Western Conference leaders LAFC re-discovered their form after a recent slump with a 3-1 home victory over Houston Dynamo on Sunday.
Carlos Vela scored a double, with both goals coming from the penalty spot, as LAFC secured only their second victory from their past eight games.
LAFC have a 15-1-0 record when scoring first this season although Houston leveled the game in the 24th minute from Corey Baird s classy goal after Vela netted an eighth-minute spotkick.
Vela restored LAFC s advantage from the spot on half-time after Fabrice Picault s handball was spotted by the VAR, with Ryan Hollingshead lifting home a third in the 52nd minute.
LAFC remain top of the Western Conference, nine points ahead of second-placed Austin, with two more matchdays until the postseason begins.
90 + | A beautiful Yedlin delivery and the perfect Gonzalo Higuaín finish | 2-3
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF)
Gonzalo Higuain scored a 94th-minute winner to boost Inter Miami s playoffs hopes with a 3-2 road win over DC United, who had Christian Benteke net his first goal for the club.
Higuain struck the winner in the fourth of eight stoppage-time minutes, with a first-time strike from Deandre Yedlin s low cross from the right.
Benteke had opened the scoring in the 22nd minute with a back-post left-foot volley, before Leonard Campana s double for Inter.
Taxiarchis Fountas equalised in the 57th minute before Higuain s late winner, which means Inter are seventh in the Eastern Conference, moving above Columbus Crew, who conceded again late in a 1-1 draw with Portland Timbers on Sunday.
The Crew were denied all three points with Santiago Moreno lashing home a 95th-minute equaliser for the Timbers, after Kevin Molino s first-half strike.
They ll call this the Moreno Missile
— Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC)
