Moreno’s goal is streak-extender

ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBUS — Alejandro Moreno scored the tying goal in the 59th minute and the Columbus Crew pushed their home unbeaten streak to 17 games with a 1-1 draw with D.C. United on Saturday night.

Christian Gomez scored his fourth goal in the 33rd minute for to give United (5-3-9) the lead, but the Crew rallied to extend their streak despite being outshot 22-9. Columbus’ 11-0-6 run at Crew Stadium is one game shy of tying the MLS record for home unbeaten streaks.

Columbus (5-3-8) got the equalizer when Steven Lenhart, who entered at the start of the second half, flicked a cross from Emmanuel Ekpo to Moreno and he settled the ball before scoring his third goal.

Gold Cup

SEATTLE — Carlo Costly headed in a free kick by Walter Martinez in the 76th minute, helping Honduras open group play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 victory over Haiti.

Martinez took the free kick from the left of the penalty area about 2 yards up from the goal line. He drove it into the box, and Costly went up and flicked it off the left side of his head and into right corner of the net, well beyond the reach of Haiti goalkeeper Jean Dominique Zephrin.

Honduras will take on the United States next Wednesday in Washington, D.C., in the second of its three Group B games. Haiti will play Grenada, also next Wednesday in Washington.

Costly, who has four goals in World Cup qualifying, nearly had another on Saturday just four minutes after he put Honduras on the board. But his 35-yard shot toward a wide-open net was kicked off the line by Haiti’s Pierre Richard Bruny.