SUBSTITUTE Obafemi Martins returned from injury to help fire the Seattle Sounders to a resounding 3-0 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday.
The former Inter Milan and Newcastle United striker missed Seattle’s last game after fracturing his nose but returned to action wearing a face mask, scoring the Sounders’ second goal on 73 minutes.
Lamar Neagle had already notched on 55 minutes and Leo Gonzalez followed Martins off the bench to grab a 90th-minute third at CenturyLink Field.
New York City FC registered back-to-back victories for the first time in their history by downing Montreal Impact 3-1 at Yankee Stadium.
David Villa and Mix Diskerud gave Jason Kreis’ men a healthy lead and after Wandrille Lefevre halved the deficit with two minutes to go, Kwadwo Poku made the points safe.
With several stars, including Robbie Keane, away on international duty, a depleted LA Galaxy side could only manage a 1-1 draw at Columbus Crew.
Sebastian Lletget grabbed an 11th-minute opener but Federico Higuain denied the west-coast franchise all three points with an equaliser on 66 minutes.
Elsewhere, goals from Diego Fagundez and Charlie Davies secured New England Revolution their 2-0 home victory over Chicago Fire.
