MLS roundup: Crew too strong for Impact

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updated 6:53 p.m. ET March 24, 2012

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Milovan Mirosevic and Olman Vargas, Columbus' top offseason acquisitions, scored and the Crew beat the expansion Impact 2-0 on Saturday.

Mirosevic converted in the 30th minute after Montreal defender Felipe Martins tackled Emilio Renteria on the right side of the box.

The goal came 11 minutes after Montreal's Jeb Brovsky was given a red card for an elbow to the back of the head of Mirosevic, the Chilean midfielder making his home debut.

Olman scored off a snap header from 6 yards in the 66th minute.

Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum made a key stop on Martins in the 87th minute for Crew (1-1).

Montreal (0-2-1) remained winless.

REVOLUTION 1, TIMBERS 0

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Saer Sene scored his first MLS goal on his first shot in the first minute of play, and the New England Revolution beat the Portland Timbers.

Sene, a native of France playing in just his second match for New England, converted a header 28 seconds into the game for the eighth-fastest goal in MLS history. Chris Tierney set it up with a cross from the left side.

It was the first goal of the season for the Revolution (1-2), who were shut out in each of their first two games. It also snapped an eight-match winless streak dating to last season.

Portland (1-1-1) had three good scoring chances during the first half, but Diego Chara's shot in the 13th minute went wide left and headers from Kris Boyd in the 25th and 31st minutes also sailed wide left of New England goalkeeper Matt Reis.

Reis, in his 15th MLS season, earned his 65th shutout and became just the sixth MLS goalie with 1,000 career saves.

EARTHQUAKES 3, TORONTO FC 0

TORONTO (AP) - Chris Wondolowski scored two goals and Shea Salinas added another, leading San Jose to the victory.

Wondolowski almost had the hat trick, but he hit the goal post from close range in the 87th minute.

Toronto (0-2) has never beaten San Jose (2-1) at home, going 0-2-3.

The opening goal came nine minutes in when former Toronto FC midfielder Sam Cronin found Wondolowski unmarked in the penalty box. The San Jose forward, whose six-game scoring streak was snapped last week against Houston, headed it past Milos Kocic.

Toronto began to put some passes together and Ryan Johnson had a chance in the 27th, but couldn't get a clean shot at the ball as a defender harassed him in the box.

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