0-0: Riqui Puig’s Galaxy did not raise their heads

He never stops dreaming City of Saint Louis and, in his first season at MLSsealed his fifth win in five this Saturday by hitting 4-0 at Royal Salt Lakeon a day where the Columbus Crew lost 6-1 atlanta is united and where the Los Angeles FC succeeded him Dallas despite Mexican Carlos Vela’s missed penalty.

Without big names and with Swiss goalkeeper Roman Burki, formerly of Borussia Dortmund, as a flag, Saint Louis was no longer a surprise and easily passed a delicate test, at the height of Salt Lake City. Nicolás Gioacchini, a double from Joao Klauss and a goal from Swede Rasmus Alm, all in the second half, gave a fifth win to a team that leads the West with an absolute victory.

Behind them, five points behind, are LAFC and the Seattle Sounders, who won 4-1 at Sporting Kansas City with some fantastic poker from Jordan Morris. LAFC, for their part, hauled in the stripes of the champions and despite not playing their best football they managed an important 2-1 win at home against Dallas FC under Spanish coach Nico Estévez .

Denis Bouanga, a former French Saint Etienne player among others, scored the decisive goal in the 84th minute, moments after Vela had conceded a penalty. The Angelenos made their lives difficult after taking the lead in the 11th minute thanks to Timothy Tillman and after remaining in numerical superiority due to a direct red card to Emmanuel Twumasi in the 34th minute. In fact, Dallas achieved the equalizer thanks to Nkosi Tafari in the 73rd, before conceding, ten minutes later, Bouanga’s goal.

Columbus falls without ‘Cucho’ Hernández

In the East, the surprise came in Columbus, where the Crew, without the Colombian Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernández, defeated Atlanta United 6-1, one of the strongest teams at the beginning of the championship in the United States . United arrived in Columbus after adding three victories and a draw, with an Argentine Thiago Almada as the perfect opponent. But Almada was absent due to his call-up to the Argentine team, where he was champion last December in Qatar, and his team was dissolved during his visit to Ohio.

The Los Angeles Galaxy, without Mexican Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández, went 0-0 in their visit to the Timbers and remained winless after four days of MLS. The Galaxy have scored just two goals in four games this year, which is the worst start to the season in their history, despite dominating the game in Portland and shooting as many as 17 times on goal, with two posts.

The Timbers finished the game with ten men due to a serious knee injury to David Bingham, who was replaced by defender Justin Rasmussen in the final minute of extra time. They are eighth in the West, with four points, while the Galaxy are eleventh, with three points in both conferences.

Chicago surprised an Inter Miami with sadness

Among other results, the Chicago Fire collected their first three points of the year by winning 3-2 at Inter Miami thanks to a decisive stoppage-time goal from Kei Kamara, recently signed from Montreal.

Inter Miami started the year with two wins, but now they have three losses in a row and have dropped to ninth in the West. Phil Neville’s side cannot count on Venezuelan striker Joseph Martínez, who has been selected by his country, or Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana on Saturday.