Davy Arnaud

USA ties Haiti in Gold Cup soccer

Foxborough, Mass. July 11: Stuart Holden scored in extra time Saturday to help the United States tie 2-2 with Haiti in the CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer.

Davy Arnaud also scored for the United States, which finished first in Group B.

The Americans play in the quarterfinals July 18 in Philadelphia against an opponent yet to be determined.

Haiti surprised the United States with two goals in the first four minutes of the second half and trailed until Holden unleashed a 28-yard kick into the upper-right corner deep into stoppage time.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLS: Kansas City 3, New England 1

Kansas City, Kan. June 13: Davy Arnaud scored his fifth goal Saturday and the Kansas City Monarchs beat New England 3-1 for their first victory in four Major League Soccer matches.

After Arnaud scored in the 19th minute, following a feed from Claudio Lopez, Aaron Hohlbein scored for the Wizards, Shalrie Joseph scored for the Revolution, Kansas City got an own-goal by the Revs' Jeff Larentowicz and New England's Emmanuel Osei was ejected.

With the win, Kansas City (5-5-4) remained in a tie with Toronto FC for third place in the Eastern Conference. Toronto FC beat New York 2-1 Saturday.

New England (4-4-4), which had won two straight coming into the match, is tied with the Columbus Crew for fifth in the East.