Sunday 25 June 2017 08:30, UK
Chicago Fire stayed on the coattails of MLS Eastern Conference leaders Toronto FC by thrashing Orlando City 4-0 at Toyota Park.
Valjko Paunovic's men have now won eight of their last nine games as they attempt to chase down Toronto, who after Saturday's results remain a point clear at the top.
David Accam was the destroyer-in-chief against Orlando, getting the ball rolling with a third-minute opener before doubling up five minutes later to put Chicago in full control.
Hungary's Nemanja Nikolic chipped in with his 14th goal of the season after the break and Accam then put the result beyond Orlando once and for all by completing his hat-trick from the penalty spot.
A brace from Federico Higuain helped the Colombus Crew recover from back-to-back defeats with an impressive 4-1 home victory over the Montreal Impact.
Higuain, the brother of Juventus striker Gonzalo, broke the deadlock 17 minutes into the first half only for Anthony Jackson-Hamel to hit back for Montreal.
Kekuta Manneh and Ola Kamara later pushed Colombus clear by setting each other up for goals and Higuain popped up two minutes from time to confirm the outcome.
Earlier, Josef Martinez fired Atlanta United to a 1-0 win against the Colorado Rapids and the Philadelphia Union dispatched DC United by the same scoreline thanks to Fabrice Picault.
The Union were grateful that Lamar Neagle could not convert his second-half spot-kick.
Minnesota United came back to draw 2-2 with the Vancouver Whitecaps having been two goals behind at half-time.
Cristian Techera's penalty and Tony Tchani's stoppage-time strike gave Vancouver the upper hand but Francisco Calvo and Jerome Thiesson bit back in the second period.
LA Galaxy fell just short in their attempt to deny Western Conference leaders Sporting Kansas City all three points from their trip to the Stubhub Center.
Sporting confidently built a two-goal cushion with goals from Roger Espinoza and Ike Opara before the interval and, although Dave Romney slashed the deficit on 77 minutes, SKC clinched it 2-1.
San Jose Earthquakes triumphed by the same scoreline against Real Salt Lake with Danny Hoesen and Marco Urena notching either side of the break.
Dominic Kinnear's side lost defender Nick Lima to a late red card but still managed to restrict RSL to a single consolation goal, substitute Jose Hernandez converting a Luis Silva pass at the death.
