LONDON — U.S. forward Brian McBride scored his third goal of the season yesterday, helping Fulham to a 1-1 tie at Newcastle in the English Premier League.

Fulham took advantage of a poor pass in the 13th minute to take the lead. Charles N'Zogbia tied the score in the 78th, getting Newcastle's first goal in five matches this season.

England striker Michael Owen played for Newcastle for the first time since his $29.4 million move from Real Madrid of Spain.

Defending champion Chelsea stayed perfect behind goals from Geremi and Didier Drogba in a 2-0 win over last-place Sunderland. Chelsea is three points ahead of Charlton, which won 1-0 at Birmingham on a goal by Darren Bent for its fourth straight victory.

Chelsea has five wins and hasn't allowed a goal.

Manchester United and Manchester City tied 1-1.

Ruud van Nistelrooy gave United the lead in the 45th minute, but Joey Barton tied the score in the 76th. Manchester City is unbeaten in 13 games, going back to last season, and is third in the league — one spot above United.

"We dominated, but dropped two points today," United manager Alex Ferguson said.

Major League Soccer

D.C. United 2, at FC Dallas 1

FC Dallas is winless in its last 10 matches.

At Quakes 3, Chivas USA 0

Dwayne De Rosario set up all of the goals for Western Conference-leading San Jose (14-4-8) against Chivas USA (3-19-5).

Mark Chung, Ricardo Clark and Brian Ching scored. Ching, who is recovering from a strained right hamstring, was a standout at Gonzaga and for the Seattle Sounders.

At Galaxy 4, Rapids 1

Herculez Gomez scored twice to lead Los Angeles (11-11-5) over Colorado (9-12-4).

Landon Donovan and Guillermo Ramirez also scored for the Galaxy, which moved into second place in the West ahead of FC Dallas (38 points to 36).

At Revolution 3, Crew 1

Taylor Twellman scored three goals and Eastern Conference-leading New England (15-5-6) beat Columbus (9-13-3). Twellman leads MLS with 14 goals this season.

The Revolution improved to 9-1-3 at home.

MetroStars 1, at Wizards 0

Eddie Gaven scored on a long shot to lead New York-New Jersey (9-7-10) over Kansas City (11-7-9).

Gaven's 44th-minute shot deflected off the leg of Wizards midfielder Sasha Victorine and just inside the right post past goalkeeper Bo Oshoniyi.

MetroStars keeper Tony Meola made six saves for the shutout.