Soccer | David Beckham can't help Galaxy end drought

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — David Beckham walked into the room and plopped into a chair, nearly an hour after the match.

"Good evening, good afternoon — I'm not sure what it is at the moment," he said.

After crossing nine time zones to reach four cities in three days, it was easy to understand why Beckham was a little disoriented.

The Kansas City Wizards swarmed a tired Beckham, got goals from Josh Wolff and Davy Arnaud less than two minutes apart in the second half and extended Los Angeles' winless streak to 12 matches with a 2-0 victory over the Galaxy on Saturday.

Beckham, back after a week playing in World Cup qualifiers for England, was supposed to be the big draw in the Major League Soccer match.

The Wizards moved last year's match to Arrowhead Stadium, figuring 10,385-seat CommunityAmerica Ballpark wasn't going to be big enough for the fans who wanted to attend. It turned out to be a good move; a franchise-record 32,867 showed up, even with Beckham sitting out because of an injury.

The Wizards again moved the match to Arrowhead and Beckham was actually there after playing two matches for England in World Cup qualifiers. The crowd wasn't the same, though, as three days of rain and the threat of more rain caused more than a few of the 26,113 tickets sold to go unused.

Other MLS matches

Dynamo 1, at Earthquakes 1

Brian Ching, a former Gonzaga and Seattle Sounders standout, scored in the 71st minute to give Houston a 1-1 draw with San Jose.

FC Dallas 2, at D.C. United 2

Andre Rocha scored his second career goal, connecting in the 79th minute, to help FC Dallas tie D.C. United.

At Toronto FC 1, Crew 1

Carl Robinson scored in the sixth minute to help Toronto FC earn a 1-1 draw with league-leading Columbus. Pat Noonan scored for the Crew.

At Red Bulls 2, Real Salt Lake 1

Juan Pablo Angel and Dave van den Bergh scored second-half goals as New York rallied to defeat Real Salt Lake.

Note

• The U.S. women, playing for the first time since winning Olympic gold last month, beat Ireland 2-0 before 13,176 in Philadelphia, kicking off a 10-match post-Olympic tour.

Natasha Kai and Heather O'Reilly scored. Goalkeepers Hope Solo, a former Washington Huskies standout from Richland who played the first half, and Nicole Barnhart combined for one save and a shutout.