Wisconsin Soccer Central

Axel Sjöberg (Marquette) picked up the first point of his Major League Soccer career on Saturday, helping the surging Colorado Rapids pull out a 2-2 draw against the host Montreal Impact.

As Shkelzen Gashi played a free kick from the left side into the box, Sjöberg made a back-post run. The 6-foot-7 center back tried to head the ball but couldn't quite get to it, and instead the ball hit off his thigh.

That worked well enough, though, as the ball bounced to the middle of the 6-yard box, where fellow center back Bobby Burling scored his first goal of the season to level the score in the 72nd minute. (Watch highlights below)

The Rapids (5-2-2) are tied with Real Salt Lake and the Los Angeles Galaxy for the most points in MLS and went 4-1-1 in six matches in April. Sjöberg has made 21 league appearances in his two-year career – he's started and played the full 90 minutes in all but one of those matches, sitting out just 1 minute in the process.

On Twitter: @SjobergAxel

• Tony Walls (Wauwatosa East/UW-Green Bay) made his first start of the season for the Rochester Rhinos in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Harrisburg City Islanders, and played a role in what proved to be the decisive goal for the defending USL champions. In the 61st minute, Walls served a cross into the box that Harrisburg goalkeeper Nick Noble tried to punch away but instead sent into the chest of Rhinos midfielder Ryan James, who finished into the vacant net to give host Rochester (3-1-1) a 2-0 lead. Walls logged 64 minutes in his second appearance of the year. On Twitter: @TWalls20
• Genevieve Richard (UW) and Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara kept up their perfect start to the season in Japan's Nadeshiko League Division 2, blanking visiting AS Harima Albion 3-0 on Saturday and Ehime 1-0 on Tuesday. Richard has posted four straight shutouts and Nojima Stella has outscored foes 16-0 in winning its opening seven matches.