[SCOREBOARD]  The defending champion Colorado Rapids put three goals past the expansion Portland Timbers in the first 30 minutes and cruised to a 3-1 win on Saturday. Five days winning at Seattle, the Los Angeles Galaxy had to settle for a 1-1 tie at home with the New England Revolution. The first red card of the season went to young Brek Shea, who's been converted to defender by FC Dallas, which had to settle for a 1-1 tie with Chicago at home. For all the weekend action ...

RESULTS:
March 20 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 1 New England 1. Goals: Juninho 2 (unassisted) 39; Joseph 1 (Perovic 1) 3.
Los Angeles -- Saunders, Franklin, DeLaGarza, Leonardo, Dunivant, Beckham, Birchall, Juninho, Donovan, Magee (Cardozo 63), Barrett (Angel 63).
New England -- Reis, Barnes, Coria, Soares, Tierney, Boggs, Joseph, McCarthy, Phelan, Perovic (Mansally 22), Schilawski (Nyassi 74).
Referee: Hilario Grajeda.
Att.: 27,000.
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March 19 in Vancouver
Vancouver  4 Toronto FC 2. Goals: Hassli 1 (Harris 1) 15, Dunfield 1 (Chiumiento 1) 26, Harris 1 (unassisted) 63, Hassli 2 (Knight 1) 72; De Rosario 1 (Maicon Santos 1) 20, Maicon Santos 1 (Zavarise 1) 74.
Vancouver -- Nolly, Leathers, Boxall, DeMerit, Rochat, Koffie, Chiumiento (Khalfan 46), Dunfield, Teibert (Knight 69), Harris, Hassli (Camilo 83).
Toronto FC -- Frei, Gargan, Attakora, Harden, Cann, Sturgis (Zavarise 69), De Rosario, Peterson (Yourassowsky 71), Soolsma (Makubuya 46), Maicon Santos, Martina.
Referee: Paul Ward.
Att.: 22,592.
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March 19 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 3 Columbus 1. Goals: Wolff 1 (Zayner 1) 51, Davies 1 (pen.) 62, Davies 2 (unassisted) 77; Rogers 1 (pen.) 78.
D.C. United -- Onstad, Zayner (Brasesco, 71), Jakovic, Burch, McCarty, Kitchen, Najar, Simms, Pontius, Ngwenya (Davies, 52), Wolff (Quaranta, 83).
Columbus -- Hesmer, James, Balchan, Miranda, Marshall, Rusmir, Ekpo, Duka (Rogers, 65), Gaven, Mendoza, Cunningham (Heinemann, 60).
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 18,132.
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March 19 in Harrison, N.J.
New York 1 Seattle 0. Goal: Agudelo 1 (Tainio) 70.
New York -- Sutton, Solli, Marquez, Ream, Miller, Richards (Borman 90), Tainio, Ballouchy (Tchani 68), Lindpere, Agudelo, Henry.
Seattle -- Keller, Riley, Parke, Hurtado, Gonzalez, Fernandez (Rosales 68), Carrasco (Neagle 80), Alonso, Friberg, Montero, White (Levesque 73).
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 20,982.
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March 19 in Houston
Houston 0 Philadelphia 1. Goal: Califf 1 (unassisted) 5.
Houston -- Hall, Freeman (Cruz 71), Boswell, Taylor, Hainault, Ashe, Cameron, Palmer, Davis, Garey (Weaver 57), Bruin (Oduro 61).
Philadelphia -- Mondragon, Williams, Califf, Valdes, Harvey, Nakazawa (Farfan 69), Carroll, Miglioranzi, Mapp (Mwanga 58), Ruiz (Okugo 85), Le Toux.
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
Att.: 19,385.
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March 19 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 1 Chicago 1. Goals: Rodriguez 1 (Loyd 1) 19; Chaves 1 (Johnson 1, Videira 1) 17.
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Jackson, John, Shea, Loyd, Chavez, Alexander (Jacobson 72), Hernandez, Avila (Ihemelu 62), Ferreira, Rodriguez (Luna 65).
Chicago -- Johnson, Ristic (Nyarko 42), Anibaba, Mikulic, Gibbs, Pause, Pappa, Segares, Videira (Husidic 62), Puerari, Chaves (Barouch 75).
Red Card: FC Dallas -- Shea 55.
Referee: Terry Vaughn.
Att.: 20,415.
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March 19 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 3 Portland 1. Goals: Larentowicz 1 (Cummings 1) 8, Cummings 1 (unassisted) 29, Smith 1 (Casey 1) 30; Cooper 1 (unassisted) 80.
Colorado -- Pickens, Kimura, Wynne, Moor, A.Wallace, Mullan (Thompson 89), Larentowicz, Mastroeni (Nyassi 77), Smith, Casey (Amarikwa 61), Cummings.
Portland -- Brown, Purdy, Brunner, Goldthwaite (Horst 46), R.Wallace (Alhassan 66), Pore, Jewsbury,  Lowry (Moffat 46), Hall, Cooper, Perlaza.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 17,139.
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March 19 in Santa Clara Calif.
San Jose 0 Real Salt Lake 1. Goal: Beckerman 1 (Morales 1) 63.
San Jose -- Busch, Leitch, Hernandez, McDonald, Corrales (Dawkins 66), Gjertsen (McLoughlin 71), Cronin, Stephenson (Ampaipitakwong 81), Convey, Wondolowski, R.Johnson.
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Wingert, Borchers, Schuler, Beltran, Beckerman, W.Johnson, Grabavoy (Alexandre 77), Morales, Espindola (Alvarez 65), Saborio (Paulo Jr. 84).
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 10,525.
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March 19 in Carson, Calif.
Chivas USA 2 Sporting KC 3. Goals: Conrad 1 (unassisted) 56, Zemanski 1 (LaBrocca 1) 84; Sapong 1 (unassisted) 2, Bravo 1 (Kamara 1) 48+, Bravo 2 (Kamara 2) 74.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Sassano (Myers 72), Julio Cesar, Besler, Espinoza, Kamara, Arnaud, Stojcev (Zusi 89), Rocastle (Auvray 20), Bravo, Sapong.
Chivas USA -- Thornton, Pearce, Conrad, Valentin, Jazic (Estupinan 86), Zemanski, LaBrocca, Mendoza (Gavin 62), Braun, Mondaini (Bowen 70), Moreno.
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic.
Att.: 18,122.
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March 15 in Seattle
Seattle 0 Los Angeles 1. Goal: Juninho 1 (Dunivant 1) 58.
Seattle -- Keller, Riley, Hurtado, Parke, L.Gonzalez, Friberg, Alonso, Fernandez (Levesque, 63), Zakuani (Montano, 84), Montero, White (Neagle, 79).
Los Angeles -- Saunders, DeLaGarza, Leonardo, Dunivant, Franklin, Juninho, Birchall, Beckham, Magee (Stephens, 76), Donovan, Barrett (Kirovski, 80).
Referee: Alex Prus.
Att.: 36,443.

STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/1
3 D.C. United 1-0-0 3/1
3 Sporting KC 1-0-0 3/2
3 New York 1-0-0 1/0
3 Philadelphia 1-0-0 1/0
1 Chicago 0-0-1 1/1
1 New England 0-0-1 1/1
0 Houston 0-1-0 0/1
0 Toronto FC 0-1-0 2/4
0 Columbus 0-1-0 1/3
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
4 Los Angeles 1-0-1 2/1
3 Vancouver 1-0-0 4/2
3 Colorado 1-0-0 3/1
3 Real Salt Lake 1-0-0 1/0
1 FC Dallas 0-0-1 1/1
0 Chivas USA 0-1-0 2/3
0 San Jose 0-1-0 0/1
0 Portland 0-1-0 1/3
0 Seattle 0-2-0 0/2

SCHEDULE:
Friday, March 25
10 pm ET
Seattle vs. Houston, FSC

Saturday, March 26
2 pm ET
Toronto FC vs. Portland, TSN
Columbus vs. New York
Philadelphia vs. Vancouver
Chicago vs. Kansas City, TeleFutura
4:30 pm ET
New England vs. D.C. United
9 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. San Jose
Real Salt Lake vs. Los Angeles
10:30 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. Colorado