[DATEBOOK] The Columbus Crew will host the Philadelphia Union in a top-of-the-standings clash in the Eastern Conference on Saturday. FC Dallas and the Seattle Sounders, second and third in the Western Conference, will meet at Pizza Hit Park on Saturday. For all this weekend's action ...

WEEK 23 RESULTS:
Aug. 18 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 1 D.C. United 1. Goals: Grazzini 59; Wolff (Quaranta) 73.
Chicago -- Johnson, Gargan, Cuesta, Anibaba, Segares, Pause, Pardo, Pappa (Chaves 86), Grazzini (Paladini, 72), Oduro, Nyarko (Barouch , 86).
D.C. United -- Hamid (Cronin, 46), Kitchen, Jakovic, McDonald, Woolard, Najar, Simms, King (Quaranta, 71), Pontius, De Rosario, Davies (Wolff, 60)
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Att.: 15,818

Aug. 17 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 1 Houston 1. Goals: Cochrane 1 (unassisted) 4; Boswell 3 (unassisted) 90.
New England -- Reis, Alston, Barnes, Cochrane (Phelan 76), Soares, Boggs, Joseph, Feilhaber, Tierney (Schilawski 62), Mansally, Caraglio (McCarthy 79).
Houston -- Hall, Freeman (Carr 80), Boswell, Hainault, Taylor, Watson (Dixon 62), Moffat, Cameron, Davis, Ching (Costly 71), Weaver.
Red Cards: New England -- Reis 94+; Houston -- Moffat 94+.
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.: 10,963.
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Aug. 17 in Kansas City, Kan.
Sporting KC 3 Portland 1. Goals:  Zusi 4 (unassisted) 25, Zusi 5 (unassisted) 40, Saad 1 (unassisted) 72; Dike 1 (Wallace 1, Jewsbury 7) 81.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Myers, Besler, Julio Cesar, Sinovic (Harrington 75), Kamara, Zusi, Stojcev (Saad 63), Espinoza, Sapong, Bunbury (Aiyegbusi 89).
Portland -- Perkins, Chabala, Brunner, Horst, Wallace, Zizzo (Alhassan 46), Jewsbury, Chara, Nagbe (Umony 60), Cooper (Dike 66), Perlaza.
Referee: Elias Bazakos.
Att.: 15,271.

WEEK 23 SCHEDULE:
August 20
7:30 p.m. ET
Columbus vs. Philadelphia
New England vs. New York
8:30 p.m. ET
Houston vs. Real Salt Lake
9:00 p.m. ET
FC Dallas vs. Seattle
Colorado vs. Chivas USA
10:00 p.m. ET
Portland vs. Vancouver, FOX Soccer, TSN
10:30 p.m. ET
Los Angeles vs. San Jose

August 21  
7:00 p.m. ET
Chicago vs. Toronto FC
8:30 p.m. ET
Sporting KC vs. D.C. United, Galavision

STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T +/1
37 (24) Columbus 10-7-7 27/23
34 (23) Philadelphia 8-5-10 29/22
33 (24) Sporting KC 8-7-9 35/31
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32 (25) Houston 7-7-11 31/30
31 (25) New York 6-6-13 39/35
31 (23) D.C. United 7-6-10 34/34
23 (26) Toronto FC 4-11-11 25/46
22 (25) New England 4-11-10 24/37
21 (24) Chicago 2-7-15 26/33

Western Conference
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T +/-
48 (25) Los Angeles 13-3-9 35/20
43 (25) FC Dallas 12-6-7 32/24
42 (25) Seattle 11-5-9 35/27
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40 (26) Colorado 10-6-10 37/32
36 (22) Real Salt Lake 10-6-6 30/17
30 (24) Chivas USA 7-8-9 30/26
26 (24) Portland 7-12-5 30/40
25 (24) San Jose 5-9-10 26/32
18 (24) Vancouver 3-12-9 25/40

Wildcard Race (top 4 qualify)
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T +/-
40 (26) Colorado 10-6-10 37/32
36 (22) Real Salt Lake 10-6-6 30/17
32 (25) Houston 7-7-11 31/30
31 (25) New York 6-6-13 39/35
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31 (23) D.C. United 7-6-10 34/34
30 (24) Chivas USA 7-8-9 30/26
26 (24) Portland 7-12-5 30/40
25 (24) San Jose 5-9-10 26/32
23 (26) Toronto FC 4-11-11 25/46
22 (25) New England 4-11-10 24/37
21 (24) Chicago 2-7-15 26/33
18 (24) Vancouver 3-12-9 25/40

WEEK 24 SCHEDULE:
August 24
11:00 p.m. ET
Portland vs. Chivas USA
August 27
4:00 p.m. ET
Seattle vs. Columbus
7:00 p.m. ET
Vancouver vs. Houston, TSN 2
Toronto FC vs. San Jose
7:30 p.m. ET
D.C. United vs. Portland
8:30 p.m. ET
Sporting KC vs. FC Dallas
Chicago vs. Colorado
10:30 p.m. ET
Chivas USA vs. Real Salt Lake, FOX Soccer
August 28
7:00 p.m. ET
New York vs. Los Angeles, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Philadelphia vs. New England, Galavision