[WEEK 27] Nick Rimando, held back from the U.S. national team until after Thursday's game, stopped Brad Davis on a penalty kick in the 75th minute but was not so fortunate on a second penalty kick by Colin Clark four minutes into stoppage time that gave the Houston Dynamo a 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake. The win moved the Dynamo back into third place in the Eastern Conference. For all the action ...

WEEK 27, MLS RESULTS:
Sept. 6 in Houston
Houston 1 Real Salt Lake 0. Goals: Clark (pen.) 94+.
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Att.: 18,452.



Sept. 5 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 2 Columbus 0. Goals: Imbongo (Fagundez) 53, own goal 74.
Columbus -- Gruenebaum, O'Rourke, Miranda, Vukovic, Marshall, Duka (Renteria, 75), Birchall (Williams, 64), Gaven, Mirosevic (Tchani, 69), Arrieta, Higuain.
New England -- Reis, Kevin Alston, Stephen McCarthy, Barnes, Lechner, Rowe (Cardenas, 90+), Guy, Nguyen, Simms, Imbongo (Brettschneider, 79), Fagundez (Tierney, 73).
Referee: Geoff Gamble.
Att.: 10,345.



Sept. 5 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 3 Portland 0. Goals: Akpan (Cascio, Moor) 6, Cascio (Castrillon) 27, Castrillon (Moor, Hill) 86.
Colorado -- Pickens, Zapata, Moor, Marshall, Wynne, Castrillon, Cascio (Mullan, 81), Larentowicz (O'Neill, 87), Thomas, Rivero (Hill, 73), Akpan.
Portland -- Ricketts, Smith, Horst, Mosquera, Kimura, Chara, Songo'o (Fucito, 82), Jewsbury, Zizzo (Mwanga, 77), Nagbe, Dike (Boyd, 67).
Referee: Juan Guzman.
Att.: 13,086.



WEEK 27, MLS SCHEDULE:
Saturday, September 8
Seattle vs. Chivas USA, 4 pm

STANDINGS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
50 Sporting KC 15-7-5 34/24
46 New York 13-7-7 46/39
45 Houston 12-7-9 40/24
44 Chicago 13-8-5 35/31
42 Columbus 12-9-6 33/32
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41 D.C. United 12-10-5 43/38
39 Montreal 12-14-3 43/46
28 New England 7-14-7 35/38
26 Philadelphia 7-13-5 25/30
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 14-11-4 38/33
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
29 Colorado 9-17-2 36/41
28 Chivas USA 7-11-7 20/39
27 Portland 7-14-6 27/44
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All times Eastern

WEEK 28, MLS GAMES:
Wednesday, September 12
Toronto FC vs. Chicago, 7 pm