Ibrahim Aliyu scored late in the first half and the Houston Dynamo won for the first time this season, defeating the visiting Portland Timbers 1-0 on Saturday night.
Robin Lod scored his second goal of the season early and Minnesota United continued their unbeaten start with a 2-0 victory over slumping LAFC in Eric Ramsay’s Loons managerial debut.
Both Sporting Kansas City’s run of home success and San Jose’s rough patch to begin the new campaign continued on Saturday as the hosts came out on top of a 2-1 decision in Kansas City, Kan.
The host Los Angeles Galaxy and St. Louis City each extended their respective unbeaten streaks to four games in a back-and-forth 3-3 draw on Saturday.