Soccer

Adam Cristman scored two first-half goals and the New England Revolution held off David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy, 2-1, on Friday to win a battle conference leaders at The Home Depot Center.

Mehdi Ballouchy, Colin Clark and Tom McManus each had a goal and an assist as the Colorado Rapids rolled to a 4-0 win over Red Bull New York on Friday to snap a four-game winless streak.

Abe Thompson scored in stoppage time as FC Dallas salvaged a 1-1 draw against the Kansas City Wizards on Friday night.

Chivas USA coach Preki wasn't very pleased after last week's 1-1 tie against Red Bull New York.

Chicago Fire coach Denis Hamlett admitted after last week's 0-0 tie against the San Jose Earthquakes that his strikers "need to finish."

Despite dominating almost every aspect of the game on Thursday night, Real Salt Lake had to settle for a 0-0 draw with the Houston Dynamo at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

The New England Revolution and the Los Angeles Galaxy, leaders in their respective conferences, square off at the Home Depot Center on Friday night in a 4th of July extravaganza.

The New York Red Bulls are soon going to be called the new look Red Bulls, with Venezuelan national team veteran midfielder Jorge Rojas and Argentine defender Juan Pietravallo being added to the squad this week and numerous others being rumored to be added soon.

Real Salt Lake announced Wednesday it has waived Argentine midfielder Matias Cordoba, who was on loan from Argentina side Club Atletico Tigre.

The New England Revolution loaned two players to other clubs for the remainder of the 2008 season, the Major League Soccer club announced on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Brad Knighton is being loaned to the Portland Timbers of the United Soccer Leagues' First Division, while forward Argenis Fernandez is being loaned to LD Alajuelense of Costa Rica's Primera Division.