Breakers stay unbeaten at home; Arsenal wins record 12th FA Cup

The Breakers came close to scoring several times in the first half, firing seven shots on goal in the first 45 minutes. In the eighth minute, Julie King's header off of a corner was blocked on the line by Kansas City.

"I thought we were dangerous on set pieces. I thought we really should have converted, and I thought we were really dangerous on the corner kicks," Breakers coach Tom Durkin said.

In the 56th minute, Kranich deflected a shot from Erika Tymrak from the 6-yard-line out for a corner. Kranich was there again in the 59th minute to stifle Liz Bogus, who ran onto the ball inside the box. A minute later, Kranich charged off her line to beat Shea Groom to the ball near the top of the box.

Kranich has allowed just one goal in her last 270 minutes.

Arsenal 4, Aston Villa 0 — Theo Walcott ended a frustrating season by scoring the first goal as Arsenal won a record 12th FA Cup title with a dominant performance in the final at Wembley Stadium in London.

Walcott, who missed most of 2014 with a knee injury sustained in an FA Cup game, volleyed home a shot in the 40th minute to put the defending champions ahead.

Alexis Sanchez doubled the lead with a fierce 25-yard shot that dipped in via the underside of the crossbar before Per Mertesacker scored with a header in the 62d. Olivier Giroud completed the win in injury time.

''It was amazing,'' Walcott said. ''Any win is fantastic. The manner we did it today was great, we played great football and kept a clean sheet. We always knew if we kept a clean sheet we were going to score goals and win the game.''

After a nine-year trophy drought, Arsenal has now won the Cup two years in a row, overtaking Manchester United's record of 11 titles.

The win also meant Arsene Wenger tied the record for Cup victories by a manager with six, level with Villa's George Ramsay, who won his last title in 1920.

''It's something I'm very proud of,'' Wenger said. ''If no one has done it [in modern times] it means it's very difficult.''

This victory was a lot more comfortable than last year's, when Arsenal had to come from two goals down to beat Hull, 3-2, in extra time. Saturday's result never looked in doubt as Arsenal dictated the game from the start and Villa — which had to fight against Premier League relegation until the penultimate round of the season — didn't have a clear scoring chance in the entire game.

''They deserved to win the game, no arguments about that,'' Villa manager Tim Sherwood said. ''Today we couldn't nullify their threat and we couldn't manage to impose ourselves on them either.''

Arsenal, meanwhile, had created a handful of chances before Walcott finally scored.

Shay Given made a good one-handed save to deny Laurent Koscielny's header in the 15th minute, Aaron Ramsey lifted a volley over the bar in the 20th, and Walcott was denied from point-blank range by a diving clearance from Kieran Richardson in the 24th.

Walcott has struggled for playing time even since returning to full fitness, with just four Premier League starts this season. However, after scoring a hat trick in the last game of the league season, he was preferred up front to Giroud. His speed proved decisive after Nacho Monreal sent in a cross from the left that Sanchez met by the far post and headed back across the area. Walcott beat two defenders to the ball and volleyed home inside the near post, before racing with both arms outstretched to celebrate with the Arsenal supporters.

The Gunners kept pouring forward after the break, with Mesut Ozil dictating play in midfield. Sanchez's goal was a pure solo effort, though, as he picked the ball up 35 yards from goal, drifted forward and unleashed a superb strike that dipped past Given in the net.

Prince William, an Aston Villa fan, shook hands with the players from both teams before the match, but even he had a disappointed look on his face by the time Mertesacker headed in the third.

After Walcott was taken off for Giroud to a standing ovation, the Frenchman was left unmarked to tap home a cross from fellow substitute Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain in injury time.

United States 2, Myanmar 1 — The US team won its first match at the Under-20 World Cup since 2009, rallying on goals by Maki Tall and Emerson Hyndman in Wellington, New Zealand.

Myanmar, which was making its debut in the tournament, went ahead in the ninth minute when American goalkeeper Zack Steffen failed to control a corner kick, and Yank Naing Oo tapped in the ball at the near post.

The US team tied the score in the 17th when Cameron Carter-Vickers redirected Hyndman's corner kick to Tall, who scored with a right-footed shot. Hyndman, who plays for Fulham and is the grandson of former FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman, got the go-ahead goal in the 56th with a 12-yard shot following a pass from Rubio Rubin.

Arsenal midfielder Gedion Zelalem made his competitive debut for the US team as a 55th-minute substitute.

''We didn't play how we wanted to play, that's for sure,'' US coach Tab Ramos said. ''We found in front of us a very inspired team, a newcomer coming into the World Cup and they fought hard. They made us play ugly and it was difficult for us. I'm happy with the win but we're going to have to improve if we're going to go anywhere in this tournament.''

The United States leads Group A followed by host New Zealand and Ukraine, who tied 0-0 earlier Saturday. After reaching the quarterfinals in 2007, the Americans were knocked out in the first round in 2009 and 2013, and they did not qualify in 2011.

The Americans play New Zealand on Tuesday and Ukraine on Friday.

Timbers 2, Rapids 1 — Jack Jewsbury scored in the 93d minute as visiting Portland rallied in stoppage time.

Colorado tied the game at 1 in the 89th minute on Sam Cronin's strike from distance. But, after a nice toe poke from Ishmael Yartey in front of goal, Jewsbury slid a ball past goalkeeper Clint Irwin for the winner.

Portland (5-5-4), which has won two straight, snapped a two-game road losing streak and won at Colorado (2-4-7) for the first time in seven matches, going 1-4-2.

Gaston Fernandez scored in the 38th minute to give Portland a 1-0 lead. Maximiliano Urruti used a skilled individual effort to beat three defenders and fed a ball to an open Fernandez, who beat Irwin inside the far post.

Portland goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey recorded his sixth shutout of the season — tying him for second in the MLS — to help the Timbers move from ninth to sixth in the Western Conference.

Toronto FC 3, Earthquakes 1 — Sebastian Giovinco set up two goals and the hosts ended San Jose's unbeaten streak at five games.

Justin Morrow, Warren Creavalle, and Luke Moore scored for Toronto (5-5-1).

Giovinco has had a hand in 11 of Toronto's 17 goals, scoring five and assisting on six others. The former Juventus player has a goal or an assist in nine of Toronto's 11 games.

Chris Wondolowski scored for San Jose (5-5-3). He has eight goals this season and 101 overall.

The start of the game was delayed 23 minutes because of the threat of lightning.

New York City FC 1, Dynamo 1 — David Villa scored on a first-half penalty kick as host New York (1-7-5) had its winless streak extended to 11 games. The longest stretch for an expansion team is 14, set by Vancouver in 2011.

Villa rolled a well-placed penalty kick into the back of the net in first-half stoppage time to tie the game at 1. NYC was awarded its first penalty kick this season when Raul Rodriguez was whistled for a hand ball on a challenge with Adam Nemec.

Houston took a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute when David Horst headed a corner kick into the middle of the box and Will Bruin one-touched it home.

NYC has conceded nine goals in the first 30 minutes of matches this season.

NYCFC had several good chances in the closing minutes of the game. Jeb Brovsky's diving header in the 89th forced a great save by Houston goalkeeper Tyler Deric. Patrick Mullins bent a shot just wide in the 91st and, two minutes later, Brovsky missed an open shot from a tough angle.

Houston (4-5-5) has allowed a one goal in five straight games, going 2-2-1.

DC United 2, Union 1 — Chris Rolfe scored on a penalty kick in the 84th minute to lift host D.C. United.

Rolfe and Philadelphia's Zach Pfeffer battled for a service near the left side of the box and the ball deflected off the defender's arm, resulting in the penalty call.

D.C. snapped a three-game winless streak and ran its home unbeaten streak to 19 games — with 15 of the matches in MLS play — to tie the club record.

United moved to 7-3-4, padding its lead in the Eastern Conference to 5 points over New England.

Things started well for the Union. Just five minutes in, Andrew Wenger weaved his way laterally through the top of the 18-yard box until United's defense broke down. He found Sebastien Le Toux on the right flank alone, and his power right-footed shot beat Bill Hamid easily.

Both teams had opportunities in the middle of the half. In the 34th minute, Steve Birnbaum appeared to score with a header, but Fabinho cleared it off the line. Two minutes later, Wenger broke in alone on Hamid, but his blast hit the crossbar and caromed away from D.C.'s goal.

United, though, equalized in first-half stoppage time. Taylor Kemp's left-footed service came from wide on the left wing and found Chris Pontius at the penalty spot, where Pontius flicked a header into the far upper corner past the diving Brian Sylvestre.

Philadelphia had a golden opportunity to go ahead in the 60th minute, but Fernando Aristeguieta's left-footed shot from the center of the box was saved in the top left corner by a leaping Hamid.

The Union (3-8-3) had won two straight.

Whitecaps 2, Real Salt Lake 1 — Cristian Techera scored his first goal for Vancouver in a victory over visiting Real Salt Lake.

The 5-foot-2-inch winger jumped on a mix-up between Salt Lake defender Elias Vasquez and goalkeeper Nick Rimando in the 79th minute and slotted home the winner.

Techera is on a season-long loan to the Whitecaps from his Uruguayan club and has slowly found his footing since arriving in April.

Gershon Koffie also scored for Vancouver (7-5-2).

Javier Morales scored for Salt Lake (4-5-5).

Fire 3, Impact 0 — Harrison Shipp opened the scoring with a sparkling finish as host Chicago easily handled Montreal amid soggy and windy conditions.

Chicago snapped a four-game winless streak to improve to 4-5-2. Chicago's Jon Busch wasn't forced to make a save for his first shutout of the season and the 83d of his MLS career.

Chicago broke out in the 13th minute. Kennedy Igboananike beat Bakary Soumare for a loose ball in the left corner and found Shipp streaking through the penalty area. Shipp made no mistake, using the left to bury it upper 90 for his second of the season and give the Fire the lead.

Montreal went down a man in the 37th minute when Marco Donadel was shown his second yellow card of the match for a bad tackle and was excused.

The Fire made it 2-0 at the 45-minute mark. David Accam deked Soumare on the edge of the 6-yard box and the defender hauled him down, drawing a penalty kick for Chicago. Jeff Larentowicz calmly fired to his right as Evan Bush dove the other way.

Chicago added an insurance goal in the 72d minute. Igboananike took a feed from Razvan Cocis in the midfield, outraced Soumare to the penalty area, and beat Bush cleanly for his first career MLS goal.

Montreal (2-4-2) had won its previous two matches.

Orlando City 2, Crew 2 — Pedro Ribeiro scored in the 89th minute as host Orlando City rallied to tie 10-man Columbus.

Ribeiro, who missed the past seven games with a hamstr ing injury, was left alone after gathering a loose ball and sent in a goal from distance. Ribeiro had a shot go just wide in the 93d minute for Orlando City (3-5-5).

Columbus was down a man for 74 minutes, but took a 2-1 lead in the 61st when Kei Kamara headed in his MLS-leading 10th goal of the season.

In the first half, Tony Tchani gave the Crew (4-4-4) a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute after heading home Hector Jimenez's cross. It was the earliest goal Orlando City has given up in its inaugural season.

Columbus's Michael Parkhurst was given a red card in the 16th minute for a questionable hand ball on the goal line. Orlando City's Kaka converted his fourth penalty kick of the season to tie the game at 1. It was Kaka's third consecutive game with a goal.

Paris Saint-Germain 1, Auxerre 0 — Paris Saint-Germain became the first French team to win the domestic treble, laboring to take the final in Paris.

Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani settled a tense match when he headed in a cross from the right midway through the second half, although the ball went off the crossbar and hit the back of goalkeeper Donovan Leon before crossing the line.

The only failure in an otherwise dominant season for PSG was the Champions League, where the ambitious club fell short once more, after again going out to Barcelona — this season's finalist — in the quarterfinals.

''We won the rest of the trophies. No other team has done this and I am very proud of the team,'' PSG's top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic said. ''I want some more [trophies], trust me.''

On paper, it should have been a mismatch between big-spending PSG — still seeking to join Europe's elite clubs — and an Auxerre side that finished ninth in the French second division.

But Auxerre, a four-time French Cup winner, started strongly and forced the first two corners of the game.

One lapse of concentration, however, was punished by Cavani's 12th goal in 12 games.

''We finished the season very well. We wanted this cup and it was hard to win it,'' PSG coach Laurent Blanc said. ''Auxerre played very well and you have to take your hat off to them. They played to their strengths.''

Auxerre started brightly and, after PSG defender David Luiz made a careless mistake, forced the first corner of the game.

With PSG making sloppy mistakes, Auxerre got another corner in the 10th to keep the PSG fans quiet at Stade de France.

Ibrahimovic looked out of sorts, but got a chance when midfielder Thiago Motta played him through in the 35th minute, only for Leon to anticipate his lob and save it rather easily.

Motta then hit the post with a crisp 25-yard drive in the 40th as PSG started to get on top. Leon saved a header from Cavani in the 55th and Cavani had a shot blocked near the line moments later.

With PSG pushing forward, Auxerre was twice dangerous on the break.

But in the 65th, PSG finally went ahead as Cavani met right back Gregory van der Wiel's cross from right with a well-timed leap.

PSG had a scare in the 88th when Auxerre's cross from the left just eluded striker Julien Viale as he tried to reach it

''We've made history now and it's been an exceptional season, even though we have regrets about the Champions League,'' PSG midfielder Blaise Matuidi said. ''We're proud of our fans and proud to play for PSG. But you have to give credit to Auxerre.''

Barcelona 3, Athletic Bilbao 1 — Lionel Messi scored a stunning opener before adding a second goal to lead Barcelona to the title in Barcelona, giving the Catalan club its second of three possible trophies before it turns to the Champions League final.

Messi did it all by himself in the 20th minute when he dribbled past four defenders to put Barcelona in charge. The star forward added a second goal after Neymar doubled the lead as Barcelona claimed its record 27th cup title — and third in seven years, all at the expense of Bilbao.

Barcelona won the Spanish league two weeks ago and, led by Luis Enrique, has now won two major trophies for the first time since 2011. It finished last season without a major piece of silverware under former coach Gerardo Martino. It will have a chance to make it a rare treble when it plays Juventus for the European Cup in Berlin next Saturday.

''We have two, and now we want the third. That is the mentality of this team and this club,'' Luis Enrique said. ''Messi is the best player in the world, even though we are used to him. I saw his first goal up close, but I am eager to watch it again later.''

That goal was pure Messi: A unique combination of skill, speed, and daring.

The Argentina forward appeared to be hemmed in when three defenders surrounded him on the right sideline but, instead of passing, Messi took them all on. He dribbled through the circle, streaked into the area, changed foot to avoid Aymeric Laporte's challenge, and then slotted a left-footed strike between the goalkeeper and the near post.

''If Messi isn't unstoppable, he is almost unstoppable, he conditions everything you do,'' said Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde. ''His first goal was incredible.''

Messi's goals were his 57th and 58th of the season as he recorded his 23d trophy for Barcelona.

He has scored in all three Copa del Rey finals Barcelona has won with him. With Neymar's 38th goal, the trio of Messi, Neymar, and Luis Suarez have tallied 120 through all competitions this season.

One more victory over Juventus will let Barcelona match the feat of winning the three most important competitions of the season, first achieved under Pep Guardiola in 2008-09, when Barcelona became the only Spanish club to ever sweep the Champions League, Spanish league, and Copa del Rey in the same season.

Down 1-0, Bilbao's Iago Herrerin saved attempts by Neymar and Gerard Pique, but the goalkeeper could do nothing to stop Neymar from tapping home Suarez's cross after Ivan Rakitic played the striker through in the 37th.

Xavi Hernandez played his last match at Camp Nou and took his club record for total appearances to 766 after going on as a second-half substitute.

Messi sealed the title when he sped in front of two defenders to stab in Dani Alves's pass with his left boot in the 74th.

Williams headed in Bilbao's goal on its first shot on target with 10 minutes left.

Wolfsburg 3, Borussia Dortmund 1 — In Berlin, Wolfsburg won the title for first time, denying Juergen Klopp the perfect sendoff in his final game as Dortmund coach.

''Yeah, a 3-1 defeat, now we're second. That feels better at the Olympics than it does in the German Cup,'' Klopp said.

After seven years at the club, the 47-year-old coach was unable to inspire his side to victory despite going ahead in the fifth minute through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Luiz Gustavo equalized on a rebound against the run of play in the 22d after Mitch Langerak had saved Naldo's powerful free kick, Kevin De Bruyne put Wolfsburg ahead in the 33d minute, and Bas Dost completed the scoring with a header from close range five minutes later.

Dortmund fought hard in the second half, only to struggle against Wolfsburg's well-organized defense with goalkeeper Diego Benaglio in fine form.

''I'm simply proud of the team,'' said Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking, who celebrated his first title and was doused in beer by his players in the post-match news conference.

Hecking's players wore jerseys with a green heart and the No. 19 on the left chest side to remember teammate Junior Malanda, the 20-year-old Belgian international killed in a traffic accident during the winter break.

''We wanted to win this game for Junior,'' Benaglio said. ''He is still a part of this team and will remain so. He also played this season so he is also a real cup winner.''

Dortmund fans set off flares that sent clouds of yellow smoke around the stadium before kickoff, while Wolfsburg supporters took part in an impressive choreography under a banner that said, ''The time is right.''

Volkswagen-backed Wolfsburg finished runner-up to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and was playing its first final.

Aubameyang opened the scoring when he prodded Shinji Kagawa's cross past Benaglio after Erik Durm eluded two Wolfsburg defenders on the edge of the penalty area.

Dortmund goalkeeper Mitch Langerak had to make a good stop to deny Ivan Perisic an immediate equalizer against his former club.

Wolfsburg appeared shaken by the early setback but Dortmund failed to turn its early superiority into goals and was left to rue missed chances when Gustavo equalized.

Then De Bruyne latched onto Daniel Caligiuri's lay-off and fired it through Mats Hummels's legs and inside the left post, and Perisic outsprinted Marcel Schmelzer to cross for Dost to score Wolfsburg's third.

''We conceded three goals in 16 minutes,'' Klopp said.

Dortmund had a penalty claim waved away before the break, when Aubameyang appeared to be fouled by Ricardo Rodriguez.

Klopp applauded the Dortmund fans as Wolfsburg's supporters were celebrating, and was applauded in turn as he received his runner-up medal and bid another farewell.

''Leaving hurts a lot. I've tried to express my thanks to each of my players. It was a huge honor to work with these guys and I've noticed that it hurts a lot to leave them,'' Klopp said. ''I know life goes on, but still, you need a few moments.''