Wonder goals lift FC Dallas over Fire, Rapids beat Sporting Kansas City

Mauro Diaz scored from distance and Fabian Castillo had two assists in FC Dallas' 3-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night.

Castillo beat a pair of defenders and sent in a perfect cross with a stunning Rabona that Maximiliano Urriti blasted in with a headerin the 23rd minute.

Diaz fired a right-footer, from well outside the box, past the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Matt Lampson, off the post and into the net.

Arturo Alvarez put Chicago on the board in the first minute of stoppage time but, about a minute later, Castillo hit Mauro Rosales for the clinching goal.

Dallas, the overall MLS leader with 40 points, rebounded from a 5-0 loss at Seattle on Wednesday.

Marlon Hairston scored and Tim Howard kept his second clean in three games as the Colorado Rapids beat Sporting Kansas City 1-0 to extend their franchise-record unbeaten streak to 14 games.

Hairston, who came on for Marco Pappa in the 62nd minute, deflected a Sporting pass, then took a feed from Dillon Powers and curled a right-footer from just outside the box into the top-right corner.

Howard, playing in his third MLS game since 2003, had three saves.

Sporting has lost two in a row after a five-game unbeaten streak.

Fabian Espindola scored in the 89th minute to give D.C. United a 1-1 draw with Columbus Crew SC on Saturday night.

Espindola split three defenders to come up with a loose ball near the top of the box and slotted a low shot just beyond the fingertips of goalkeeper Steve Clark.

Columbus, winless in its last seven games, played a man down after Harrison Afful received a red card for a studs-up challenge in the in the 74th minute.

Ola Kamara put a right footer into the top-right corner of the net from the top of the six-yard box in the 63rd minute. Tony Tchani fed a straight ball from near midfield to Afful, who played a one-touch cross to Kamara. It was his ninth goal in the last eight matches.