Chicago and New England moved into ties with Columbus for the Eastern Conference lead, while Los Angeles took over the lead in the Western Conference.
STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
Chicago 19 points
Columbus 19
New England 19
Toronto FC 14
New York 12
Kansas City 11
D.C. United 9
Western Conference
Los Angeles 14
Colorado 12
FC Dallas 12
Chivas USA 11
Houston 10
Real Salt Lake 8
San Jose 4
LEADING SCORERS
Donovan (Los Angeles) 9 goals
Cooper (FC Dallas) 5
Rogers (Columbus) 5
A. Moreno (Columbus) 4
Kljestan (Chivas USA) 4
Beckham (Los Angeles) 4
Buddle (Los Angeles) 4
J. Moreno (D.C. United) 4
Dichio (Toronto FC) 4
Blanco (Chicago) 4
Barrett (Chicago) 4
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, May 28
FC Dallas-Houston, 8:30 pm.
Direct Kick, MLSLIVE.tv
Thursday, May 29
New England-D.C. United, 7:30 pm.
ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Saturday, May 31
Toronto FC-Los Angeles, 3:30 pm.
Direct Kick, MLSLIVE.tv
Houston-New York, 8:30 pm.
HDNet
Real Salt Lake-San Jose, 9 pm.
Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol
Chivas USA-Columbus, 10:30 pm.
Direct Kick, MLSLIVE.tv
Sunday, June 1
Colorado-FC Dallas, 3 pm ET
TeleFutura
MLS SUMMARIES (May 24-25)
May 24 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus 0 New England 1. Goal: Dube 89.
Columbus - Hesmer, Hejduk, Marshall, O'Rourke, Hendrickson, Gaven (Ekpo, 83), Carroll, Evans, Rogers, Schelotto, Moreno.
New England - Reis, Albright, Parkhurst, Heaps, Thompson (Nyassi, 46), Joseph, Larentowicz, Ralston, Castro (Smith, 79), Dube (Igwe, 92+), Mansally.
Yellow Cards: New England - Nyassi 47; Columbus - Hejduk 41, Hendrickson 90, Marshall 93.
Referee: Richard Heron.
Att.: 15,621.
May 24 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 3 Toronto FC 2. Goals: Peralta (McTavish, Moreno) 41, Moreno pen. 70, Emilio 72; Dichio (Brennan, Robert) 13, Dichio (Guevara) 46+.
D.C. United - Wells, Namoff, McTavish, Peralta, Martinez, Quaranta (Mediate, 88), Gallardo, Simms, Fred, Emilio, Moreno (Burch, 85).
Toronto FC - Sutton, Wynne, Marshall (Tebily, 51), Velez, Brennan, Ricketts (Smith, 74), Edu, Robinson, Robert, Dichio (Cunningham, 75), Guevara.
Yellow Cards: D.C. United - McTavish 81, Quaranta 84; Toronto FC - Robert 62, Guevara 81.
Red Card: Toronto FC - Robert 95+.
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez.
Att.: 18,647.
May 24 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 2 Real Salt Lake 1. Goals: Espindola (Morales) 69; Oduro (Moor) 83, Oduro (Rocha) 91.
FC Dallas - Sala, Moor, Davino, Pitchkolan, Rhine, Rocha, Ricchetti, Saragosa, Wallace (Alvarez, 69), Thompson (Oduro, 65), Cooper.
Real Salt Lake - Rimando, Wingert, Borchers, Olave (Mantilla, 77), Joy, Kovalenko, Beckerman, Williams, Morales, Deuchar (Espindola, 54), Findley (Cutler, 46).
Yellow Cards: FC Dallas - Saragosa 60; Real Salt Lake - Joy 18, Cutler 48.
Red Cards: FC Dallas - Rhine 48; Real Salt Lake - Joy 38.
Referee: Terry Vaughn.
Att.: 8,960.
May 24 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 1 Chivas USA 2. Goals: McManus 80; Marsch (Braun) 45, Flores (Talley) 79.
Colorado - Coundoul, Kimura, Ihemelu, Erpen, Peterson (McManus, 58), C. Gomez (Casey, 84), LaBrocca, Mastroeni (Gomes, 53), Clark, Cummings, H. Gomez.
Chivas USA - Guzan, Nagamura, Burling, Curtin, Talley, Kljestan, Flores, Marsch, Mendoza, Braun (Ebert, 88), Harris (Razov, 70).
Yellow Cards: Colorado - Clark 28, Ihemelu 71; Chivas USA - Marsch 11, Razov 92, Guzan 94.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 14,619.
May 24 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 3 Kansas City 1. Goals: Donovan pen. 54, Buddle (Donovan, Gordon) 74, Beckham 94; Lopez 40.
Los Angeles - Cronin, Klein, Franklin, Xavier, Vanney, Beckham, Pires, McDonald (Gordon, 55), Franchino (Allen, 41), Buddle, Donovan (Ruiz, 84).
Kansas City - Hartman, Myers (Trujillo, 83), Conrad, Wahl, Harrington, Arnaud (Colombano, 75), Jewsbury, Marinelli, Victorine (Morsink, 75), Lopez, Sealy.
Yellow Cards: Los Angeles - Buddle 29, Gordon 77; Kansas City - Victorine 33, Jewsbury 56.
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.: 24,176.
May 25 in East Rutherford, N.J.
New York 1 Chicago 5. Goals: Altidore (Freeman) 74; Barrett (Blanco) 8, Rolfe (Blanco, Soumare) 48, Blanco pen. 55, Barrett (Mapp, Blanco) 60, Segares 62.
New York - Conway, Freeman, Boyens, Parke, Goldthwaite, Richards (Altidore, 55), Mendes (Magee, 55), Reyna (Ubiparipovic, 79), Sassano, Borman, Angel.
Chicago - Busch, Prideaux, Gutierrez, Segares, Soumare, Rolfe (King, 66), Conde, Pause, Mapp (Frankowski, 71), Blanco, Barrett (Woolard, 78).
Yellow Cards: New York - Angel 68; Chicago - Soumare 68.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 14,754.