Edson Buddle had two goals and an assist in the first half to lead the Columbus Crew to 4-2 win over D.C. United on the second day of the Copa Carnaval Saturday at Miami's Orange Bowl.
Buddle fed Mike Clark for the first goal and was in turn set up by Jeff Cunningham for the second goal. Buddle's goal came six minutes after United's Galin Ivanov was sent off for a second yellow card.
Cunningham and Buddle punished United with two more first-half goals after United was reduced to nine men when Ryan Nelsen went off injured in the 39th minute. United coach Ray Hudson close to finish the half with nine men.
Marco Etcheverry reduced the deficit with two second-half penalty kicks.
Forwards Brian Ching and Landon Donovan netted their first preseason goals as the San Jose Earthquakes defeated the Chicago Fire 2-0 in the second match of the Copa Carnaval doubleheader.
COPA CARNAVAL
March 8 in Miami
Columbus 4 D.C. United 2. Goals: Clark (Buddle, Garcia) 19, Buddle (Cunningham, Hejduk) 33, Cunningham 42, Buddle (Martino, Cunningham) 46+; Etcheverry pen. 56, Etcheverry pen. 74.
Columbus — Busch, Hejduk (Paule, 74), Clark (Torres, 46), Dunseth (Joy, 74), Denton (Washington, 74), West (Perea, 74), Martino (Akwari, 74), McCarty (Elbey, 55), Garcia (Leitch, 74), Buddle (Walsh, 74), Cunningham (Gonzalez, 46).
D.C. United — Warren, Reyes, Nelsen (Namoff, 46), Petke (Stokes, 46), Prideaux (Petrov, 30; Quintanilla, 74), Olsen (Carroll, 74), Etcheverry, Ivanov, Kovalenko, Stewart, Eskandarian.
Red card: D.C. United — Ivanov 27.
March 8 in Miami
San Jose 2 Chicago 0. Goals: Ching (Mulrooney, Mullan) 42, Donovan (Waibel, Agoos) 68.
Chicago — Thornton (Ring, 46), Brown, Curtin, Bocanegra (Gray, 61), Perez (Futagaki, 71), Whitfield (Walls, 71), Beasley (Swenda, 66), Marsch (Wolyniec, 46), Pause, Jaqua (Ralph, 61), Williams.
San Jose — Saunders, Robinson, Agoos, Dayak (Dunivant, 61), Waibel, Lagos, Donovan (Walker, 71), Mulrooney, Corrales, Ching (Wegerle, 72), Mullan (Roner, 61).