News - Edson Buddle
Goals by David Beckham and Edson Buddle Saturday lifted Los Angeles to a 2-0 Major League Soccer win over Toronto FC. Beckham scored in the ninth minute and also assisted on Buddle's tally in the 83rd. Goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts needed to make just one save because of tight defense by his teammates. The
Jeff Cunningham's two goals and two assists Saturday led FC Dallas to an easy 6-3 Major League Soccer victory over Los Angeles. Cunningham scored his 11th goal of the season in the 25th minute and his 12th in the 88th, raising his career total to 116. He assisted on goals by Dax McCarty in the 71st and David Ferreira in the 85th. Dave van den Bergh also scored, and Jair Benitez added one goal in the 26th for the Hoops (7-11-6), who won for just the second time on the road this season. A.J.
Todd Dunivant scored the game's only goal on a short corner kick in the Los Angeles Galaxy's 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo Sunday. The Galaxy's victory snapped an 11-game winning streak for the Dynamo (8-3-4). Dunivant's goal, his first this season, came in the 24th minute as he redirected a shot from Mike Magee to score on Houston goalkeeper Pat Onstad. The win was just the third this season for Los Angeles (3-3-9) and its second in nine games. Houston's attack didn't get off a shot until the last minute of the opening half when Kei Kamara headed the ball straight at goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts. In the second half, Kamara had another chance to score when Brad Davis played him into the box.
Edson Buddle scored the winning goal with 13 minutes to play Saturday to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 2-1 victory over Toronto FC. Alan Gordon scored six minutes into the game for the Galaxy and Danny Dichio leveled the match for Toronto in the 64th minute.
Davy Arnaud scored for Kansas City and Edson Buddle scored for Los Angeles Saturday when the Wizards and the Galaxy played to a 1-1 tie in MLS action. The game was scoreless for 84 minutes before Arnaud scored his fourth goal of the season for Kansas City (4-4-4).
