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David Villa scored two goals to help New York City FC overcome a hat trick by Cyle Larin and beat Orlando City 5-3 on Sunday. Villa's second goal, his 12th of the season, broke a 2-2 tie in the 67th minute, Thomas MacNamara added another in the 71st and NYCFC led the rest of the way. Larin's final goal pulled Orlando City (6-9-6) within 4-3 in the 85th, but after Kaka hit the post on a free kick that would have tied it in stoppage time, Mix Diskerud broke out and capped the scoring seconds later. The teams combined for seven second-half goals, the most in a single half in MLS this season. After Villa opened the scoring in the 45th, Larin scored in the 50th from just inside the top of the box, breaking a scoreless drought of 316 minutes for Orlando City. But Javier Calle put away a cross from Thomas MacNamara, just two minutes later, to put New York City back on top 2-1. Fabian Espindola scored the winning goal and had an assist as D.C. United overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat the Philadelphia Union 3-2 on Sunday. Espindola's header, on a cross from Chris Korb, in the 79th minute gave D.C. United its first lead. C.J. Sapong opened the scoring seconds into the match and Sebastien Le Toux gave Philadelphia a 2-0 lead in the fourth minute, but D.C. United took control from there. Alvaro Saborio, who was traded to D.C. United from Real Salt Lake on July 16, put away a right-footer from just outside the 6-yard box to make it 2-1 in the 37th. After Nick DeLeon tied it in the 66th, Sapong hit the crossbar from the center of the box and, about a minute later, Espindola scored the winner. Mauro Rosales and Kendall Waston scored in the first half to help Vancouver beat San Jose 3-1. Octavio Rivero added another from the penalty spot in the 56th minute. Vancouver moved into second place in the Western Conference. Quincy Amarikwa scored a late goal for San Jose, his third in three games since being acquired in a trade with the Chicago Fire. Rosales scored in the fifth minute, his first goal for the Whitecaps. Watson connected in the 32nd on a header off a Rosales' corner kick.
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