East leader Kansas City starts a six-game road trip at Toronto. Winless defending champ Houston travels to Columbus, which has three wins in four games. D.C. United aims to avenge the 4-0 pummeling it got from Real Salt Lake two weeks ago. Two of the league's top playmakers clash when the Fire's Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Colorado's Christian Gomez meet in Chicago. Chivas USA and Los Angeles Galaxy take identical 1-2-1 records into the So Cal derby. On Sunday, New York hosts San Jose with each team aiming for its second win of the season.

SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 24
FC Dallas-New England, 8:30 pm ET
ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Saturday, April 26
Toronto FC-Kansas City, 3:30 pm ET
Direct Kick, MLSLIVE.tv
Columbus-Houston, 7:30 pm ET
Direct Kick, MLSLIVE.tv
D.C. United-Real Salt Lake, 7:30 pm ET
Direct Kick, MLSLIVE.tv
Chicago-Colorado, 8:30 pm ET
HDNet
Los Angeles-Chivas USA, 10:30 ET
Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol
Sunday, April 27
New York-San Jose, 3 pm ET
TeleFutura

STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
Kansas City 10 points
New England 10
Columbus 9
Chicago 7
Toronto FC 6
New York 3
D.C. United 3

Western Conference
FC Dallas 8
Colorado 6
Chivas USA 4
Real Salt Lake 4
Los Angeles 4
San Jose 3
Houston 3

LEADING SCORERS
Donovan (Los Angeles) 5 goals
Cooper (FC Dallas) 4
Moreno (Columbus) 3