Tai Baribo scored on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time to give visiting D.C. United a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night.

Matti Peltola also scored a goal for D.C. (2-2-0, 6 points), which rallied from a late 1-0 deficit to snap a two-game losing streak and inch ahead in the all-time series between the legacy franchises 26-25-21.

Hugo Cuypers scored on a penalty kick for Chicago (1-2-1, 4 points) in the 81st minute. It was the first goal in what had been to that point a lackluster match with few scoring opportunities for either team.

Sean Johnson made one save for D.C. United, who are vastly improved on defense, giving up just four goals after yielding an Eastern Conference-high of 66 goals last season.

Baribo’s goal, which was his third this season, came after Chicago’s Jonathan Dean was called for a handball in the penalty area.

Baribo fired his shot into the top left corner, beating keeper Chris Brady (one save), who had recorded two straight clean sheets entering the game.

Chicago lost despite owning possession for 63.2% of the match and out-shooting D.C., 16-11. However, the Fire put only two shots on frame.

Cuypers, who returned to the lineup after missing last week’s scoreless draw at the Columbus Crew, scored his team-high third goal this season. The penalty kick was awarded after D.C. defender Jackson Hopkins was called for a handball off a Fire corner kick.

With Johnson guessing with a dive to his right, Cuypers delivered his shot to the middle of the net. Cuypers is now 5-for-6 from the spot in his MLS career.

Just three minutes later, Peltola got the equalizer, scoring from the top of the box, firing a right-footed shot that froze Brady. It was the first goal in Peltola’s three seasons with D.C.

D.C. United had a goal taken off the board in the 43rd minute, when Hopkins was called for offsides. In his position in the box, Hopkins screened the vision of Brady on a header by Baribo off a corner kick by Joao Peglow.

–Field Level Media

Team Yandex swept BetBoom Team in the upper-bracket final on Saturday to advance to grand final of the PGL Wallachia Season 7 at Bucharest, Romania.

BetBoom team dropped into Sunday’s lower-bracket final against Team Liquid, with the winner taking on Team Yandex later in the day in the double-elimination playoff format.

The $1 million Dota 2 tournament began last weekend with 16 teams. Eight teams advanced from the 16-team group stage, which concluded Wednesday. All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final, with the winning team taking home $300,000.

Team Yandex took down BetBoom in a marathon 61 minutes and then 48 minutes, both on red. Alimzhan “watson” Islambekov of Kazakhstan paced Team Yandex with a 15-4-13 kill-death-assist ratio. Ilya “Kiritych” Ulyanov of Russia led BetBoom with a 14-5-12 K-D-A ratio.

Team Liquid got started on a busy Saturday by sweeping HEROIC 2-0 in the lower-bracket quarterfinals, winning in 56 minutes on red and 80 minutes on green. Michal “Nisha” Jankowski of Poland posted a 16-3-12 K-D-A. HEROIC’s Yuma “Yuma” Langlet, who represents Nicaragua, Belgium and Germany, had a 20-1-8 K-D-A.

Team Spirit won in the other lower-bracket quarterfinal, vanquishing Tundra Esports in 40 minutes on red and 38 minutes on green. Team Spirit’s Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk of Ukraine had a 20-2-11 K-D-A. Neta “33” Shapira of Israel paced Tundra Esports with a 5-6-3 ratio.

The lower-bracket semifinal was a battle, won by Team Liquid 2-1. Team Liquid opened with a win in 40 minutes on green, but Team Spirit drew even with a win in 43 minutes on green. Team Spirit took the match in 32 minutes on green.

Sweden’s Michael “miCKe” Vu led Team Liquid with a 13-3-10 K-D-A. Aleksandr “rue” Filin of Russia paced Team Spirit with a 7-4-11 ratio.

PGL Wallachia Season 7 prize pool:

1. $300,000

2. $175,000

3. $120,000

4. $80,000

5-6. $60,000 — HEROIC, Tundra Esports

7-8. $40,000 — Vici Gaming, Aurora Gaming

9-11. $20,000 — Xtreme Gaming, Natus Vincere, PARIVISION

12-14. $15,000 — Team Falcons, OG, Yellow Submarine

15-16. $10,000 — MOUZ, Team Nemesis

–Field Level Media

The Carolina Royal Ravens moved into playoff position with four match days remaining thanks to a sweep of GS Minnesota as Week 5 of qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major continued on Saturday.

Minnesota entered the day in fourth while Carolina was in seventh, but the resounding loss dropped Minnesota — which has lost two straight and three of its last four — into seventh place.

In other Friday action, Los Angeles Thieves remained in third place with a defeat of Cloud9 New York, Toronto KOI moved into fourth place with a 3-1 win over Vancouver Surge and Paris Gentle Mates boosted their bubble standing with a 3-1 victory against Boston Breach.

The 12 Call of Duty League teams are playing a full qualifying round robin to determine seeding for the second major of the season, to be held March 27-29 in Marston Green, England, as part of the DreamHack Birmingham event.

The top six teams in qualifying head straight into the Stage 2 Major playoffs, while the teams in seventh through 10th place will compete in a play-in round.

The Stage 2 Major champion will receive $150,000 and 100 Call of Duty League points, while the runner-up will get $90,000 and 75 CDL points.

Carolina pulled off the sweep of Minnesota with a 250-234 hardpoint win on Scar followed by a pair of wins on Exposure, 6-4 in Search and Destroy and 6-2 in Overload.

Toronto claimed the opener 250-196 in Colossus Hardpoint and bounced back from a 6-4 Exposure Search and Destroy Vancouver win by securing a 6-3 Exposure Overload win and closing with a 250-235 Scar Hardpoint success.

Los Angeles opened with a commanding 250-95 Colossus Hardpoint win, lost the second game 6-4 in Scar Search and Destroy but closed out the win to snap a three-match losing streak with a 5-3 Scar Overload victory followed by a 250-108 Scar Hardpoint rout.

In the final match of the day, Paris took a 2-0 lead with a 250-246 Colossus Hardpoint win and a 6-4 Scar Search and Destroy victory. Boston briefly extended the match with a 4-2 Den Overload win but Paris secured the match win with a 250-176 Den Hardpoint triumph.

The remaining Week 5 matches:

Sunday

–G2 Minnesota vs. Boston Breach

–Vancouver Surge vs. Miami Heretics

–Riyadh Falcons vs. Los Angeles Thieves

–FaZe Vegas vs. Carolina Royal Ravens

Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifying standings (match record, map differential)

1. OpTic Texas, 9-0, +20

2. Miami Heretics, 5-3, +6

3. Los Angeles Thieves, 5-3, +8

4. Toronto KOI, 5-5, +2

5. Riyadh Falcons, 4-4, +2

6. Carolina Royal Ravens, 4-4, 0

7. G2 Minnesota, 4-4, -2

8. Paris Gentle Mates, 4-5, -2

9. FaZe Vegas, 3-5, -4

10. Vancouver Surge, 3-5, -7

11. Boston Breach, 3-6, -8

12. Cloud9 New York, 2-7, -15

–Field Level Media