Matt Hedges's Late Winner Sends FC Dallas Atop West; Dominic Kinnear Earns First Galaxy Win

Matt Hedges scored a late winner to lead FC Dallas to the top of the Western Conference; Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the LA Galaxy gave Dominic Kinnear his first victory as the Galaxy's interim coach.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Defender Matt Hedges scored on a header in the 87th minute to help FC Dallas beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on Sunday.

Set pieces. Set pieces. Set pieces.

Matt Hedges gives @FCDallas the lead late! #VANvDAL https://t.co/MizYVvkMnZ

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) September 24, 2018

Santiago Mosquera opened the scoring for FC Dallas (15-6-8) on a header in the 42nd minute.

The Whitecaps (11-11-7) tied it in the 66th minute on Kei Kamara's header.

LA Galaxy 3, Seattle Sounders 0

CARSON, Calif. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 18th goal of the season and Los Angeles beat the Seattle Sounders 3-0 on Sunday for Dominic Kinnear's first victory as the Galaxy's interim coach.

Los Angeles (11-11-8) snapped an eight-game winless stretch, getting its first win since July 29. Seattle (13-11-5) has lost two straight after a nine-game winning streak.

Ibrahimovic opened the scoring in the ninth minute on a penalty kick. The Swede has 15 goals in his last 15 games. Ola Kamara drew the foul leading to first goal and he made it 2-0 in the 40th with an easy tap-in at the far post.

That's two! @Ibra_official ➡️ Alessandrini ➡️ @OlaKamara and @LAGalaxy lead 2-0. #LAvSEA https://t.co/icnBPoROFr

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) September 24, 2018

Emmanuel Boateng capped it with a goal in the 52nd by capitalizing on a defensive mistake.

The Galaxy entered with just four goals in the past six series meetings, going 0-3-3. Seattle hadn't allowed multiple goals since June 30th.

Philadelphia Union 2, Sporting Kansas City 0

CHESTER, Pa. — Jay Simpson scored his first two goals of the season to help the Philadelphia Union beat Sporting Kansas City 2-0 on a rainy Sunday.

Philadelphia (14-12-4) has won six of its last eight games, which include a loss and draw. Sporting KC (15-8-6) had won three of its prior four road games.

Simpson, a 29-year-old English forward making his first start this season, scored on a volley in the 71st minute after Alejandro Bedoya headed a free kick to the penalty spot. Bedoya got past the defense and headed to an open Simpson in the 89th.

Simpson with the brace! #PHIvSKC https://t.co/1SobbvzZyd

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) September 23, 2018

The Union rested goalkeeper Andre Blake and several other starters ahead of Wednesday's U.S. Open Cup final in Houston. Fabrice-Jean Picault, the Union's scoring leader, entered as a second-half sub.