Cuauhtemoc Blanco scored on his second penalty kick of the game in stoppage time Thursday, giving the Chicago Fire a 3-2 MLS victory over Chivas USA. Chivas, despite playing with just 10 men from the 63rd minute, appeared to have handed Chicago its first loss of the season until two late goals altered the outcome. Patrick Nyarko collected a deflection and scored in the 89th minute to bring Chicago into a 2-2 tie and a questionable penalty in the box just moments before the game's end allowed Chicago to improve to 5-0-6. Chicago leads D.C.

Paulo Nagamura scored in the 54th minute Saturday and Chivas USA beat Real Salt Lake 1-0 for its third straight shutout victory. The victory gave Chivas USA (7-1-1) 22 points -- good for a nine-point lead over second place Seattle in the Western Conference. Real Salt Lake (3-4-1) is in fifth place in

Second-half goals by Atiba Harris and Alecko Eskandarian Saturday led Chivas USA to a 2-0 win over FC Dallas. Chivas (5-1-1) got six saves from Zach Thornton and cashed in on the first-half ejection of FC Dallas (1-4-1) goalie Dario Sala, to rebound from its first loss of the season Wednesday against Toronto FC. Mariano Trujillo and Paulo Nagamura were credited with assists on Harris' goal.

Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy combined for nine cards and three ejections as they fought to a scoreless tie Saturday. Chivas USA midfielder Paulo Nagamura drew a second yellow card -- and an ejection -- after a hard tackle on Landon Donovan just before the intermission.

Paulo Nagamura scored twice in the second half Saturday to lead Chivas USA to a 2-1 victory over Colorado in the MLS season opener for both teams. The Rapids (0-1-0) opened the scoring when Omar Cummings' shot deflected off Chivas USA goalie Zach Thornton into the net 30 minutes into the game. Nagamura