Substitute Jacob Peterson scored on a diving header in the 79th minute and Sporting Kansas City beat Orlando City 2-1 on Sunday.
Peterson's goal came on a cross from Roger Espinoza from the right corner. Sporting KC dominated play with 34 shots, 13 on target. The victory broke a seven-game winless stretch.
Despite being outplayed, Orlando City scored first. On a corner kick in the 67th minute, Cyle Larin headed it from the far post back into the goal box. After a scramble, the ball ricocheted off several legs and over the goal line. It was recorded as an own goal.
Kansas City drew even in the 74th minute. Benny Feilhaber chipped it into the penalty area, Peterson headed it into the center of the field and Dominic Dwyer flicked a header near post past Joe Bendik to even it up for his fifth goal of the season and 41st in his MLS career.
Orlando City has a six-game winless streak.
Thomas McNamara scored in the 65th minute to give New York City FC a 2-1 victory over the Portland Timbers on Sunday.
McNamara's 20-yard shot curled around goalkeeper Jake Gleeson and into the upper corner of the net for his third goal of the season.
NYCFC took the lead in the 12th minute under controversial circumstances. Defender RJ Allen appeared to use his hands to knock the ball away from Darlington Nagbe, but no foul was called. Instead, Allen sent an inch-perfect 30-yard rolling pass into the path of David Villa, who calmly shot the ball past Gleeson for his eighth goal of the season.
Portland tied it in the 55th minute. Fanendo Adi beat a defender and muscled his way into the NYCFC penalty area, where his shot deflected off a New York defender and beat goalkeeper Josh Saunders. It was Adi's eighth goal of the season, tying him for the league lead with Villa and Sebastian Giovinco of Toronto.
New York has won three straight, tied for the longest in the team's short history, to move into a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with Montreal, at 16 points.
Meanwhile Portland, the defending MLS Cup champions, continues to struggle early in the season. The Timbers have lost three in a row and sit second from the bottom in the Western Conference with 12 points.
Portland also saw its injury list grow. Already missing Diego Chara, Adam Kwarasey, Darren Mattocks and Alvas Powell, the Timbers lost Adi to a possible hamstring injury minutes after his goal.
Giles Barnes scored his fourth goal of the season and the Houston Dynamo topped Real Salt Lake 1-0.
Houston had the better of play most of the match and broke through in the 65th minute. From a goal kick, Barnes outran defender Tony Beltran down the left wing and squeezed his right-footed shot past Jeff Attinella and inside the far post.
The Dynamo's Erick Torres had a good chance in the 39th minute, but his header from close range following a pass from Damarcus Beasley sailed just high.
Barnes beat two defenders to a through ball in the 48th minute, but Attinella came out to make a sliding save near the top of the penalty box and Torres missed the follow-up high. Four minutes later, David Horst hit the crossbar off a corner kick.
Houston has won two of its past three games. RSL has lost two straight and falls.