Quaranta a Smash in Galaxy Debut

Santino Quaranta scored his first goal of the season a day after being acquired by the Galaxy, and it held up for a 1-0 win over the host Houston Dynamo on Wednesday night at Reliant Stadium.

Quaranta, traded Tuesday from D.C. United to the Galaxy for a draft pick, lofted a left-footed shot from a steep angle into the left corner of the net from about 12 yards in the 69th minute.

It was the fourth win in a seven-game unbeaten streak for the Galaxy (6-10-5), which moved to within four points of Chivas USA in the West.

Houston (8-5-8) played without All-Star Dwayne De Rosario, who was suspended.

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Samuel Eto’o scored in the 90th minute as FC Barcelona came from three goals down in the last five minutes to tie Club America of Mexico, 4-4, in front of 70,550 at Reliant Stadium. Nelson Cuevas scored three first-half goals for Club America.... Anthony Cassano scored in the 22nd minute for Real Madrid and Alecko Escandarian answered three minutes later for D.C. United in a 1-1 tie in front of 66,830 at Qwest Field in Seattle.