LOS ANGELES (AP) — Uruguay’s Facundo Torres scored the first goal of his MLS career with a header in the 10th minute as Orlando City beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 on Saturday.
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Ercan Kara seized a ball on the right flank and sent a perfect cross to Uruguayan Torres, who in front of the penalty spot finished off powerfully to beat goalkeeper Jonathan Bond.
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The Peruvian Pedro Gallese, goalkeeper for Orlando, made sure that the minimum advantage persisted until the end, with at least a couple of saving saves. The Mexican Javier “Chicharito” Hernández played the entire game but went blank for the Los Angeles team.
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Orlando City continued to surprise this season, reaching seven points to move into third place in the Eastern Conference.
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The Galaxy stalled at six units, to be seventh in the West.
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Also on Saturday, Argentina’s Thiago Almada and Brooks Lennon scored late as Atlanta United stretched to draw 3-3 at home against Montreal.
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The Venezuelan Josef Martínez did the other goal for the locals.
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New York City FC, the defending league champion, fell 2-0 to the Philadelphia Union, with goals from Alejandro Bedoya and Daniel Gazdag.
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Cincinnati won 3-1 over Inter Miami, with two goals from Brandon Vázquez and one from Costa Rican Ronald Matarrita.
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The Colombian-American Jonathan Osorio reached 50 goals in the different competitions with Toronto, which beat DC United 2-1.
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At night, the Paraguayan Luis Amarilla contributed the goal with which Minnesota United beat the San José Earthquakes 1-0, and Dallas thrashed the Portland Timbers 4-1, with a hat trick by Jesús Ferreira, Colombian naturalized American.
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In other games, the Chicago Fire won 3-1 over Sporting Kansas City; Charlotte beat the New England Revolution by the same score; the Houston Dynamo drew 1-1 against the Colorado Rapids, and Real Salt Lake beat Nashville 2-1.
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