[WEEK 26] The Columbus Crew jumped two spots into fourth place, dropping D.C. United into sixth place, with a 2-1 win over the Montreal Impact on late goals by Chad Marshall and Emilio Renteria both set up by Federico Higuain, who has three goals and six assists in five games. The loss snapped the Impact's five-game winning streak. The Chicago Fire moved into third place with a 3-1 win over the Houston Dynamo, while Real Salt Lake is back in second place in the Western Conference thanks to its 1-0 win over D.C. United. For all the action ...

WEEK 26, MLS RESULTS:
Sept. 2 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 3 Houston 1. Goals: Nyarko (unassisted) 1, Paladini (MacDonald, Fernandez) 19, Alex (Oduro 3) 90+; Ching (Davis) 90+.
Chicago -- Johnson; Anibaba, Friedrich, Berry, Segares; Fernandez, Paladini, Pardo, Nyarko (Oduro 77); Rolfe (Pause 85), MacDonald (Alex 55)
Houston -- Hall; Hainault (Sarkodie 45), Boswell, Taylor (Ching 63), Ashe; Garcia, R.Clark, Davis; Watson, Bruin, Kandji (Carr 81).
Referee: David Gantar.
Att.: 17,007.



Sept. 2 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 1 Seattle 1. Goals: Jackson (Perez) 32; Rosales (Zakuani) 20.
FC Dallas -- Hartman, John, Loyd, Hedges (Pertuz 58), Benitez, Shea (Rodriguez 86), Jackson, Jacobson (Hernandez 63), de Guzman, Ferreira, Perez.
Seattle -- Gspurning, Johansson, Parke, Ianni, Gonzalez, Alonso (Carrasco 78), Tiffert,  Evans (Burch 88), Rosales, Montero, Zakuani (Caskey 66).
Referee: Sorin Stoica.
Att.: 12,811



Sept. 2 in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Jose 4 Chivas USA 0. Goals: Bernardez 11, Dawkins (Wondolowski) 39, Corrales  71, Corrales 81.
San Jose -- Busch, Beitashour, Bernardez, Opara, Corrales, Chavez, Baca (Ballouchy 82), Cronin (Ring 85), Dawkins, Gordon (Lenhart, 60), Wondolowski
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Riley, McKenzie, Califf, Jazic, Bowen (LaBrocca 69), Joseph, Minda (Zemanski 84), Bolanos, Townsend (Correa 72), Agudelo.
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 10,545



Sept. 1 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus 2 Montreal 1. Goals: Marshall (Higuain) 80, Renteria (Higuain) 90+; Di Vaio (Martins, Nyassi) 73.
Columbus -- Gruenebaum, O'Rourke, Miranda, Vukovic, Marshall, Duka (Meram, 63), Birchall (Grossman, 88), Gaven, Mirosevic, Arrieta (Renteria, 77), Higuain.
Montreal -- Perkins, Ferrari, Nesta, Rivas, Brovsky, Warner, Neagle (Wenger, 81), Felipe, Arnaud (Nyassi, 59), Bernier, Di Vaio.
Referee: Chris Penso.
Att.: 12,522.



Sept. 1 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 0 Philadelphia 0.
New England -- Reis, Lechner, Barnes, McCarthy, Alston, Cardenas (Rowe 59), Feilhaber, Simms (Guy 50), Nguyen, Bengtson, Fagundez (Imbongo 75)
Philadelphia -- MacMath, Williams, Okugo, Valdes, Lahoud, M. Farfan, Carroll, G.Farfan, Cruz (Martinez 83), Hoppenot (McInerney 67), Adu (Daniel 80)
Referee: Drew Fischer.
Att.: 11,841



Sept. 1 in Kansas City, Kan.
Sporting KC 2 Toronto FC 1. Goals: Nagamura (unassisted) 60, Rosell (Myers, Nagamura) 87; Johnson (Eckersley) 44.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Sinovic, Besler, Olum, Myers; Julio Cesar (Rosell 78), Nagamura, Espinoza; Kamara, Sapong (Dwyer 86), Zusi.
Toronto FC -- Hall; Emory, O’Dea, Eckersley, Hall; Johnson, Dunfield, Maund, Wiedeman; Silva, Amarikwa.
Att.: 18,481.



Sept. 1 in Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake 1 D.C. United 0. Goals: Johnson 48.
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando; Wingert, Watson-Siriboe, Borchers, Beltran; Beckerman, Grabavoy, Johnson; Morales; Saborio (Alvarez, 89), Paulo Jr. (Espindola, 64).
D.C. United -- Hamid; Korb, Jakovic, Dudar, McDonald (Neal, 83); DeLeon, Kitchen, Saragosa (Maicon Santos, 81), Pontius; De Rosario, Pajoy
Referee: Silviu Petrescu.
Att.: 20,334.



Sept. 1 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 2 Vancouver 0. Goals: Juninho (Keane, Jimenez) 41, Beckham 79.
Los Angeles -- Saunders, Dunivant, Franklin, DeLaGarza, Gonzalez, Sarvas, Juninho, Jimenez (Villarreal, 71), Beckham (Buddle, 86), Magee (Stephens, 79), Keane.
Vancouver -- Knighton, Harvey, Bonjour, DeMerit, Teibert (Barbara, 87), Watson, Thorrington, Richards (Nanchoff, 71), Davidson (Camilo, 85), Robson, Miller.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 20,168.



Aug. 31 in Portland, Ore.
Portland 1 Colorado 0. Goal: Dike (Zizzo, Nagbe) 45.
Portland -- Ricketts, Smith, Horst, Mosquera, Kimura, Chara, Songo'o (Wallace, 78), Jewsbury, Zizzo, Nagbe (Alexander, 75), Dike (Boyd, 88).
Colorado -- Pickens, Marshall, Wynne, Wahl, Moor, Cascio (Castrillon, 77), Rivero, Thomas, Larentowicz, Mullan (Cummings, 46), Casey (Akpan, 67).
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 20,438.



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- +/-
50 Sporting KC 15-7-5 34/24
46 New York 13-7-7 46/39
44 Chicago 13-8-5 35/31
42 Houston 11-7-9 39/24
42 Columbus 12-8-6 33/30
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41 D.C. United 12-10-5 43/38
39 Montreal 12-14-3 43/46
26 Philadelphia 7-13-5 25/30
25 New England 6-14-7 33/38
21 Toronto FC 5-16-6 30/48

WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
53 San Jose 16-6-5 56/32
46 Real Salt Lake 14-10-4 38/32
44 Seattle 12-6-8 41/27
43 Los Angeles 13-11-4 48/40
37 Vancouver 10-11-7 29/37
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33 FC Dallas 8-12-9 34/38
28 Chivas USA 7-11-7 20/39
27 Portland 7-13-6 27/43
26 Colorado 8-17-2 33/41
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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