The New York Red Bulls overcame the absence of Thierry Henry to defeat fellow glamour club the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 in the MLS on Saturday.
The Red Bulls handed the struggling Galaxy a second-straight loss with Joel Lindpere scoring the only goal of the game 19 minutes in while unmarked in the middle of the box.
The Red Bulls, also without suspended centre-back Rafael Marquez, move up to third in the Eastern Conference while the Galaxy are down to seventh in the Western.
The Montreal Impact handed Eastern leaders Sporting Kansas City a second-straight loss with a 2-0 result.
Felipe Martins opened the scoring on the half-hour with a 30-yard bullet before Patrice Bernier made sure of the three points with a 62nd minute penalty.
Real Salt Lake continued their recent dominance over the New England Revolution with a come-from-behind 2-1 win.
The win extended Salt Lake s unbeaten streak against the Revolution to five games, including 6-0 and 5-0 wins in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
New England struck first with Blake Brettschneider s goal in the 22nd minute, but Alvaro Saborio soon levelled it and added his second with the winner in the 55th minute.
Western leaders the San Jose Earthquakes fell 2-1 to the Vancouver Whitecaps after they had led through Chris Wondolowski s opener in the 11th minute.
DC United scored a 2-0 victory over winless Toronto with second-half goals from Chris Pontus and Hamdi Salihi.
Mauro Rosales scored for the Seattle Sounders to lead them to a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Union, while the lowly Portland Timbers played out a goalless draw with Columbus Crew.
