The Columbus Crew moved closer to clinching a berth in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League with a 1-0 win over Santos of Mexico on Andres Mendoza's late goal. Toronto FC stayed alive with a 0-0 tie at Mexico's Cruz Azul. American Steve Cherundolo started for Hannover 96 in its 4-1 win over Werder Bremen that moved it into a tie for second place in Germany's Bundesliga. For the Tuesday action ...

Tuesday Results:
Concacaf Champions League
Columbus Crew 1 Santos 0.
CLB -- Andres Mendoza 88

Cruz Azul 0 Toronto FC 0.

Standings:
Group A
7 Cruz Azul 2-1-1
6 Real Salt Lake 2-0-1
4 FC Toronto 1-1-2
3 Arabe Unido 1-0-2
Group B
9 Columbus Crew 3-0-1
7 Santos 2-1-1
2 Municipal 0-2-1
1 Joe Public 0-1-2
Group C
9 Monterrey 3-0-0
6 Saprissa 2-0-1
3 Marathon 1-0-2
0 Seattle Sounders 0-0-3
Group D
7 Toluca 2-1-0
4 Puerto Rico Islanders 1-1-1
4 Olimpia 1-1-1
1 FAS 0-1-2

Americans Abroad
England (Premier League)
Stoke City 2 Fulham 0.
Clint Dempsey-Fulham (90 minutes)
Eddie Johnson-Fulham (sub: 33 minutes)

Germany (Bundesliga 1)
Hannover 96 4 Werder Bremen 1
Steve Cherundolo-Hannover 96 (90 minutes)

Netherlands (KNVB-beker)
BV Veendam 2 Helmond Sport 1
Charles Kazlauskas-Helmond Sport (70 minutes)

Wednesday Schedule:
Major League Soccer
FC Dallas  vs. New England Revolution
Kansas City Wizards vs. Houston Dynamo

Standings:
Eastern Conference:
P TEAM W-L-T (+/-)
44 Columbus 13-7-5 (+6)
41 New York 12-8-5 (+5)
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31 Toronto 8-10-7 (-4)
30 Kansas City 8-9-6 (0)
26 Chicago 6-9-8 (-3)
24 Philadelphia 6-12-6 (-12)
24 New England 7-14-3 (-17)
18 D.C. United 5-17-3 (-22)
Western Conference
P TEAM W-L-T (+/-)
50 Los Angeles 15-5-5 (+19)
47 Real Salt Lake 13-4-8 (+22)
42 FC Dallas 10-2-12 (+12)
37 Colorado 10-7-7 (+8)
36 San Jose 10-7-6 (+2)
36 Seattle 10-9-6 (+1)
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25 Chivas USA 7-13-4 (-6)
23 Houston 6-13-5 (-11)

Leading Scorers:
14 Edson Buddle (Los Angeles)
12 Juan Pablo Angel (New York)
11 Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC)
11 Sebastien Le Toux (Philadelphia)
10 Conor Casey (Colorado)
10 Omar Cummings (Colorado)
10 Fredy Montero (Seattle)
9 Chris Wondolowski (San Jose)
9 Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake)
9 Kei Kamara (Kansas City)
9 Justin Braun (Chivas USA)

Concacaf Champions League
Arabe Unido vs. Real Salt Lake
Monterrey vs. Seattle Sounders
Marathon vs. Saprissa
FAS vs. Puerto Rico Islanders

Americans Abroad
Belgium (Jupiler League)
Lierse vs. Anderlecht

France (League Cup)
St. Etienne vs. Nice

Germany (Bundesliga 1)
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Ein. Frankfurt
Borussia M'Gladbach vs. St. Pauli
Freiburg vs. Schalke 04

Scotland (League Cup)
Celtic vs. Inverness

Sweden (Allsvenskanliga)
GAIS vs. Halmstad
Orebro vs. Gefle

D-2 Pro League
Miami FC Blues vs. AC St. Louis

Standings:
NASL Conference
P TEAM W-L-T
44 Vancouver 10-4-14
41 Carolina 11-9-8
34 Montreal 9-11-7
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29 AC St. Louis 7-12-8
26 Miami FC 5-11-11
24 CP Baltimore 6-16-6
USL Conference
P TEAM W-L-T
51 Rochester 15-7-6
50 Austin 15-5-8
48 Portland 13-7-9
37 NSC Minnesota 10-12-7
33 Puerto Rico 8-10-9
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29 Tampa Bay 6-10-11

Leading Scorers:
15 Ryan Pore (Portland)
14 Eddie Johnson (Austin)
10 Aaron King (Tampa Bay)
9 Ali Gerba (Montreal)
9 Mike Ambersley (AC St. Louis)
8 Maxwell Griffin (Austin)
8 David Foley (Puerto Rico)
8 Paulo Araujo Jr. (Miami FC)

Thursday Schedule:
Americans Abroad
Spain (La Liga)
Villarreal vs. Dep. Coruna

Concacaf Champions League
Joe Public vs. Municipal
Olimpia vs. Toluca

WPS
Boston Breakers vs. Philadelphia Independence