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Angel's 78th-minute goal lifts Red Bulls over Galaxy

Juan Pablo Angel scored in the 78th minute to give the New York Red Bulls a 2-1 victory over the host Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.

Danleigh Borman added his first goal for the Red Bulls (3-1-2), who extended their unbeaten steak to four games. Alan Gordon scored for Los Angeles (-2).

David Beckham received his first MLS yellow card in the 67th minute. He collided with New York's Dave van den Bergh after van den Bergh passed the ball. A cascade of boos followed the announcement. The yellow card was Beckham's first since the SuperLiga semifinal Aug. 15 against D.C. United.

Angel, who was league's second leading scorer last year with 19 goals, broke a 1-1 tie with his first goal this season. Dane Richards passed to Angel, who beat defender Troy Roberts and drew goalkeeper Steve Cronin out of the net. Angel then slotted an 8-yard shot into the open goal.

Angel scored one minute after Gordon had tied the game 1-1. Mike Randolph passed from the left wing to Gordon, who made a nifty move against two defenders and scored from 10 yards inside the right post in the 77th minute.

Borman gave New York a 1-0 lead in the 21st minute. Angel headed Hunter Freeman's throw-in to Jozy Altidore, who took a 7-yard shot that Cronin dived to block with both hands. But Borman converted the rebound from eight yards.

Beckham had a chance to score in the 59th minute, but Conway jumped to punch away Beckham's 40-yard free kick with both fists.

MLS

Crew 3, Earthquakes 2: Robbie Rogers scored two goals and the Eastern Division-leading Columbus scored three times in the final 20 minutes to win its fifth straight game.

In an offensive showcase that featured 33 shots and 25 corner kicks, the visiting Crew (6-1) overcame a 1-0 deficit by scoring three straight goals, two by Rogers in the 73rd and 81st minutes giving his team the lead for good.

Real Salt Lake 2, FC Dallas 1: Kyle Beckerman scored the game-winning goal in the 73rd minute and Real Salt Lake stayed unbeaten at home.

Beckerman softly one-touched a chip pass from Andy Williams through the legs of FC Dallas goalkeeper Dario Sala for Real Salt Lake (-2), which has two wins and two ties in its four home games this season.

Trailing 1-0, Kenny Cooper tied the game for FC Dallas in the 56th minute. His goal helped FC Dallas (2-) avoid going scoreless in its third straight game. Cooper's equalizer came off an assist from Andre Rocha and was the team's first goal since beating Chivas USA 2-0 on April 20. Dallas is 1-1-2 on the road this season.

Dynamo 2, Rapids 1: Dwayne De Rosario converted a penalty kick in the 87th minute to lead host Houston to its first win of the season.

Colorado's Ugo Ihemelu was issued a yellow card in the 86th minute for an intentional handball in the box. De Rosario took the penalty kick and fired a shot into the left corner to give the Dynamo the lead.

WOMEN

U.S. blanks Canada 6-0 in friendly: Natasha Kai had her first career hat trick with three second-half goals to lead the U.S. women's soccer team to a 6-0 win against Canada in a friendly at Washington.

Carli Lloyd, Leslie Osborne and Lindsay Tarpley also scored and Abby Wambach had three assists for the U.S., which is 13-0-1 this year.

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