WINNERS:
Jeff Cunningham's goal from the penalty spot gave the COLORADO RAPIDS a 1-0 win over Los Angeles, ending their 279-minute scoreless streak and five-game winless streak. D.C. UNITED ended a 324-minute scoreless streak in a 4-3 comeback win over Chicago in which Christian Gomez scored twice.
LUKAS PODOLSKI, who could have been playing in the World Youth Championship, scorer the winner as host GERMANY began its Confederations Cup campaign with a 4-3 win over Australia. It was Germany coach JUERGEN KLINSMANN's first official competition game since taking over in July 2004.
INTER MILAN won the Italian Cup Wednesday, its 1-0 win over Roma giving it a 3-0 aggregate win. The crown is Inter's first domestic title since winning the league in 1989.
LOSERS:
LOS ANGELES' 1-0 loss in Colorado, which lost Pablo Mastroeni and Guy Melamed to red cards in the 18th and 60th minutes, keeps the Galaxy winless this season away from the Home Depot Center. The Galaxy has yet to win an MLS game outside Southern California in 11 tries since Steve Sampson took over as head coach last August.
In the World Youth Championship, ITALY remains winless after two games, going down 2-1 to Syria. CHILE got thumped, 7-0, by Spain three days after beating Honduras 7-0.