Winners:
LANDON DONOVAN tallied twice and assisted in his debut for the Los Angeles Galaxy, which downed Real Salt Lake, 3-1, before a 27,000 sellout crowd at the Home Depot Center.
Brazilian THIAGO MARTINS scored Chivas USA's first league goal in their 3-3 tie at San Jose. The other expansion club, Real Salt Lake, also notched its first goal, JASON KREIS's striking in a 3-1 loss to Los Angeles.
CLAUDIO REYNA played the full 90 minutes, his fourth straight full English Premier League game since his injury comeback in February, on the right side of midfield as Manchester City downed Liverpool, 1-0.
Losers:
Defending champion D.C. UNITED saw its home opener in front of 19,052 fans, which was preceded by a trophy ceremony with D.C. Mayor Mayor Anthony A. Williams, ruined by Chicago rookie Chris Rolfe, 22. The Ohio product, who played at the University of Dayton and was the 29th overall pick in the 2005 draft, scored to give Chicago a 1-1 tie after Mike Petke had put D.C. ahead.
The COLUMBUS CREW, which opened its season a week ago with a 3-0 win over Los Angeles, fell 3-0 at New England to see its 19-game regular-season unbeaten streak, dating back to June 26, come to an end. Also over is a nine-game unbeaten streak on the road.
In Germany, Borussia Moenchengladbach, with American keeper KASEY KELLER, fell, 2-1, to Bayern Munich. Keller, who received high
ratings for keeping the Bavarians at bay in the first half, stumbled as Mehmet Scholl hit a close-range equalizer and was beaten on a five-yard header on the gamewinner. Hannover's American defender STEVE CHERUNDOLO's foul set up a free kick that lead to VfL Bochum's goal in a his team's 1-0 loss. After Marcel Maltritz headed the free kick toward goal, Cherundolo attempted to head it wide but nodded it into his own net instead. CONOR CASEY came on as a late sub in Mainz's 2-0 loss to Wolfsburg.