Landon Donovan converted two penalty kicks to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 2-0 win over Chicago, which managed just two shots. Kyle Martino drew both spot kicks.  Honduran forward Carlos Pavon made his Galaxy debut as a 56th minute sub and threatened a few times. Chicago has won just once in its last 10 games. The Home Depot crowd of 24,333 was biggest of the five Fourth of July games.

Toronto FC won its first road game of the season, beating Real Salt Lake, 2-1, in front of 20,751. Jeff Cunningham, who had been traded from Real earlier this season, opened the scoring. Alecko Eskandarian, who arrived in Salt Lake in the Cunningham trade, equalized on a penalty kick he drew before Collin Samuel's penalty kick gave Toronto the victory and left Salt Lake looking for its second win of the season.

In Denver, 18,086 fans watched the Colorado Rapids play a scoreless tie with Columbus. The Rapids are now winless in seven games and have scored just once in their last five games. The Crew stretched its undefeated streak to five games.

Brazilian Luciano Emilio scored his eighth goal of the season to give D.C. United a 1-0 win at Kansas City in front of 7,872 fans as the teams combined for 32 shots and 13 keeper saves. The Wizards, which took 21 shots, hit the post twice, and had nine corner kicks. The win moved D.C. United into first place in East Conference.

FC Dallas, in front of a 15,773 home crowd, downed Chivas USA, 2-0. Ramon Nunez came off the bench to score his third goal of the season, from an Arturo Alvarez assist. Dominic Oduro, assisted by Pablo Ricchetti, scored Dallas' second late in the game.

It was Dallas' ninth win of the season and fourth shutout in five games.

Nunez entered in the 12th minute for injured Marcelo Saragosa.

GAME SUMMARIES
July 4 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 2 Chivas USA 0. Goals: Nunez (Alvarez) 41, Oduro (Ricchetti) 86.
FC Dallas – Sala, Rhine, Goodson, Pitchkolan, Wagenfuhr, Alvarez (Gbandi, 80), Ricchetti, Saragosa (Nunez, 12), Toja, Thompson (Oduro, 62), Ruiz.
Chivas USA – Burpo, Vaughn (Lopez, 62), Hernandez, Thomas, Perez, Zotinca, Marsch, Mendoza, Cunliffe (Razov, 62), Galindo, Merlin (Hamilton, 79).
Yellow Cards: FC Dallas – Toja 63; Chivas USA – Perez 17, Vaughn 57, Hernandez 65.
Referee: Andrew Chapin.
Att.: 15,773.

July 4 in Kansas City
Kansas City 0 D.C. United 1. Goal: Emilio (Fred, Simms) 44.
Kansas City – Hartman, Jewsbury, Garcia, Wahl, Harrington, Arnaud, Morsink (Marinelli, 57), Zavagnin, Victorine, Pore (Movsisyan, 46), Sealy (John, 82).
D.C. United – Perkins, Simms, McTavish, Vanney, Gros, Moose (Mediate, 46), Carroll, Gomez, Fred (deRoux, 86), Addlery (Dyachenko, 77), Emilio.
Yellow Cards: D.C. United – Addlery 10, Carroll 57, Vanney 76; Kansas City – Zavagnin 54.
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.: 7,872

July 4 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 0 Columbus 0.
Colorado – Coundoul, Gargan, Erpen, Ihemelu, Prideaux, Cooke (Colaluca, 73), Kirovski, Wasson, Clark (Cummings, 81), Hernandez, Peterson.
Columbus – Hesmer, Hejduk, Gonzalez, Pierce, Marshall, O'Rourke, Schelotto (Herron, 76), Grabavoy, Hendrickson (Miglioranzi, 68), Kamara (Thomas, 59), Moreno.
Yellow Cards: Colorado – Erpen 71.
Referee: Kevin Stott.
Att.: 18,086.

 

July 4 in Salt Lake City
Real Salt Lake 1 Toronto FC 2. Goals: Eskandarian pen. 45; Cunningham (Dichio) 19, Samuel pen. 79.
Real Salt Lake – Rimando, Kipre, Pope, Stewart, Kotschau, Talley, Harris, Williams (Watson, 73), Ballouchy, Findley (Brown, 70), Eskandarian.
Toronto FC – Reynolds (Djekanovic, 85), Pozniak, Brennan, Marshall, Dunivant, O'Brien, Edu, Robinson, Samuel, Cunningham (Welsh, 49), Dichio.
Yellow Cards: Real Salt Lake – Kotschau 63, Harris 75; Toronto FC – Cunningham 46+, Pozniak 44, Djekanovic 88, O'Brien 90.
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 20,751.

July 4 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 2 Chicago 0. Goals: Donovan pen 16, Donovan pen. 87.
Los Angeles – Cannon, Klein, Harden, Xavier, Jazic, Jones (Pavon, 56), Gray, Vagenas, Martino (Kirk, 90), Donovan, Buddle (Glinton, 73).
Chicago – Busch, Robinson (Menezes, 46), Brown, Gutierrez, Segares, Carr (Thiago, 70), Armas, Pause, Guerrero, Barrett (Oliveira, 80), Franks.
Yellow Cards: Los Angeles – Martino 22; Chicago – Gutierrez 76, Thiago 86, Brown 87.
Referee: Brian Hall.
Att.: 24,333.