The visiting Columbus Crew tied Chicago Fire, 2-2, in their Eastern Conference's top-of-the-standings clash and held on to its three-point lead with a game in hand. The Los Angeles Galaxy beat Toronto FC, 2-0, and kept it within two points of the Houston Dynamo, a 3-2 winner over Real Salt Lake, in the battle for the lead in the Western Conference.


Sept. 18 in East Rutherford, N.J.
New York 1 New England 1. Goals: Wolyniec (Richards, Kandji) 69; Nyassi 13.
New York - Coundoul, Hall, Boyens, Petke, Borman (Ubiparipovic, 91+), Richards, Rojas (Celades, 46), Sassano, Stammler, Wolyniec (Mbuta, 73), Kandji.
New England - Reis, Alston, Barnes, Osei, Heaps, Nyassi, Joseph, Larentowicz, Tierney (Igwe, 88), Dube (Mansally, 82), Ralston.
Yellow Cards:
New York - Petke 21, Boyens 31, Celades 55;
New England - Dube 73.
Referee: Hilario Grajeda.
Att.: 10,979.
 
Sept. 18 in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Jose 1 Colorado 1. Goals: Johnson (McDonald) 8; Casey pen. 95+.
San Jose - Cannon, Leitch, Hernandez, McDonald, Corrales, Salinas, Luiz, Sanchez, Convey (Amarikwa, 87), Glen (Wondolowski, 59), Johnson.
Colorado - Burpo, Baudet, Moor, Harvey (Noonan, 85), Palguta (Holody, 60), Peterson (Diz, 68), Ballouchy, LaBrocca, Kimura, Casey, Cummings.
Yellow Cards: San Jose - Leitch 94+, McDonald 95+; Colorado - Baudet 33.
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic.
Att.: 10,525.
 
Sept. 19 in Seattle
Seattle 0 Chivas USA 0.
Seattle - Keller, Riley, Hurtado, Marshall, Gonzalez, Le Toux (Evans, 63), Alonso, Vagenas (Jaqua, 76), Zakuani, Montero, Ljungberg.
Chivas USA - Thornton, Saragosa, Bornstein, Cuesta (Suarez, 66), Jazic, Padilla (Galindo, 59), Lahoud (Trujillo, 58), Nagamura, Kljestan, Braun, Santos.
Yellow Cards: Seattle - Alonso 40, Marshall 78, Jaqua 86; Chivas USA - Jazic 34, Nagamura 43, Trujillo 76, Santos 77.
Red Card: Chivas USA - Saragosa 71.
Referee: Terry Vaughn.
Att.: 32,719.
 
Sept. 19 in Houston
Houston 3 Real Salt Lake 2. Goals: Ching (Davis) 2, Cameron (Davis) 5, Davis (Cameron) 81; Beckerman (Williams, Campos) 27, Movsisyan 60.
Houston - Onstad, Hainault, Boswell, Cochrane, Chabala, Mullan, Cameron, Holden, Davis (Ashe, 83), Ching, Landin (Weaver, 64).
Real Salt Lake - Rimando, Russell, Borchers, Olave, Wingert, Williams (Movsisyan, 52), Beckerman, Johnson, El Khalifi (Morales, 46), Campos (Findley, 61), Espindola.
Yellow Cards: Houston - Cochrane 46+, Ashe 92+; Real Salt Lake - Borchers 20, Findley 61, Johnson 70.
Red Cards: Houston - Ching 82; Real Salt Lake - Olave 32.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 18,133.
 
Sept. 19 in Kansas City
Kansas City 3 FC Dallas 2. Goals: Hirsig (Lopez) 9, Wolff (Hercegfalvi, Lopez) 77, Conrad 80; McCarty 44, Cunningham (Ferreira) 54.
Kansas City - Hartman, Leathers, Besler, Conrad, Harrington, Gomez (Kamara, 46), Hirsig, Morsink (Zusi, 55), Lopez, Arnaud (Hercegfalvi, 77), Wolff.
FC Dallas - Sala, Ihemelu, John, Ricchetti, Benitez, Harris, Ferreira, McCarty, van den Bergh (Pearce, 62), Chavez (Hernandez, 46), Cunningham.
Yellow Cards: Kansas City - Morsink 19, Lopez 93+; FC Dallas - Chavez 13, McCarty 45, Ricchetti 89.
Referee: Jeff Gontarek.
Att.: 10,385.
 
Sept. 19 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 2 Toronto FC 0. Goals: Beckham (Birchall) 9, Buddle (Donovan, Beckham) 83.
Los Angeles - Ricketts, Franklin, Berhalter, Gonzalez, Dunivant, Birchall, Beckham (Kirovski, 89), Miglioranzi, Lewis (Klein, 46), Buddle (Gordon, 86), Donovan.
Toronto FC - Frei, Wynne, Attakora, Garcia, Brennan, Cronin (Vitti, 79), de Guzman, De Rosario, Guevara, Barrett (White, 62), Gerba (Fellinga, 71).
Yellow Cards: Los Angeles - Beckham 64; Toronto FC - de Guzman 24, Guevara 64, Garcia 67.
Referee: Kevin Stott.
Att.: 18,619.
 
Sept. 20 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 2 Columbus 2. Goals: Lowry (McBride, Prideaux) 6, Lowry 35;
Schelotto (Rogers) 55, Schelotto pen. 78.
Chicago - Busch, Prideaux, Brown, Conde, Banner, Rolfe, Lowry (Carr, 87), Pause, Pappa (Nyarko, 83), McBride, Blanco (Mapp, 63).
Columbus - Hesmer, Hejduk, Iro (Lenhart, 68), Padula, Ekpo (Gaven, 68), Brunner, Carroll, O'Rourke, Rogers, Schelotto (Renteria, 87), Moreno.
Yellow Cards: Chicago - Mapp 70; Columbus - Padula 7.
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 16,549.
 
Standings:
EASTERN W L T GF GA P
Columbus 11 4 10 38 28 43
Chicago 10 6 10 36 31 40
D.C. United 8 6 12 39 38 36
Toronto FC 9 10 7 33 38 34
New England 9 8 7 29 33 34
Kansas City 8 11 6 28 34 30
New York 4 17 5 21 43 17
WESTERN W L T GF GA P
Houston 12 8 7 35 26 43
Los Angeles 10 5 11 33 29 41
Seattle 9 6 11 31 24 38
Colorado 10 8 7 39 31 37
Chivas USA 11 9 4 25 24 37
Real Salt Lake 9 10 7 38 31 34
FC Dallas 7 12 6 41 43 27
San Jose 5 12 6 28 41 21
 
Leading Scorers:
PLAYER (TEAM) GP G
Casey (Colorado) 19 14
Cunningham (FC Dallas) 23 13
Schelotto (Columbus) 21 12
Montero (Seattle) 23 11
Donovan (Los Angeles) 21 10
De Rosario (Toronto FC) 24 10
Findley (Real Salt Lake) 23 10
Wolff (Kansas City) 22 10