Soccer | Real Salt Lake wins, earns playoff berth

SANDY, Utah — Robbie Findley scored twice in the first half to boost Real Salt Lake to an easy 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.

Real Salt Lake earned a spot in the playoffs a couple hours after its win when Seattle defeated Dallas.

Findley got Salt Lake (11-12-7) on the board in the 15th minute when he headed a pass from Fabian Espindola inside the right post, threading the ball between Rapids goalkeeper Preston Burpo and the post.

The speedy forward tacked on a second goal in the 33rd minute when he took a deep lob pass from Andy Williams.

Other MLS games

At Los Angeles 2, San Jose 0

The Galaxy clinched their first division title in seven years with a victory over the Earthquakes in Carson, Calif.

Earthquakes defender Bobby Burling deflected Landon Donovan's cross into his net for an own goal in the 24th minute, and Donovan finished a quick length-of-the-field sequence in the 77th.

Los Angeles (12-6-12) opened a three-point lead on CD Chivas USA and Houston, which face off today. The Galaxy own the first tiebreaker against both teams.

At Kansas City 2, D.C. United 2

Claudio Lopez's penalty kick in second-half stoppage time salvaged a 2-2 tie for the Kansas City Wizards against D.C. United on Saturday night.

The draw ended United's playoff hopes in the regular-season finale for both teams.

At New York 5, Toronto FC 0

Juan Pablo Angel and Mac Kandji each scored twice to help lift the New York Red Bulls to a 5-0 win over Toronto FC in East Rutherford, N.J.

Matthew Mbuta struck for a late penalty kick in the final soccer game played at Giants Stadium. The team is moving to a new stadium near Newark, N.J.

Note

Frank Lampard scored twice to lead Chelsea to a record 5-0 win over Blackburn and into first place in the Premier League.

Chelsea dominated throughout and led at halftime through an own-goal by Gael Givet, before four second-half goals sealed its biggest win in 102 years of games against Blackburn.

Chelsea rebounded from last week's 2-1 loss at Aston Villa.

Chelsea has 24 points after 10 games, two more than defending champion Manchester United, which could retake the top spot if it wins at rival Liverpool today.