Colombia and Chile Advance

Colombia defeated Ecuador, 1-0, Saturday in Barranquilla, Colombia, and joined Chile in the second round of the Copa America soccer tournament.

Chile advanced with a 1-0 victory over Venezuela in Group A.

Victor Aristizabal broke a stubborn Ecuadorean defense and scored in the 29th minute.

Colombia served notice early that it would be on the attack when Freddy Grisales fired from 20 yards, forcing goalie Jose Cevallos to dive to his right for a save in the third minute.

Colombia gained a clear but unproductive command of the game, and Ecuador replied with a well-organized defense and dangerous counterattacks.

Aristizabal took an Elkin Murillo cross inside the goalie box. He avoided Cevallos and shot between the legs of a defender for a goal.

Chile 1, Venezuela 0--Cristian Montecinos scored on a deflected shot with 12 minutes remaining at Barranquilla.

Venezuela, with two losses, is all but mathematically eliminated.

Mexican referee Gilberto Alcala called back two goals by Venezuela for offsides.

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In Major League Soccer games:

Kansas City 3, Dallas 2--Onandi Lowe scored on a header with a minute left, completing Kansas City’s late rally from a two-goal deficit before 8,031 at Kansas City, Mo.

Oscar Pareja scored in the 21st minute, and Ariel Graziani added a breakaway goal in the 52nd minute for Dallas (6-7-4).

Roy Lassiter scored twice in two minutes for the Wizards (8-9-1).

Washington 3, New England 1--Santino Quaranta, 16, scored two goals before 14,691 at Foxboro, Mass.

Quaranta scored United’s first goal in the fifth minute and scored again in stoppage time.

San Jose 2, Tampa Bay 1--Manny Lagos scored two goals against his former team before 7,065 at San Jose, extending Tampa Bay’s losing streak to four games.

Chicago 1, Colorado 0--Hristo Stoitchkov scored in extra time before 14,544 at Chicago.