[WEEK 18] Sporting Kansas City and the New York Red Bulls can overtake the idle Eastern Conference leader D.C. United with wins over the weekend. Sporting KC hosts the Houston Dynamo Saturday, while the Red Bulls are at the New England Revolution on Sunday. For all the action ...

WEEK 18, MLS GAMES:
July 4 in Montreal
Montreal 1 Sporting KC 3. Goals: Bernier (Felipe, Valentin) 49; Kamara 6 (pen.) 57, Zusi (pen.) 75, Peterson (Espinoza, Saad) 82.
Montreal -- Ricketts; Brovsky (Sebrango 80), Camara, Thomas, Valentin; Bernier, Warner, Mapp (Braun 87), Arnaud, Felipe; Di Vaio (Nyassi 71).
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Myers, Collin, Besler, Sinovic; Nagamura (Joseph 86), Espinoza, Zusi; Kamara (Saad 69), Bunbury (Peterson 46), Sapong.
Att.: 12,085.



July 4 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 1 Toronto FC 1. Goals: Loyd 2 (Jackson, Jacobson) 5; Koevermans (Avila) 31.
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Loyd, Pertuz, Hedges, Jackson, Shea, Rodriguez, Marcelin, Hernandez (Ferreira, 57), Jacobson, Castillo (Wiedeman, 90+).
Toronto FC -- Kocic, Hall, Emory, Eckersley, Morgan, Dunfield (de Guzman, 81), Frings, Avila (Silva, 68), Lambe, Johnson, Koevermans (Soolsma, 88).
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero.



July 4 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 0 Vancouver 1. Goal: Mattocks 43.
Colorado -- Pickens, Wynne, Zapata, Freeman (Edu, 72), Moor, Rivero, Castrillon (Smith, 63), Larentowicz, Mullan, Cummings (Cascio, 61), Casey.
Vancouver -- Cannon, Harvey, DeMerit, Rochat, Bonjour, Lee, Chiumiento (Nanchoff, 85), Koffie, Robson (Le Toux, 57), Mattocks, Hassli (Camilo, 72).
Referee: Steve Gegen.
Att.: 18,757.



July 4 in Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake 0 Seattle 0.
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Wingert, Borchers, Watson-Siriboe, Mansally (Steele 79), Gil (Grabavoy 62), Beckerman, Morales, Johnson, Espindola, Saborio.
Seattle -- Meredith, Scott, Parke, Hurtado, Gonzalez, Rosales, Carrasco, Evans (Rose 64),  Fernandez (Burch 85), Johnson, Montero (Cato 73).
Referee: Hilario Grajeda.
Att.: 20,363.



July 4 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 1 Philadelphia 2. Goals: Barrett (Keane, Dunivant) 73; McInerney (Farfan) 45, M.Farfan (Pajoy), 95+.
Philadelphia -- MacMath, Williams, G.Farfan, Lahoud (Gomez, 63), Valdes, M.Farfan, Okugo, Carroll, Daniel (Pajoy, 75), Adu (Hoppenot, 71), McInerney.
Los Angeles -- Saunders, DeLaGarza, Gonzalez (Franklin, 46), Dunivant, Lopes, Sarvas, Magee, Donovan, Juninho, Jimenez (Barrett, 60), Keane.
Referee: Armando Villarreal.
Att.: 27,000.



July 3 in Houston
Houston 0 Chicago 0.
Houston -- Hall; Hainault, Boswell, Taylor, Ashe; Luiz Camargo (Ownby 69), Moffat, Davis; Garcia, Bruin (Ching 65), Kandji (Clark 81)
Chicago -- Johnson; Anibaba, Berry, Gargan, Segares; Rolfe, Pardo, Pause, Pappa (Barouch 72); Oduro (Alex 54), Nyarko (Jumper 87)
Referee: Allen Chapman.
Att.: 22,039.



July 3 in Portland, Ore.
Portland 2 San Jose 1. Goals: Mwanga (Songo’o) 29, Jewsbury 59; Gordon 74
Portland -- Perkins, Jewsbury, Danso, Horst, Smith (Chabala, 63), Songo’o (Zizzo, 74), Palmer (Braun, 86), Nagbe, Alexander, Mwanga, Boyd.
San Jose -- Bingham, Beitashour, Bernardez, Hernandez (Moreno, 84), Morrow, Salinas, Cronin, Stephenson (Lenhart, 62), Baca (Chavez, 59), Wondolowski, Gordon.
Referee: Fotis Bazakos.
Att.: 20,438.



STANDINGS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
33 D.C. United 10-5-3 34/22
32 Sporting KC 10-5-2 23/17
31 New York 9-4-4 32/25
28 Chicago 8-5-4 21/19
24 Houston 6-5-6 22/24
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22 Columbus 6-5-4 16/15
19 New England 5-7-4 22/22
18 Montreal 5-11-3 25/35
14 Philadelphia 4-9-2 15/18
10 Toronto FC 2-10-4 18/30

WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
36 San Jose 11-4-3 36/24
33 Real Salt Lake 10-6-3 28/21
27 Seattle 7-5-6 21/18
29 Vancouver 8-4-5 19/19
22 Colorado 7-9-1 24/22
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20 Los Angeles 6-10-2 26/29
19 Chivas USA 5-7-4 11/18
19 Portland 5-7-4 16/21
15 FC Dallas 3-9-6 17/27
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WEEK 18, MLS GAMES:
July 7
Sporting KC vs. Houston, 8 pm ET
Real Salt Lake vs. Portland, 9 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. San Jose, 10:30 pm ET
Seattle vs. Colorado, 11 pm ET NBCSN

July 8
Chicago vs. Los Angeles, 3 pm ET ESPN ESPN Deportes
Philadelphia vs. Toronto FC, 4 pm
New England vs. New York, 7 pm
Montreal vs. Columbus, 7:30 pm