Stoppage Time

Luciano Emilio's stoppage-time goal - in the 92d minute - on a counterattack gave D.C. United a 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire last night in Bridgeview, Ill. Jaime Moreno tied the score, 1-1, for United in the 63d minute. The Fire had given up just six goals in their first nine games. The victory was the first for United in seven road games. Galaxy 3, Rapids 2 - Alvaro Pires and Edson Buddle scored first-half goals to help David Beckham get a win in his return as Los Angeles beat visiting Colorado.

Baseball A 1949 MVP plaque owned by Red Sox slugger Ted Williams sold for nearly $300,000 at the first major auction of his sports, military, and personal memorabilia Saturday. Nearly 800 items sold at the auction at Fenway Park, and some of the proceeds from the auction will benefit The Jimmy Fund. Among the top sales was a baseball that Babe Ruth signed for Williams, "To my pal Ted Williams, From Babe Ruth," which sold for $195,500. Hunt Auctions Inc. says that sale set a record for a baseball signed by Ruth that wasn't used in a game.

Diego Maradona's first match in charge of UAE club Al Wasl ended in with a 4-3 loss to league champion Al Jazira on Thursday after his team gave up the deciding goal in stoppage time. Al Wasl, which lost 4-0 to Al Jazira on the day Maradona's signing was announced in mid-May, rallied to tie after trailing 3-1 at halftime. All three goals for Al Wasl were scored by Argentine Mariano Donda, a recent signing by Maradona. Brazilian striker Bare headed Al Jazira's late winner at the Mohammed Bin Zayed stadium.

Kelyn Rowe and Chris Tierney scored in the first half and the Revolution beat the Los Angeles Galaxy, 3-1, late Saturday night in Carson, Calif. Saer Sene scored in the 65th minute to put New England (2-2-0) up, 3-0. "I think for us it was a good start. We came out and executed the game plan, which was we wanted to keep possession," said Revolution coach Jay Heaps. "We knew that L.A.'s so good on the attack and you know the old cliché, the best defense is a good offense.

Futty Danso scored in stoppage time to lift the Portland Timbers to a 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Danso's late goal helped the Timbers (11-14-9) finish the season on a positive note after barely missing out on a playoff berth. Alvaro Saborio scored in the 45th minute for Salt Lake (15-11-8), which had clinched a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season a month ago and could have wrapped up third place in the Western Conference with a win. Saborio got his 11th goal in MLS play this season when he beat Portland goalkeeper Troy Perkins as he charged...

Alan Gordon scored the second of his two goals in stoppage time to help Toronto FC salvage a 2-2 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night. Juan Pablo Angel put the Galaxy ahead with a goal in the 90th minute. Toronto answered in the waning moments of extra time when Gordon finished a volley from inside the box that found the upper-right corner of the net. Chris Birchall scored in the second minute for the Galaxy (8-2-7), unbeaten in their last eight games. Gordon helped Toronto (2-5-8)

Eddie Johnson scored on a penalty kick in second-half stoppage time to give the Burn a 1-0 win over the Colorado Rapids last night in Dallas. Dallas, which played the last 20 minutes with only nine players, was awarded a penalty kick after Colorado defender Ritchie Kotschau took down Bobby Rhine from behind. Johnson scored his seventh goal of the season by shooting into the right corner of the net. Dallas's Simo Valakari was ejected after receiving his second yellow card in the 57th minute.

American players lingered on the field, waving to adoring red-white-and-blue-clad fans. They hope to be making a similar victory lap when games count next month. Landon Donovan set up second-half goals by Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey, leading the US over Turkey, 2-1, yesterday in Philadelphia in the Americans’ last exhibition before leaving for South Africa for the World Cup. Altidore tied the score in the 58th minute and Dempsey put the US ahead in the 75th. “I think we accomplished everything that we would have wanted here,’’ said US coach Bob...

With 100 days until this year's European Championship, Italy lost to the United States for the first time in 11 games over 78 years, while Spain, France and the Netherlands prepared with impressive wins. Clint Dempsey scored in the 55th minute at Genoa, and the Americans held on for a 1-0 victory Wednesday night that gave them a rare win over a world power. Roberto Soldado had a hat trick to lead defending European champion Spain to a 5-0 win over Venezuela in Malaga. France extended its unbeaten run to 18 matches as Oliver Giroud and Florent Malouda scored in a 2-1...

Bobby Convey and Ellis McLoughlin scored second-half goals and goalkeeper Jon Busch made them stand up in the San Jose Earthquakes’ 2-1 victory over the Revolution last night in Santa Clara, Calif. Ellis scored his first goal of the season on a header in the 71st minute, and Convey curled in a free kick to give the Earthquakes (3-4-3) a 2-0 lead in the 84th minute. It also was Convey’s first goal of the year. Chris Tierney scored late in the second half for the Revolution (3-4-4)

With 100 days until this year's European Championship, Italy lost to the United States for the first time in 11 games over 78 years, while Spain, France and the Netherlands prepared with impressive wins. Clint Dempsey scored in the 55th minute at Genoa, and the Americans held on for a 1-0 victory Wednesday night that gave them a rare win over a world power. Roberto Soldado had a hat trick to lead defending European champion Spain to a 5-0 win over Venezuela in Malaga. France extended its unbeaten run to 18 matches as Oliver Giroud and Florent Malouda scored in a 2-1 victory over Germany...

Tennis The United States swept favored Switzerland out of the Davis Cup yesterday in Fribourg, Switzerland, when Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Teaming for the second time, Fish and Bryan comfortably handled the 2008 Olympic doubles champions in front of an occasionally hostile Swiss crowd of 7,000. The doubles victory gave the Americans a 3-0 lead in the best-of-five, first-round series. They advanced to the quarterfinals in April when they again will be on the road - against France or Canada.

HOUSTON - Brian Ching scored at the end of the first half, and Houston defeated Philadelphia last night, 1-0, to advance to the MLS Eastern Conference finals. Houston won the two-game series 3-1 on aggregate scoring after a 2-1 win at Philadelphia. The Dynamo play Sporting Kansas City on Sunday in Kansas City for the chance to move on to the MLS Cup for the first time since 2007, when they won their second of back-to-back titles. Ching scored in first-half stoppage time, taking a free kick by Brad Davis and heading it in from the penalty spot and into the upper right corner, just inside the far...

Futty Danso scored in stoppage time to lift the Portland Timbers to a 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Danso's late goal helped the Timbers (11-14-9) finish the season on a positive note after barely missing out on a playoff berth. Alvaro Saborio scored in the 45th minute for Salt Lake (15-11-8), which had clinched a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season a month ago and could have wrapped up third place in the Western Conference with a win. Saborio got his 11th goal in MLS play this season when he beat Portland goalkeeper Troy Perkins...

Diego Maradona's first match in charge of UAE club Al Wasl ended in with a 4-3 loss to league champion Al Jazira on Thursday after his team gave up the deciding goal in stoppage time. Al Wasl, which lost 4-0 to Al Jazira on the day Maradona's signing was announced in mid-May, rallied to tie after trailing 3-1 at halftime. All three goals for Al Wasl were scored by Argentine Mariano Donda, a recent signing by Maradona. Brazilian striker Bare headed Al Jazira's late winner at the Mohammed Bin Zayed stadium.

Chris Pontius scored twice, and D.C. United snapped a seven-game home winless streak with a 4-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Andy Najar and Stephen King also scored for United, and Joe Willis made six saves for a shutout in his debut. United (7-6-9) was 0-2-5 at RFK Stadium since beating Seattle 2-1 on May 4. The Whitecaps (3-12-9) sank to 0-9-4 on the road in their inaugural season. Vancouver nearly took the lead five minutes before halftime, when Willis dove right to push Camilo's 25-yard free kick onto the crossbar, then blocked...

Cornell Glen finished what he started, scoring his second goal of the game in the 90th minute to give the visiting MetroStars a 5-5 tie with the San Jose Earthquakes last night. Glen, making his first Major League Soccer start, also had an assist for the MetroStars (2-1-2). Former Revolution striker Chris Brown scored his first goal for San Jose (1-2-3), which squandered a 5-3 lead. Glen opened the scoring in the sixth minute with his first MLS goal, and set up Fabian Taylor's goal in the 45th minute.

Jeff Cunningham scored in the final minute of stoppage time last night to give FC Dallas a 2-2 tie with the Revolution at Frisco, Texas, extending its club-record unbeaten streak to 16 games. Shalrie Joseph scored his first goal of the season to put New England (7-14-4) ahead in the fifth minute, and Ilija Stolica made it 2-0 in the 66th minute with a shot from the top-right corner of the goalie box. FC Dallas (10-2-13) scored twice in the final 10 minutes and has eight wins and eight ties during the streak, which is two shy of the MLS season record set by the...

The Palestinian soccer team played to a 2-2 tie with Thailand on Thursday, ending a World Cup qualifying campaign that had become a symbol of nation building. This was the Palestinians' highest-profile game played on home soil. The team was a big long shot to make it to the tournament in Brazil in 2014, but a victory over Afghanistan in the first round provided hope. The Palestinian team is the only one of FIFA's 208 members that is not a U.N. recognized state. Its players often need Israeli permits to travel — either to cross Israel from Gaza or to enter or leave the West Bank.

DRESDEN, Germany - Running low on hope and almost out of time, the Americans were surely beat, about to make their earliest exit from the Women’s World Cup. And then, with one of the most thrilling goals in US history, they weren’t. Showing a dramatic burst sure to captivate the folks back home, the Americans packed an entire World Cup’s worth of theatrics into a 15-minute span by beating Brazil, 5-3, on penalty kicks after a 2-2 tie yesterday. Abby Wambach tied it with a magnificent, leaping header in the 122d minute, and Hope Solo denied the Brazilians - again - in...