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Fabian Espindola scored in the 4th minute and Real Salt Lake held off the New York Red Bulls 1-0 Saturday night, stretching their home unbeaten streak to a Major League Soccer record-tying 22. The defending MLS Cup champions improved to tied the record set by the Columbus Crew last year. Real Salt Lake (12-4-7) moved one point behind league-leaders Los Angeles and Columbus.

Jeff Cunningham scored in the 47th minute to help lift FC Dallas to a 1-0 win over Toronto FC on Saturday night, extending its club-record unbeaten streak to 13. David Ferreira set up Cunningham's goal by looping a pass over three defenders to Marvin Chavez who redirected the ball back to Cunningham, who scored from the top of the penalty box.

Thierry Henry scored his first Major League Soccer goal in the second half of the New York Red Bulls' 2-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday. Dane Richards, who set up Henry's goal, scored late in the first half for the Red Bulls, who won for the third time in four matches and pulled four points behind first-place Columbus in the Eastern Conference.

Nick Rimando got his 10th shutout of the season as Real Salt Lake tied Toronto FC 0-0 Saturday night. Nick Wingert and Will Johnson hit the post with shots in the final 10 minutes for defending MLS champion Salt Lake (11-4-7). A week after having its 17-game home unbeaten streak end with a 4-1 loss to New York, Toronto FC (7-8-6) managed a point in match where neither side pressed a consistent...

By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer

Newly acquired Rafael Marquez scored his first goal for the Red Bulls and New York won 4-1 on Saturday to hand Toronto FC its first home loss this season. Juan Pablo Angel connected on a penalty shot, former Toronto FC midfielder Carl Robinson scored for the visitors, and Toronto coughed up an own goal by Joseph Nane in a loss that dealt a blow to a team looking for its first Major League Soccer...

Newly acquired Rafael Marquez earned his first goal in a Red Bulls jersey to lead New York to a 4-1 win over Toronto FC on Saturday and hand Toronto its first home loss this season. Juan Pablo Angel connected on a penalty shot, former Toronto FC midfielder Carl Robinson scored for the visitors, and Toronto coughed up an own goal by Joseph Nane in a loss that dealt a blow to a team looking for its...

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Chivas USA goalkeeper Dan Kennedy will undergo surgery for an arm injury he sustained in a match against Toronto FC and is expected to miss the rest of the MLS season. The team says Kennedy will have surgery on Friday in Santa Monica. He tore his left biceps tendon last Saturday and was able to continue playing.

Joel Lindpere was faced with a tough decision this week, deciding whether to travel to his native Estonia and play for his national team in a Euro Championship qualifying match against the Faeroe Islands or remain in the United States and play for the New York Red Bulls in a key MLS game against Toronto FC.

Joel Lindpere scored his second goal of the season, set up on a play by newly acquired Thierry Henry in the first half, giving the New York Red Bulls a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC Wednesday night.

The younger brother of English striker Wayne Rooney is currently conducting a four-day trial with the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer.

Nana Attakora and Chad Barrett each scored in the first half, and Toronto FC beat Chivas USA 2-1 on Saturday to extend its home unbeaten streak to 10 games. Toronto (7-6-5) struck first in the 21st minute. Dan Gargan whipped a strong throw into the box to find fellow defender Attakora, who headed the ball past Chivas goalkeeper Dan Kennedy for his first goal of the season.

TORONTO - Nana Attakora and Chad Barrett each scored in the first half as Toronto FC beat Chivas USA 2-1 on Saturday at BMO Field, stretching the team's home unbeaten streak to 10 games.

New York Red Bulls midfielders Luke Sassano and Brian Nielsen have had season-ending surgeries. The MLS team says Sassano had a right ankle reconstruction procedure done on Thursday at the Hospital for Special Surgery by Dr. David Levine. He will be sidelined 4 to 6 months. Sassano, who played in three games, will be placed on the team's season-ending injury list, the team said Friday.

Chad Barrett scored a 79th-minute goal to give MLS club Toronto FC a 2-2 draw against Honduran club Motagua on Tuesday and a place in the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League.

A detoured flight in Honduras, a five-hour bus trip and lost luggage. A different kind of extra time for Toronto FC. Toronto's charter flight had been scheduled to land Monday in Tegucigalpa, site of Tuesday night's preliminary round, second-leg match against Motagua in the CONCACAF Champions League.

Teal Bunbury took advantage of a defensive miscue and scored in the 61st minute to lift the Kansas City Wizards to a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday night. The win gave Kansas City (5-8-4) its first three-match unbeaten streak of the year. Toronto (6-6-5) fell to 1-6-1 in road games. The Wizards, who were coming off a 2-1 exhibition victory over Manchester United last Sunday, were slow to...