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Crew claim 1st home win vs. Sounders; Dallas burn Galaxy, top MLS standings

Kei Kamara scored two goals and the Columbus Crew beat Seattle 3-2 on Saturday night for their first home victory against the Sounders.

Columbus (4-3-2) is now 1-3-1 at home against Seattle (5-3-1). The visiting team had won the previous three meetings in the series.

Kamara headed home Waylon Francis' cross in the 10th minute to open the scoring for Columbus. Seattle's Clint Dempsey tied the match at 1-1 in the 24th minute. He was given space near the penalty arc and took advantage with a left-footed goal through traffic.

Federico Higuain gave Columbus a 2-1 lead 4 minutes after halftime. A cross fell to him at the edge of the 18-yard box and he took five dribbles in the area to find a clearing. In the 58th minute, Kamara's casual redirection of a Hector Jimenez pass made it 3-1.

Dempsey had a controversial goal in the 75th minute. He appeared to be in an offside position on Obafemi Martins' shot. The rebound fell to Dempsey's feet and the flag stayed down.

Tesho Akindele blasted in the go-ahead goal in the 86th minute and FC Dallas rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Galaxy (3-3-5) forward Gyasi Zardes opened the scoring in the 59th minute, redirecting Stefan Ishizaki's corner kick with a header.

Blas Perez then pulled FC Dallas (6-2-2) even in the 77th minute, slipping past goalkeeper Jaime Penedo for an open net finish before Akindele's winner.

FC Dallas remained first in the overall MLS standings, tied with the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Pedro Morales and Octavio Rivero scored in the first half and the Whitecaps beat the Philadelphia Union 3-0.

Second half-substitute Darren Mattocks also scored to help the Whitecaps (6-3-2) win at home for the first time since early April.

Philadelphia (1-7-3) has lost four in a row.

D.C. United's Jairo Arrieta and Sporting Kansas City's Dom Dwyer traded goals late in the first half in a 1-1 tie.

Chris Pontius controlled Perry Kitchen's diagonal cross and stabbed it over to Arrieta for a quick left-footed strike in the 42nd minute that briefly put United (5-1-3) ahead.

Dwyer answered for Sporting KC (3-2-5) in the 45th minute with a smash from the middle of the 18-yard box, his third goal of the season.

Alvaro Saborio and Luke Mulholland scored and Real Salt Lake beat the Chicago Fire 2-1 for its first multi-goal game since March.

Real Salt Lake (3-2-5) snapped a five-game winless streak and has not lost at Chicago (3-5-0) since 2009.

Saborio gave Real Salt Lake a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute. Jordan Allen crossed a ball to the top of the 18-yard box and Saborio calmly slotted it home.

It was the first goal by a RSL player since April 5.

Nat Borchers and Diego Valeri scored in the second half to help the Portland Timbers beat the Montreal Impact 2-1.

Borchers opened the scoring in the 64th minute, and Valeri gave Portland (3-3-4) a 2-0 lead in the 70th.

Dominic Oduro scored for Montreal (0-3-2) in the 71st.

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