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Mike Magee leads Chicago Fire over Sporting Kansas City

Mike Magee converted two penalty kicks in a 10-minute span of the first half and the Chicago Fire beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Sunday.

The Fire forward converted two penalty kicks within 10 minutes against the defending Major League Soccer champs.

The victory was the second straight for the Fire (2-2-6, 12 points), while Sporting (5-4-2, 17 points) lost for the second time in four days.

Magee's opening goal came in the sixth minute after forward Quincy Amarikwa was tripped by Sporting goalkeeper Eric Kronberg inside the penalty box. He delivered a successful shot to the right of Kronberg, who dove the opposite way.

Magee made the second one in nearly the same spot for his fourth goal of the season after midfielder Benji Joya was knocked down inside the box.

Kansas City broke the shutout in the 68th minute on Dom Dwyer's header.

Sporting Kansas City, missing five players due to national team call and injuries, pressed 17-year-old defender Erik Palmer-Brown into service. He was ejected after picking up two yellow cards.

Palmer-Brown is the youngest player in MLS history to start as a defender, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Elsewhere around MLS, Nigeria's Obafemi Martins scored his finest goal since joining the league in the eighth minute to give the league-leading Seattle Sounders a 1-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes.

Martins, who was this week overlooked for Nigeria's World Cup training squad, scored in the 8th minute from a shallow angle just 4 yards off the end line. Instead of settling Gonzalo Pineda's pass, Martins chipped the ball with his left foot over San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch and just inside the far post. It was the fifth goal of the season for Martins.

Both Seattle and San Jose have begun a potential two-month stretch with some of the top players in the league away competing at the World Cup.

Jermain Defoe and Luke Moore scored in each half as Toronto ended a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 win over the New York Red Bulls.

Toronto had lost four of its last five games after opening the MLS season with two consecutive wins.

Defoe hammered a right-footed shot into the top of the net in the 12th minute for his fourth goal in five MLS games.

Moore, in his home debut, scored his first goal for Toronto with a tap-in in stoppage time after a defensive miscommunication.

At Sandy, Utah, Joao Plata scored his sixth goal of the season as Real Salt Lake remained undefeated with a 2-1 victory in the opening match of the Rocky Mountain Cup rivalry against the Colorado Rapids.

Plata of Ecuador scored in the 23rd minute and Javier Morales converted a penalty in the 52nd minute to put Salt Lake ahead 2-0.

Drew Moor's header into the corner in the 83rd minute gave Colorado a consolation goal.

Portland's Gaston Fernandez scored from a header in the 85th minute to give the Timbers a 3-3 draw with the Columbus Crew, while D.C United drew 1-1 with the Montreal Impact after Eddie Johnson scored in the 84th minute.

The Houston Dynamo beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 and Chivas USA played out a 1-1 draw with FC Dallas.