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Houston (USA), Aug 9 (EFE) .- Argentine Gustavo Bou, named Player of the Month for July within the Professional Soccer League (MLS) of the United States, remained the protagonist of the eighteenth day with the goal that allowed his New England Revolutión team to win and consolidate leadership in the Eastern Conference.
Bou, who reached 11 goals and drew with the Peruvian striker Raúl Ruidíaz, of the Seattle Sounders, in the leadership of the Golden Boot, scored the second goal of the Revolution that would be the victory by 2-1 against the Philadelphia Union , in a duel of leading teams in the East.
The triumph allowed the Revolutión to reach 40 points, 10 more than the second classified, Orlando City SC, who could not go from a draw to 1-1 in their visit to FC Cincinnati and 12 more than New York City FC and the Union they have 28 each.
The Revolution brand is currently the best in MLS as it reaches the end of the first half of the league.
In addition to Bou’s goal, 13 other Latin American players also scored, including his compatriots Ezequiel Barco, who scored a double, and Marcelino Moreno.
Both players with their production helped Atlanta United beat Columbus Crew, the current MLS champion, at home, 2-3, who lost the second consecutive home game, despite the fact that also Argentine forward Lucas Zelarayán contributed the second goal. .
The triumph of Atlanta United was the first one achieved under the direction of the interim coach, the Argentine-American Rob Valentino, who took over from the Argentine Gabriel Heinze, who was fired on July 18.
There was also complete Latin American protagonism in the game that the Portland Timbers beat Real Salt Lake 3-2, thanks to the goals scored by the Colombian Dairón Asprilla, his compatriot Yimmi Chará and the Chilean Felipe Mora, who was the one who defined the victory. .
As the Argentine Gonzalo Higuaín did when he achieved the first of the two goals that Inter Miami scored to beat Nashville SC 2-1.
The same happened in the game of the Californian duel that the San Jose Earthquakes beat LAFC 2-1, thanks to the goals scored by the Brazilian Nathan Cardoso and the Mexican Javier López.
Honduran striker Andy Najar scored the first goal of the game that his DCUnited team beat CF Montreal 2-1 and that allowed him to reach 27 points and place himself in sixth place in the Eastern Conference, which gives him the right to be in the playoffs.
Young Colombian forward Jesús Ferreira scored for the second straight game and helped FC Dallas to a 2-0 win over new MLS franchise Austin FC in the first game between the Texan teams.
Also important was the goal scored by the young Uruguayan striker Santiago Rodríguez, which allowed New York City to draw a 2-2 draw in the away game against Toronto FC, where the Spanish striker Alejandro Pozuelo got the second that gave the point. to the Canadian team.
The rest of the eighteenth day of the MLS also left the triumph of Minnesota United that beat the Houston Dynamo 2-0, which has gone 13 consecutive games without knowing the victory.
The Chicago Fire beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1, thanks to a decisive double by Serbian midfielder Luka Stojanovic.
While Sporting Kansas City, at home, could not go from a 0-0 draw against the Colorado Rapids, but the point achieved allowed him to stay alone at the head of the Western Conference classification with 34, one more than the Sounders, who are now seconds.
Another team that could not benefit from the field factor was the Los Angeles Galaxy, which drew 1-1 against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
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