Preseason roundup: Saturday success

Major League Soccer clubs enjoyed some success against teams from the United Soccer Leagues First Division on Saturday, with the New England Revolution defeating the Austin Aztex 2-0 in Austin, while the Houston Dynamo edged the Montreal Impact 3-2 at Robertson Stadium in a meeting of CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinalists.

And in Argentina, the Seattle Sounders played CED Rosario to a 1-1 draw.

New England Revolution 2, Austin Aztex 0: Michael Videira struck in the fourth minute and the New England Revolution capitalized on a second-half own goal in a 2-0 victory against the Austin Aztex in the club's opener of a three-match preseason schedule at Nelson Field in Austin, Tex.

Kenny Mansally found Kevin Alston on an overlapping run down the left and the rookie out of Indiana turned toward goal. His threaded pass in the box deflected off an Austin defender and onto Videira's path. The former Duke standout knocked the ball into the lower right corner of the net to give the Revs an early lead.

New England nearly doubled its advantage in the 12th minute when Chris Albright played Sainey Nyassi into space on the right. The Gambian youth international, cut inside and beat the Aztex goalkeeper with a 12-yard blast. But the ball caromed off the crossbar and out of touch.

The Revs did get an insurance goal in the 57th minute when an Austin defender, trying to clear Mansally's in-swinging corner kick, sent a diving header into his own net.

Houston Dynamo 3, Montreal Impact 2: Brian Ching had a brace and Chris Wondolowski added a goal for the Dynamo in a 3-2 win against the Montreal Impact Saturday morning at Robertson Stadium.

Wondolowski put the Dynamo, coming off a disappointing 1-1 draw against Atlante in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday, ahead on nine minutes. Kei Kamara took advantage of a Montreal defensive miscue and fed Wondolowski, who beat Impact goalkeeper Matt Jordan to give Houston a 1-0 lead.

After Joey Gjersten hit a shot off the crossbar in the 17th minute, Montreal, which defeated Santos Laguna 2-0 in the Champions League, equalized in the 37th minute. Taking a perfect pass from Felix Brillant, Roberto Brown easily beat Tally Hall.

Ten minutes later, Ching scored the first of his two goals, when his first-time strike from a Corey Ashe cross beat Montreal goalkeeper Srdjan Djekanovic. Four minutes later, Ching scored what proved to be the game-winner when he knocked in a pass from Mike Chabala at the far post.

The friendly got heated in the 56th minute when Brown was shown a straight red card for an elbow to Houston's Eric Ustruck. Both benches cleared to midfield, but no punches were thrown and calm was restored. Montreal's Peter Byers scored the final goal of the game in the final seconds when beat Hall high into the net in the 70th minute.

Seattle Sounders FC 1, CED Rosario 1: A second-half goal by guest player Diego Ferrerya helped the Seattle Sounders FC forge a 1-1 draw with CED Rosario at the Argentinos Juniors training grounds on Saturday afternoon in the club's second exhibition game of its Argentine tour.

The midfielder, who plays for local club Tigres, scored less than eight minutes after coming on at halftime. He put a 15-yard shot into the upper left corner after taking a squaring pass from Colombian striker Fredy Montero. Stephen King started the scoring sequence by playing the ball up the right side to Montero.

CED Rosario equalized in the 53rd minute on a penalty kick.

Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, who arrived from Colombia on Wednesday, played his first match for the Sounders and Chris Eylander played the entire 70-minute match in goal, diving to his left to make a diving save in the 16th minute and the made a full-stretch stop to his right in the 63rd.

Elly Allen, who was waived by the Los Angeles Galaxy, arrived in Buenos Aries about four hours before kickoff on the red-eye from the West Coast. The midfielder, who played at the University of Washington, replaced Montero for the final 16 minutes.