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WEEK 17 SCHEDULE:
July 6
8:00 pm ET
New York  vs. Toronto FC
8:30 pm ET
Sporting KC vs. Colorado
10 pm ET
Vancouver vs. Columbus
10:30 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. San Jose

WEEK 16 RESULTS:
July 4 in Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake 3 New England 3. Goals: Johnson 2 (unassisted) 24, Saborio 3 (pen.) 56, Espindola 5 (Saborio 1, Olave 1) 83; Lekic 3 (pen.) 4, Tierney 2 (unassisted) 16, Joseph 5 (Feilhaber 3) 63.
New England -- Reis, Alston (Domi 86), Cochrane, Soares, Barnes (Mansally 46), Nyassi (Boggs 65), Joseph, Feilhaber, Phelan, Tierney, Lekic.
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Russell (Beckerman 46), Olave, Borchers, Beltran, Williams, Grabavoy, Warner (Schuler 9), Johnson, Saborio, Gil (Espindola 63).
Red Cards: Real Salt Lake -- Borchers 3; New England -- Cochrane 67.
Referee: Yader Reyes.
Att.: 16,139
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July 4 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 0 Seattle 0.
Los Angeles -- Perk, Franklin, Gonzalez (Jordan 80), DeLaGarza (Berhalter 24), Dunivant, Donovan, Magee (Beckham 69), Birchall, Juninho, Angel, Barrett.
Seattle -- Keller, Riley, Hurtado, Parke, Wahl, Rosales (Neagle 90+), Alonso, Friberg, Fernandez (Noonan 71), Montero (Evans 61), Levesque.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 27,000
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July 3 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 0 Houston 0.
Colorado -- Pickens, Kimura, Marshall, Wynne, Moor, Mullan (Thompson 78), Larentowicz, Mastroeni, Smith, Cummings (Amarikwa 78), Folan.
Houston -- Hall, Sarkodie, Taylor, Hainault, Ashe, Cruz (Clark 67), Cameron, Watson, Davis, Bruin (Garey 61), Ching (Palmer 78).
Red Card: Colorado -- Amarikwa 93+.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 18,203
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July 2 in Stanford, Calif.
San Jose 2 New York 2. Goals: Stephenson 3 (unassisted) 37, Lenhart 5 (Beitashour 3) 68; Lindpere 3 (Miller 3, Tainio 2) 7, Lindpere 4 (Ballouchy 2) 85.
San Jose -- Busch, Beitashour, Burling,  Hernandez, Corrales, Wondolowski, Ring, Stephenson, Johnson, Dawkins (Cronin 93’+), Lenhart.
New York -- Coundoul, Solli (Keel 71), Mendes, Ream, Miller, Richards, Tainio, McCarty, Lindpere, Ballouchy, Agudelo.
Red Card: San Jose -- Burling 91+.
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic.
Att.: 41,028.
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July 2 in Portland, Ore.
Portland 1 Sporting KC 2. Goals: Nagbe 1 (unassisted) 45; Sapong 3 (Bravo 2) 15, Collin 2 (Besler 1, Sapong 3) 19.
Portland -- Perkins, Purdy, Brunner, Danso, Wallace, Nagbe (Marcelin 78), Jewsbury, Chara, Alhassan (Zizzo 72), Johnson (Cooper 67), Perlaza.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Myers, Collin, Besler, Harrington, Stojcev (Kamara 72), Espinoza, Zusi, Julio Cesar, Bravo (Diop 82), Sapong (Bunbury 89).
Referee: Hilario Grajeda.
Att.: 18,627
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July 2 in Carson, Calif.
Chivas USA 1 Chicago 1. Goals: LaBrocca 4 (Lahoud 1) 46; Oduro 5 (Nyarko 3) 26.
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Lahoud (Trujillo 89), Umana, Pearce, Valentin, Nagamura (Zemanski 77), Elliott, LaBrocca, Flores, Braun, Mondaini (Estupinan 64).
Chicago -- Johnson, Anibaba, Cuesta (Mikulic 62), Gibbs, Segares, Nyarko, Oduro, Pause, Husidic, Pappa (Nazarit 64), Chaves (Barouch 74).
Referee: Andrew Chapin.
Att.: 15,152.
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July 2 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 2 Philadelphia 2. Goals: Wolff 4 (De Rosario 1, Najar 3) 44, Najar 2 (unassisted) 58; own goal 49, Ruiz 5 (Williams 2, Le Toux 6) 84.
D.C. United -- Hamid, Kitchen, White, McDonald, Woolard, Najar, De Rosario, Simms, Pontius, Davies (Brettschneider 57), Wolff (Fred 68).
Philadelphia -- Mondragon, Williams, Califf,  Valdes, Harvey, Mapp (McInerney 78), Le Toux, Carroll, Paunovic (G.Farfan 66), Mwanga (Daniel 71), Ruiz.
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja.
Att.: 13,365.
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July 2 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 2 Columbus 0. Goals: Shea 8 (unassisted) 58, Jackson 3 (Jacobson 5) 76.
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Loyd (Weideman 89), John, Ihemelu, Benitez, Jackson, Alexander (Villar 60), Hernandez, Jacobson, Shea, Chavez (Rodriguez 83).
Columbus -- Hesmer, Miranda, Marshall, Iro, Gardner (Rogers 60), Gaven, Balchan (O'Rourke 69), Ekpo, Anor, Heinemann (Cunningham 65), Mendoza.
Red Card: Columbus -- Iro 82.
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
Att.: 20,704.
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June 29 in Toronto
Toronto FC 1 Vancouver 0. Goal: Soolsma 1 (pen.) 54
Toronto FC -- Frei, Gargan, Eckersley, Harden, Borman, Zavarise (Stinson 73), Sturgis, Yourassowsky, Soolsma, Martina (Morgan 87), Plata (Omphroy 89).
Vancouver -- Nolly, Knight, Janicki, Boxall, Wagner, Vagenas, Brovsky (Hassli 46), Koffie, Salinas (Khalfan 77), Salgado, Teibert (Camilo 58).
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 19,816.

STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/1
27 Philadelphia 7-4-6 21/16
25 New York 5-3-10 29/23
24 Columbus 6-5-6 20/19
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20 Sporting KC 5-6-5 21/22
20 Houston 4-7-8 21/22
19 D.C. United 4-5-7 23/29
18 Chicago 2-4-12 19/22
18 Toronto FC 3-6-9 17/29
16 New England 3-8-7 16/24

Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
36 Los Angeles 9-2-9 25/15
34 FC Dallas 10-4-4 24/17
32 Seattle 8-4-8 25/18
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27 Real Salt Lake 7-3-6 21/12
23 Colorado 5-5-8 19/21
21 San Jose 5-5-6 22/19
18 Chivas USA 4-7-6 21/22
18 Portland 5-8-3 19/28
14 Vancouver 2-8-8 18/25

Wildcard Race (top 4 qualify)
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
27 Real Salt Lake 7-3-6 21/12
23 Colorado 5-5-8 19/21
21 San Jose 5-5-6 22/19
20 Sporting KC 5-6-5 21/22
20 Houston 4-7-8 21/22
19 D.C. United 4-5-7 23/29
18 Chivas USA 4-7-6 21/22
18 Chicago 2-4-12 19/22
18 Portland 5-8-3 19/28
18 Toronto FC 3-6-9 17/29
16 New England 3-8-7 16/24
14 Vancouver 2-8-8 18/25