[MLS SCHEDULE: Week 30]The San Jose Earthquakes scored their ninth goal in stoppage time to earn a 3-3 tie with FC Dallas. Steven Lenhart's goal was his second of the game for Quakes, who came back from 2-1 and 3-2 down to deprive FC Dallas of a chance to take over fifth place in the Western Conference.
-- Graham Zusi scored two goals as first-place Sporting Kansas City extended its lead and became the first team to clinch a playoff berth in the
Eastern Conference with a 2-0 win over the Chicago Fire.
-- The New York Red Bulls got a goal and three assists from Thierry Henry to beat Toronto
FC, 4-1, and move into a tie for second place with Chicago.
-- The Seattle Sounders clinched a playoff berth in the Western Conference with a 0-0 tie at the Vancouver Whitecaps.
-- First Omar Gonzalez, now A.J. DelaGarza. The other former Maryland Terrapin in the Los Angeles Galaxy's central
defense has been injured. DelaGarza went down in the Galaxy's 1-1 tie at the Colorado Rapids with a knee injury. The Galaxy will know in a few days the extent of the injury, but it looked serious.
WEEK 30, RESULTS:
Sept. 30 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 1 Los
Angeles 1. Goals: Castrillon (Freeman) 16; Sarvas 10.
Colorado -- Pickens, Zapata, Freeman, Moor, Wynne, Castrillon, Rivero (Smith, 75th),
Larentowicz, Thomas (Nane, 73), Casey, Cummings.
Los Angeles -- Saunders, Gonzalez, Franklin, Dunivant, DeLaGarza (Meyer, 34), Juninho, Sarvas, Magee
(Buddle, 73), Donovan, Beckham (Stephens, 87), Keane.
Referee: Allen Chapman.
Sept. 29 in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Jose 3 FC Dallas 3. Goals: Gordon (Chavez, Cronin) 24, Lenhart (Gordon), 82, Lenhart (Gordon), 94+; Perez (Jackson) 37, Perez (Ferreira) 72, Hedges 88.
San Jose -- Busch, Bernardez, Beitashour, Morrow, Hernandez, Baca (Stephenson, 82), Cronin, Ballouchy (Lenhart, 52), Chavez (Salinas, 72), Wondolowski, Gordon.
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Pertuz, Loyd, Benitez, Hedges, Jackson, Jacobson (D.Hernandez, 75), Ferreira, De Guzman (Marcelin, 90), Shea (Castillo, 69), Perez.
Referee: Geoff Gamble.
Att.: 10,744.
Sept. 29 in Vancouver
Vancouver 0 Seattle 0.
Vancouver -- Knighton, Lee, O'Brien, DeMerit, Harvey, Koffie, Rochat, Robson, Thorrington (Watson 17), Miller, Mattocks (Camilo 42).
Seattle -- Gspurning, Johansson, Parke, Hurtado, Gonzalez, Rosales (Zakuani 70), Alonso, Tiffert, Evans (Rose 74), Montero, Johnson.
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Att.: 21,000
Sept. 29 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus 3 Philadelphia
2. Goals: Arrieta (Miranda) 45, Arrieta (Gruenebaum) 45+, Mirosevic 4 (J.Williams) 88; Cruz (pen.) 65, McInerney (Torres) 86.
Columbus --
Gruenebaum, Miranda, Marshall, James (Gehrig, 80), J.Williams, Gaven (Meram, 86), Mirosevic, O’Rourke, Birchall, Higuain, Arrieta (Renteria, 66).
Philadelphia -- MacMath, Gaddis, S.Williams, Okugo, Valdes, Carroll, Lahoud, Cruz (Torres, 81), G.Farfan (McInerney, 66), M.Farfan, Martinez (Hoppenot, 57).
Referee: Matthew Foerster.
Att.: 14,673.
Sept. 29 in Houston
Houston 2 New England 0.
Goals: R.Clark (Davis, Ching) 77, Garcia (Creavalle) 93+.
Houston -- Hall, Sarkodie, Boswell, Taylor, Ashe, Davis (Creavalle 91+), R.Clark, Moffat,
Garcia, Bruin (Weaver 74), Carr (Ching 65).
New England -- Shuttleworth, Alston, Soares, McCarthy, Barnes (Fagundez 83), Cardenas, Feilhaber, Simms (Toja
46), Rowe, Imbongo (Brettschneider 78), Bengtson.
Referee: Drew Fischer.
Att.: 22,039.
Sept 29 in Harrison, N.J.
New York 4 Toronto FC 1. Goals: Holgersson (Henry) 13, Cooper (Henry, Sam) 27, Cooper (Henry, Solli) 88, Henry (Cooper, Barklage) 93+; Johnson (Lambe)
6.
New York -- Robles, Barklage, Holgersson, Pearce, Conde, Sam (Solli 58), McCarty, Cahill, Lindpere (Tainio 91+), Cooper, Henry.
Toronto FC -- F.Hall, J.Hall, Eckersley, O’Dea, Morgan, Lambe (Avila 83), Maund, Dunfield, Silva (Wiedeman 46), Amarikwa, Johnson.
Referee: Fotis Bazakos.
Att.: 25,017.
Sept. 29 in Carson, Calif.
Chivas USA 1 Real Salt Lake 4. Goals: Saborio
(Morales, Espindola) 8, Saborio (Espindola) 12, Saborio 65, Paulo Jr. (Espindola, Johnson) 81.
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Califf, Valencia, Riley, Jazic,
LaBrocca, Vagenas (Zemanski, 73), Minda, Smith (Agudelo, 57), Bolanos, Angel (Correa, 82).
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Schuler, Beltran, Borchers, Wingert
(Mansally, 46), Gil, Johnson, Beckerman, Morales (Steele, 83), Espindola, Saborio (Paulo Jr., 73).
Referee: Juan Guzman.
Att.: 11,450.
Sept. 29 in Portland, Ore,
Portland 1 D.C. United 1. Goals: Dike 79; Pontius 12 (pen.) 60.
Portland --
Bendik, Smith, Horst, Wallace, Mosquera (Danso, 25), Kimura (Mwanga, 81), Jewsbury, Nagbe, Zizzo (Richards, 90+), Songo'o, Dike.
D.C. United --
Hamid, Jakovic, Korb, McDonald, DeLeon (Russell, 90+), Saragosa, Najar, Kitchen, Neal (Boskovic, 84), Pontius, Pajoy (Salihi, 82).
Referee: Michael
Kennedy.
Att.: 20,438.
Sept. 28 in Kansas City, Kan.
Sporting KC 2 Chicago 0.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen; Myers, Besler, Olum, Sinovic; Nagamura, Julio Cesar, Espinoza; Zusi, Sapong, Kamara.
Chicago -- Johnson; Anibaba, Friedrich, Berry, Segares; Fernandez, Pause (Paladini, 80), Alex (Oduro, 61), Nyarko (Franco 71); Rolfe, MacDonald.
Red Card: Chicago -- Segares 94.
Referee: Chris Penso.
Att.: 21,010.
STANDINGS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T-
+/-
58 *Sporting KC 17-7-7 39/25
53 New York 15-8-8 54/44
53 Chicago 16-9-5 42/36
51 D.C. United 15-10-6 48/40
49 Houston 13-8-10 44/37
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48 Columbus 14-11-6 39/39
40 Montreal 12-15-4 44/49
30 Philadelphia 8-15-6 31/36
29 New England 7-16-8 37/43
22 Toronto FC 5-19-7 35/59
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
61 *San Jose 18-6-7 65/39
52 *Real Salt Lake 16-11-4
44/34
50 *Los Angeles 15-11-5 55/43
49 *Seattle 13-7-10 45/31
39 Vancouver 10-12-9 31/40
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37 FC Dallas 9-12-10 38/41
31 Colorado 9-18-4
39/46
30 Portland 7-15-9 32/52
28 Chivas USA 7-16-7 21/49
*Clinched playoff berth.



Kerry Ogden


