CINCINNATI (AP) — Gyasi Zardes scored twice and the Columbus Crew beat expansion FC Cincinnati 3-1 Sunday in the second match of the rivalry.The teams played to a 2-2 draw in their first MLS meeting at Columbus on Aug. 10.Zardes opened the scoring in the 22nd minute Cheap USA Soccer Team Uniform , scoring on a cross from Luis Díaz. Zardes made it 2-0 when he took a cross from Harrison Afful and scored in the 33rd minute.Díaz scored his first MLS goal from a narrow angle, giving Columbus (8-15-6) a 3-0 lead in the first minute of first-half stoppage time.Kekuta Manneh scored for FC Cincinnati (5-19-3) in the 89th minute.FC Cincinnati lost for the seventh time in eight matches.FC DALLAS 5, DYNAMO 1FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Reto Ziegler opened the scoring with a penalty kick, Zdenek Ondrásek added two goals and an assist, and FC Dallas dealt the Houston Dynamo their fifth loss in six games.FC Dallas’ Dominique Badji drew the foul against José Bizama, and Ziegler converted from the spot in the 24th minute.Jesús Ferreira made it 2-0 for FC Dallas (11-10-7) five minutes later.Ondrásek knocked home Ryan Hollingshead’s cross in the 56th minute, and made a sliding effort to finish Dominique Badji’s cross in the 64th minute.Memo Rodríguez scored for the Dynamo (9-14-4) in the 80th minute, and Michael Barrios added a stoppage time goal for FC Dallas.GALAXY 3 Julie Ertz Jersey , LAFC 3LOS ANGELES (AP) — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored two first-half goals before Carlos Vela tied it early in the second half, but the LA Galaxy remained unbeaten against rival Los Angeles FC with the draw.Cristian Pavón scored his first MLS goal to put the Galaxy up 3-1 after just 16 minutes.Latif Blessing scored two first-half goals for LAFC before Vela connected for his MLS-leading 27th goal.Vela was unwillingly taken off shortly after his goal with a possible hamstring injury, but neither team could conjure a winning goal in the fifth edition of the El Tráfico derby.The Galaxy are 2-0-3 against MLS-leading LAFC, including a win and a draw this season.LAFC (19-3-5) is cruising toward MLS’ best regular-season record and the top seed in the playoffs.The Galaxy (13-11-3) are fourth in the Western Conference. Germany flirted with defeat for a second straight European Championship qualifier before Marcel Halstenberg’s first international goal lifted the team to a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland on Monday.Coming off a 4-2 loss to the Netherlands, Germany’s recovery was unconvincing, helped by Northern Ireland wasting good chances.The Dutch delivered another impressive attacking display as Memphis Depay marked his 50th game for the Netherlands by scoring one goal and setting up two more in a 4-0 win over Estonia.Belgium made qualifying seem a pushover by beating Scotland 4-0 to keep a perfect winning record, but other favorites faltered. Croatia and Poland both dropped points but remained top of their increasingly competitive groups.REBUILD CONTINUESGermany’s still in rebuild mode.More than a year on from its embarrassing group-stage elimination at the World Cup, Joachim Löw’s team still struggles to get what should be routine wins.Just as South Korea ran Germany into the ground at the World Cup, so hard pressing from Northern Ireland nearly earned an upset win in Belfast. The host had the better of the first half. Conor Washington had one good shot saved by Manuel Neuer https://www.thetopsoccer.com/uswnt/ashlyn-harris-jersey , and later tripped over the ball in front of goal, missing the best chance of the game.Germany emerged from the break refreshed and needed just three minutes before Halstenberg volleyed the ball into the net after Julian Brandt flicked on a cross.Stuart Dallas then went close for Nothern Ireland, who continued to challenge until deep into stoppage time, when Serge Gnabry grabbed Germany’s second goal on a counter.“They pressed us hard in the first half, but at some point they got tired,” Halstenberg said. Asked if Germany was getting back to the level of Europe’s best, he was diplomatic. “It’s hard to say.”Ryan Babel was crucial in the Netherlands’ come-from-behind win over Germany on Friday and he tore up another defense on Monday, scoring twice against Estonia.It was the first time Babel scored two in an international game and left the Dutch third in Group B, though they’ve played one game fewer than everyone else.The Netherlands’ home-and-away games against Northern Ireland next month and in November will likely decide the automatic qualifying places in Group C.CROATIA CHECKEDWorld Cup finalist Croatia was held by outsider Azerbaijan to 1-1 on Monday Christen Press Jersey , denting its chances of reaching next year’s European Championship.Croatia won an early penalty for handball, converted by captain Luka Modric, but Azerbaijan wing back Tamkin Khalilzade cut in from the left in the 72nd minute and beat Dejan Lovren before shooting past goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic.For Azerbaijan, a Euro 2020 host, it was the first point of the qualifying campaign after four straight defeats.Croatia leads Group E by a single point from Slovakia and Hungary with two qualifying spots available. Slovakia beat Hungary 2-1 to move up to second. The other team in the hunt for qualification, Wales, was playing a friendly.BELGIUM TAKES IT EASYScotland’s Hampden Park was a walk in the park for Belgium.The visitors were three goals up after just 32 minutes as they kept a perfect record of six wins from six in qualifying. With an 11-point cushion to third-placed Kazakhstan, Belgium could seal qualification in its next game against San Marino.Belgium’s goal difference of18 is the best of any team in the qualifying competition and its gone five competitive games without conceding.Russia kept second place in Group I, but was lackluster in beating Kazakhstan 1-0 Carli Lloyd Jersey , needing an 89th-minute headed goal from right back Mario Fernandes.Cyprus beat San Marino 4-0.After a fourth defeat, Scotland was in fifth place. It has never finished a European Championship qualifying campaign below fourth.POLAND SCORELESS AGAINPoland looked a dead cert to qualify until last week, and now that seems a long time ago.After four straight wins, a 2-0 loss to Slovenia on Friday rattled the Poles. A 0-0 draw with Austria on Monday left Poland with its lead cut to two points.Slovenia earned a second big win in four days, beating Israel 3-2 to snatch second place in Group G.The competition’s top scorer, Eran Zahavi, netted his ninth goal in qualifying as Israel turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead, but Roman Bezjak drew Slovenia level before winger Benjamin Verdic scored the winner.Fourth-placed North Macedonia kept long-shot qualifying hopes alive by beating Latvia 2-0.