The San Jose Earthquakes recorded an overdue victory as they won in the league for the first time since June.
Former United States international defender Clarence Goodson helped the San Jose Earthquakes end a six-game winless streak in MLS, scoring the only goal against the Colorado Rapids in a 1-0 win.
The out-of-form Earthquakes had failed to win a league game since June, having lost to Houston Dynamo (2-1 and 2-0), Vancouver Whitecaps (3-1), LA Galaxy (5-2) and Portland Timbers (1-0), while they drew with the latter 0-0 at the start of August.
Dominic Kinnear's men also lost their two International Champions Cup matches against America (2-1) and Manchester United (3-1) last month.