[WEEK 12] Week 12 is the last full weekend of MLS for the next three weeks as nine games will be played over Memorial Day weekend. The big match will pit Sporting Kansas City, third in the Eastern Conference but with three and two games in hand on the teams ahead of it, against the San Jose Earthquakes, who took over the lead in the Western Conference with their 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday. For all the action ...

MLS RESULTS, WEDNESDAY
May 23 in Seattle
Seattle 0 Columbus 2. Goals: Meram (Duka, Renteria) 15, Renteria (unassisted) 76.
Seattle -- Meredith, Johansson (Hurtado 61), Parke, Scott, Burch, Estrada (Rose 78), Alonso, Evans, Fernandez (Rosales 61), Montero, Johnson.
Columbus -- Gruenebaum, Miranda, Mendes, Williams, Vukovic, Duka (Tchani 57), O'Rourke (George 45), Grossman, Meram (Anor 80), Gaven, Renteria.
Referee: Geoff Gamble.
Att.: 38,311.



May 23 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 2 San Jose 3. Goals: Jimenez (Barrett, Juninho) 3, Magee (Beckham) 73; Lenhart (Chavez) 76, Stephenson (unassisted) 82, Gordon (Hernandez) 94+.
Los Angeles -- Perk, Franklin, DeLaGarza, Gaul, Dunivant, Jimenez, Magee, Beckham, Juninho (Stephens, 87), Buddle (Nakazawa, 67), Barrett.
San Jose -- Busch, Opara, Hernandez, Beitashour, Morrow, Cronin (Stephenson, 66), Baca (Chavez, 75), Moreno, Dawkins, Lenhart, Guvenisik (Gordon, 46).
Red Card: Los Angeles -- Jimenez 57.
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 16,512.



May 23 in Harrison, N.J.
New York 1 Chivas USA 1. Goals: Cooper (Richards, Barklage) 56; Angel (McKenzie, Gavin) 47.
New York -- Meara, Miller, Pearce, Holgersson, Barklage, McCarty, Marquez, Lindpere, Richards, Cooper, Henry.
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Riley, Califf, McKenzie, Jazic, LaBrocca (Bolanos 9; Villafana 69), Minda, Gavin, Cardozo (Moreno 46),  Angel, Correa.
Referee: Armando Villareal.
Att.: 13,919.



May 23 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 2 FC Dallas 1. Goals: Grazzini (Pappa) 45, Pappa (unassisted) 63; Hedges (unassisted) 41.
Chicago -- Johnson; Gargan, Anibaba, Berry, Segares; Pause, Robayo; Nyarko, Grazzini (Pardo 76), Pappa (Bone 89); Oduro (Barouch 59).
FC Dallas -- Hartman; Loyd, John (Rodriguez 46), Hedges, Benitez; Jackson, Marcelin (Guarda 46), Jacobson, D.Hernandez, Leyva (Sealy 72); Perez.
Referee: Hilario Grajeda.
Att.: 11,947.



OTHER RESULTS, WEDNESDAY
Amway Canadian Championship
May 23 in Toronto
Toronto FC 1 Vancouver 0. Goal: Lambe (Soolsma) 83.
Att.: 13,777.
(Toronto FC wins 1-0 on aggregate.)
International Friendly
May 23 in Portland, Ore.
Portland 0 Valencia (Spain) 1. Goal: Aduriz 41.
Att.: 19,564.
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STANDINGS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
26 New York 8-3-2 26/18
24 D.C. United 7-4-3 25/17
22 Sporting KC 7-3-1 15/9
18 Chicago 4-3-3 14/13
15 Columbus 4-4-3 11/12
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13 Houston 3-3-4 10/10
13 New England 4-6-1 14/15
12 Montreal 3-6-3 13/18
8 Philadelphia 2-6-2 8/13
0 Toronto FC 0-9-0 7/21

WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
27 San Jose 8-2-3 26/15
26 Real Salt Lake 8-3-2 19/12
23 Seattle 7-3-2 15/8
18 Vancouver 5-3-3 12/13
16 Colorado 5-6-1 17/16
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14 Chivas USA 4-6-2 8/13
13 FC Dallas 3-7-4 13/21
12 Portland 2-6-3 11/14
11 Los Angeles 3-7-2 14/19
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Note: All times ET.

WEEK 12, MLS GAMES:
May 26
Houston vs. Los Angeles, 2:30 pm NBCSN
Toronto FC vs. Philadelphia, 4:30 pm
Columbus vs. Chicago, 7 pm Galavision
D.C. United vs. New England, 7:30 pm
Real Salt Lake vs. FC Dallas, 9 pm
Colorado vs. Montreal, 9 pm
Portland vs. Vancouver, 10 pm
Chivas USA vs. Seattle, 10:30 pm
May 27
Sporting KC vs. San Jose, 4:30 pm NBCSN