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Week 17 of the 2025 MLS season started with St Louis beating San Jose 2-1 at home. Joao Klauss opened the scoring for St Louis two minutes into first-half stoppage time. San Jose equalized from a Josef Martinez goal in the 82nd. Eduard Lowen returned St Louis’s lead, converting a penalty two minutes into stoppage time. St Louis’s Conrad Wallem saw red six minutes into stoppage time.
Nashville drew 2-2 at home with NYCFC, with Sam Surridge scoring in the 27th and 41st. NYCFC’s Hannes Wolf pulled a goal back in the 54th and equalized in the 87th minute.
New England shutout Montreal 3-0 on the road, playing a man up from the 36th when Giacomo Vrioni saw red. The Revolution’s Peyton Miller scored in the 48th and Olay Feingold added goals in the 55th and 87th minutes.
“First of all, I’d just like to say I’m really proud of the guys for getting this massive three points today,” New England coach Caleb Porter said. “It’s a five-point week, with three road games, and it’s nine games unbeaten in a brutal stretch where it’s eight of the last 10 on the road. In those nine games, we’ve taken 19 points, so over two points per game. Another clean sheet, I’m really pleased with that, and great to score the three goals, all three of them from our wingbacks.”
DC United won 2-1 at FC Cincinnati, going ahead from a Gabriel Pirani goal in the 2nd. Cincinnati’s Kevin Denkey equalized in the 15th. DC retook the lead from a Conner Antley goal in the 19th minute.
“A tough night,” Cincinnati coach Pat Noonan said. “A tough stretch, tough week for us, results wise and just performance wise. So, maybe the break will come at a good time to reset and try to come out of it in a better way than we went into it.”
Inter Miami beat Columbus 5-1 at home, taking the lead when Tadeo Allende scored in the 13th. Lionel Messi added goals in the 15th and 34th. The Crew’s Cesar Ruvalcaba pulled a goal back in the 58th. Miami’s Luis Suarez scored in the 64th and Fafa Picault finished off the goals in the 89th minute.
The Red Bulls shutout Atlanta 2-0 at home. Cameron Harper put the Red Bulls up in the 3rd and Eric Choupo-Moting doubled the lead in the 29th minute.
“I think it was a combination of things,” Atlanta goalkeeper Brad Guzan said. “I think fatigue, we didn’t look sharp physically in terms of defensively closing guys down. Even when we had the ball our first touch was loose, we turn the ball over in our own half quite easily. And then it’s no secret how Red Bulls is going to play and we probably needed to adjust accordingly a little bit and I don’t think we did.”
Chicago won 3-1 at Orlando City, going ahead from a Philip Zinckernagel goal in the 5th. Hugo Cuypers extended the Fire’s lead with goals in the 31st and 32nd. Orlando’s Alexander Freeman pulled a goal back in the 39th minute.
“Yeah, it’s a collective effort,” Chicago coach Gregg Berhalter said. “We knew it was going to be a collective effort. The starters, the solutions who came in, everyone did their job and they put pressure on us, but we were able to withstand and get a good result.”
Charlotte shutout Toronto FC 2-0 on the road. Pep Biel put Charlotte up in the 56th and Patrick Agyemang scored in the 90th minute.
FC Dallas drew 0-0 at home with Philadelphia. Dallas’ Lalas Abubakar saw red in the 39th minute. Dallas put two shots on goal to one for the Union.
“It is unbelievable to watch,” Dallas coach Eric Quill said. “I was inspired tonight watching the fight and the hustle and the desire behind the ball. It’s not easy to do that. Going to Cincinnati and going two goals down and coming back. You can’t question the heart and the resiliency that we play with.”
Sporting Kansas City came back to win 3-1 at Houston after falling behind to a Sebastian Kowalczyk goal in the 13th. Sporting KC’s Dejan Joveljic equalized three minutes into first-half stoppage time and scored again in the 52nd. Santiago Munoz finished off the Kansas City goals in the 88th minute.
“Sometimes you need to close your eyes and do a bicycle kick and then maybe you’ll score,” Joveljic said. “I was lucky enough this time and hopefully many more times again.”
The LA Galaxy shutout Real Salt Lake 2-0 at home, going ahead from a Lucas Sanabria goal in the 17th. Joseph Paintsil added a goal in the 55th minute.
“Just proud of our guys for staying in it and competing to the end,” LA Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “Again, game after game showing up and putting it out there. So they deserve this. This is a hard-fought first win.”
San Diego beat Austin 2-0 at home, taking the lead from a Luca de la Torre goal in the 60th. Milan Iloski scored two minutes into stoppage time.
“Recently, I’ve noticed that they are playing without thinking, it’s just happening and that one guy leaves and another one comes in and it just keeps going,” San Diego coach Mikey Varas said. “For me, that’s really important. That’s the most important thing and the points are always important because we are here to win but the most important thing is that, I think.”
LAFC qualified for the Club World Cup with a 2-1 win over Club America in extra time at BMO Stadium. Club America’s Brian Rodriguez converted a penalty in the 64th with Igor Jesus equalizing in the 89th to send the game to extra time. Denis Bouanga scored for LAFC in the 115th. Alex Zendejas subbed out in the 89th minute for Club America.
Sunday’s MLS game saw Minnesota win 3-2 at Seattle. Tani Oluwaseyi put United up in the 51st with Seattle’s Kalani Kossa-Rienzi equalizing in the 55th. Robin Lod converted a Minnesota penalty in the 54th and Oluwaseyi scored again in the 58th. United gave up an own goal in the 83rd minute.
“I’m really pleased,” Minnesota coach Eric Ramsey said about United’s first win at Seattle. “I didn’t talk about it too much before the game amongst the staff, I didn’t talk about it in front of the players, but obviously speaks to how difficult it is to come here and get a point, let alone three points, all the teams across the league would say that. I don’t think it’s just a Minnesota thing, obviously in our case, it’s extreme that the club’s never picked up a point here, but I think in general it’s a really difficult place to come.”
The Vancouver Whitecaps lost the Concacaf Champions Cup final 5-0 at Cruz Azul. Ignacio Rivero opened the scoring in the 8th, Lorenzo Faravelli doubled the lead in the 28th, and Angel Sepulveda made it 3-0 Cruz Azul in the 37th. Mateusz Bogusz scored in the 45th and Sepulveda finished off the goals in the 50th minute.
With the action rounding down for most of the USMNT players abroad in 2024-25, here is the weekend roundup. George Bello’s LASK lost the Austrian Bundesliga UEFA Conference League playoff 4-3 on aggregate after losing 3-0 at Rapid Vienna. LASK fell behind in the 31st, gave up a penalty in the 81st, and Rapid Vienna scored again five minutes into stoppage time.
Matko Miljevic’s Huracan lost 1-0 at home to Platense in Argentina’s Primera Division. Platense scored in the 63rd. Miljevic saw yellow in the 74th minute.
Did Not Play: Alan Sonora (Cerro Porteno 6 – Atletico Tembetary 1)
On Monday, Aron Johannsson’s Valur beat Fram 2-1 at home in the Besta Deild. Patrick Pedersen put Valur up in the 51st with Fram equalizing in the 64th. Tryggvi Haraldsson returned the Valur lead in the 68th minute.
Quotes courtesy of MLS team press releases.
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