result of a turnover by Marcus Holgersson and a slip by Stephen Keel. RSL then put the game out of reach early in the second half, Luis Gil latching onto the loose ball after Espindola had created havoc in the box and firing it home.
Chivas USA [0-1] Vancouver Whitecaps
A goal midway through the second from Vancouver's captain Jay Demerit was the decider in a fairly uninteresting match that saw Chivas control much of the run of play.
Sunday, March 18th
Philadelphia Union [1-2] Colorado Rapids
After a fairly an even and rather boring first half, the game burst to life in the second. The Rapids surprised the Union's home crowd by striking first, new addition Jaime Castrillon finishing of a cross from Omar Cummings. Despite going down a man after Jeff Lawrentowitz received his marching orders due to yellow card accumulation, the Rapids were able to score a second and as it turns out the winning goal, rookie Tony Cascio taking advantage of a slip by Chris Albright and thumping the ball past MacMath. The Union were able to cut the lead in half thanks to a Pajoy header, but no matter how much they pressured Colorado throughout the remainder of the match they just couldn't find an equalizer.
LA Galaxy [3-1] DC United
After a rough start to the season, which saw them eliminated from the CONCACAF Champions League at the hands of Toronto and then falling 3-1 to RSL in their home-opener, the Galaxy is back to winning ways. Robbie Keane managed a brace, while newcomer Marcelo Sarvas headed home the Galaxy's third goal. DC was able to prevent a shutout, however, Nick Deleon with the beautiful curling strike in off of the post.
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