[WEEK 26] Two key Eastern Conference games highlight the weekend action. The third-place Houston Dynamo travels to the Chicago Fire, tied for fourth place with D.C. United, while the Columbus Crew and Montreal Impact, who meet at Crew Stadium, are both knocking on the door outside the top five. The Impact has won five in a row; the Crew is 3-0-2 in its last five games. For all the action ...

WEEK 26, MLS SCHEDULE:
Friday, August 31
Portland vs. Colorado, 10:30 pm NBCSN
Saturday, September 1
Columbus vs. Montreal, 7:30 pm
New England vs. Philadelphia, 7:30 pm
Sporting KC vs. Toronto FC, 8:30 pm
Real Salt Lake vs. D.C. United, 9 pm
LA Galaxy vs. Vancouver, 10 pm
Sunday, September 2,
Chicago vs. Houston, 7 pm Galavision
FC Dallas vs. Seattle, 7 pm
San Jose vs. Chivas USA, 9 pm NBCSN

WEEK 26, MLS RESULTS:
Aug. 29 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 2 New York 2. Goals: DeLeon (De Rosario) 21, De Rosario (DeLeon) 68; Lindpere (Henry, Tainio) 19, Conde (unassisted) 88.
D.C. United -- Hamid, Najar, McDonald, Jakovic, Korb, DeLeon, Kitchen (Tan, 90), Saragosa, Pontius,  De Rosario (Boskovic, 86), Pajoy
New York -- Gaudette, Lade, Holgersson, Pearce, Conde, Solli (Cooper, 83), McCarty, Cahill, Tainio (Le Toux, 75),  Lindpere (Sam, 83), Henry.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 10,303.

Aug. 29 in Chester, Pa.
Philadelphia 1 Columbus 2. Goals: Valdes 29; Williams, 41, Gaven, 90+5.
Philadelphia -- MacMath; Williams (Gaddis, 55), G.Farfan, Valdes, Okugo; Carroll, Lahoud, M.Farfan; Gomez, Cruz (Hoppenot, 61), McInerney (Adu, 77).
Columbus -- Lampson, Marshal, Williams, Miranda, Gaven, O’Rourke, Birchall (Grossman, 84), Duka (Meram, 66), Mirosevic, Higuain, Arrieta (James, 72).
Red Card: Columbus -- Marshall 68.
Att.: 16,568.

Aug. 29 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 3 Chivas USA 3. Goals: Sene (unassisted) 4, own goal 11, Sene (unassisted) 21; Joseph (LaBrocca) 23; Joseph (Agudelo) 45+, Bolanos (Townsend, Agudelo) 47.
New England -- Reis, Tierney, McCarthy, Soares, Alston, Nguyen, Simms (Fagundez, 68), Guy, Rowe (Cardenas, 83), Sene (Feilhaber, 65), Bengtson.
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Riley, McKenzie, Califf,  Jazic, Bowen (Angel, 54), Joseph, LaBrocca (Minda, 83), Bolanos, Townsend, Agudelo (Courtois, 76)
Referee: Matthew Foerster.
Att.: 10,945.

STANDINGS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
47 Sporting KC 14-7-5 32/23
46 New York 13-7-7 46/39
42 Houston 11-6-9 38/21
41 D.C. United 12-9-5 43/37
41 Chicago 12-8-5 32/30
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39 Montreal 12-13-3 42/44
39 Columbus 11-8-6 31/29
25 Philadelphia 7-13-4 25/30
24 New England 6-14-6 33/38
21 Toronto FC 5-15-6 29/46

WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
50 San Jose 15-6-5 52/32
43 Seattle 12-6-7 40/26
43 Real Salt Lake 13-10-4 37/32
40 Los Angeles 12-11-4 46/40
37 Vancouver 10-10-7 29/35
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32 FC Dallas 8-12-8 33/37
28 Chivas USA 7-10-7 20/35
26 Colorado 8-16-2 33/40
24 Portland 6-13-6 26/43
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All times Eastern

WEEK 27, MLS GAMES:
Wednesday, September 5
New England vs. Columbus, 8 pm
Colorado vs. Portland, 9 pm NBCSN
Thursday, September 6
Houston vs. Real Salt Lake, 8:30 pm
Saturday, September 8
Seattle vs. Chivas USA, 4 pm
WEEK 28, MLS GAMES:
Wednesday, September 12
Toronto FC vs. Chicago, 7 pm