[MLS REWIND: Week 32] The San Jose Earthquakes captured the 2012 Supporters’ Shield by virtue of Sporting Kansas City’s 0-0 tie Saturday against the
New York Red Bulls.
-- It was the second Supporters' Shield for Quakes coach Frank Yallop. The original MLS Quakes won the regular-season title in
2005, their last season in San Jose before moving to Houston.
-- Lewis Neal’s breakaway goal in stoppage time gave D.C. United a 3-2 win over
the Columbus Crew that clinched its first playoff berth in five years. The New York Red Bulls and Houston Dynamo also clinched playoff berths on Saturday.
-- The Dynamo's 3-1 win over the
Philadelphia Union meant that a tie against D.C. United would leave the Crew all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. After blowing 1-0 and 2-1 leads, Crew pushed forward in stoppage time
to try to break the 2-2 tie, but Branko Boskovic fed Neal for the winning goal on a breakaway.
-- All five spots in the Eastern Conference remain
up for grabs. D.C. United can still overtake for first place or finish as low as fourth and face a play-in match.
-- Even though they lost at home to the Portland Timbers, 1-0, the
Vancouver Whitecaps clinched the final playoff berth in the Western Conference when FC Dallas fell at the Seattle Sounders, 3-1. The 'Caps will be the first Canadian team to play in the playoffs.
-- The pairings are set in the Western Conference. San Jose will play the winner of the Los Angeles-Vancouver play-in, while Seattle will face Real Salt Lake in the other conference
semifinal.
-- Portland is eighth in the Western Conference, but it clinched the Cascadia Cup with the win over the Whitecaps. The Cascadia Cup is supporters-based cup contested between
Portland, Vancouver and Seattle. The Timbers won the Cascadia Cup as a second-division club in 2009 and 2010; Seattle won the Cascadia Cup in 2011.
QUOTABLE:
“To be honest, this game wasn't even fun. I think those guys are a bunch of jokes, the way they play the game. It was just obnoxious. And, you know, it wasn't
even fun out there. It was terrible.”
-- Omar Gonzalez, the 2011 MLS Defender of the Year, on the San Jose Earthquakes' physical game after
the Galaxy twice blew leads and had to settle for a 2-2 tie. (mlssoccer.com)
WEEK 32:
Sunday, October 21
Seattle 3 FC Dallas 1. Goals: Evans
(pen.) 30, Evans (Tiffert, Montero) 60, Rosales (Montero, Johnson) 79; Dallas, Perez 40.
Seattle -- Gspurning, Burch, Parke, Johansson, Hurtado, Rosales
(Rose, 83), Alonso, Tiffert (Estrada, 89), Evans, Johnson, Montero.
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Pertuz, Hedges, Benitez, Loyd, Jacobson, Villar (Sealy, 74),
Hernandez (Rodriguez, 81), Ferreira, Castillo, Perez.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 38,755.
Oct. 21 in Santa Clara Calif.
San Jose 2 Los Angeles 2. Goals: Chavez 61, Wondolowski (Chavez) 73 Keane (Buddle) 58, Buddle (Franklin) 69.
San Jose -- Busch, Beitashour, Corrales (Opara, 73), Morrow, Bernardez, Chavez (Stephenson, 83), Cronin, Baca, Dawkins (Salinas, 65), Wondolowski, Lenhart.
Los Angeles -- Saunders, Meyer, Gonzalez, Dunivant, Franklin, Magee, Wilhelmsson (Stephens, 79), Sarvas, Juninho, Buddle (Villarreal, 90), Keane.
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 10,744.
Oct. 21 in Vancouver
Vancouver 0 Portland 1.
Goal: Jewsbury (Songo’o) 39.
Vancouver -- Knighton, Lee, O'Brien, DeMerit, Harvey, Koffie, Rochat (Richards, 61), Robson, Watson (Salgado,
77), Miller, Camilo (Mattocks, 67).
Portland -- Ricketts, Kimura, Mosquera (Brunner, 48), Horst, Smith, Zizzo,
Jewsbury, Chara, Nagbe, Songo’o (Wallace, 67), Dike (Mwanga, 85).
Referee: Juan Guzman.
Att.: 21,000.
Oct. 20 in Toronto
Toronto FC 0 Montreal 0.
Toronto FC -- F.Hall, Eckersley, J.Hall, Morgan, Maund, Emory (Cann, 30), Silva, Avila, Dunfield, Hassli (Wiedeman, 81), Lambe.
Montreal -- Perkins, Camara, Ferrari, Brovsky (Iapichino, 88), Mallace (Mapp, 64), Arnaud, Bernier, Warner, Di Vaio, Wenger (Neagle, 71), Nyassi.
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero.
Att.: xxxxx.
Oct. 20 in Harrison, N.J.
New York 0 Sporting KC 0.
New York
-- Robles, Lade, Holgersson, Marquez, Pearce, Sam, McCarty, Cahill, Tainio, Cooper, Henry.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Myers, Collin, Besler, Sinovic,
Zusi (Convey 88), Nagamura, Peterson (Olum 79), Julio Cesar, Kamara, Sapong.
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Att.:
25,219.
Oct. 20 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 1 Chicago 0. Goal: Fagundez (Rowe) 17.
New England -- Shuttleworth; Barnes, Alston, Soares; Gavin (Toja 62), Simms, Fagundez, Rowe, Guy; Imbongo (Tierney 65), Bengtson.
Chicago -- Johnson; Gargan, Anibaba, Berry, Segares; Fernandez, Pause (Oduro 83), Paladini (Alex 64), Nyarko; Rolfe, MacDonald.
Referee: Kevin Stott
Att.: 25,534.
Oct. 20 in Houston
Houston 3 Philadelphia 1. Goals: Kandji (Moffat) 5, Garcia (Ching) 71, Davis
(pen.) 75; McInerney (Williams) 19.
Houston -- Hall; Sarkodie, Boswell, Taylor, Ashe; Garcia, R.Clark, Moffat (Barnes 56), Davis (Creavalle 85); Carr,
Bruin, Kandji (Ching 67).
Philadelphia -- MacMath; Gaddis, Okugo, Valdes, Williams (Hoppenot 64); Cruz (Torres 78), Carroll, Lahoud, M.Farfan; Adu
(Gomez 58), McInerney.
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 22,039.
Oct. 20 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 3 Columbus 2. Goals: DeLeon 39, Saragosa 1 (McDonald) 59,
Neal (Boskovic, Korb) 90; Gaven 9, Arrieta (Higuain) 41.
D.C. United -- Hamid, Korb, McDonald, Jakovic, Kitchen,
Saragosa, DeLeon, Najar, Pontius (Boskovic, 87), Pajoy (Salihi, 82), Maicon Santos (Neal, 69).
Columbus -- Gruenebaum, Williams, Miranda (Renteria, 73),
Mendes, O'Rourke, Birchall, Gaven, Mirosevic (Tchani, 88), Meram (Duka, 64), Arrieta, Higuain.
Referee: Edvin
Jurisevic.
Att.: 19,647.
Oct. 20 in Carson, Calif.
Chivas USA 0 Colorado 2. Goals: Rivero
(Castrillon, Wahl) 16, Hill (Cummings) 43.
Chivas USA -- Melia, Valencia, Riley, Jazic (Smith 54), Villafana, Joseph, Vagenas (Courtois 64), LaBrocca,
Zemanski, Agudelo (C.Moreno 85), A.Moreno
Colorado -- Ceus, Freeman, Wynne, Moor, Wahl, Rivero, Larentowicz, Thomas, Castrillon (J.Smith 72), Cummings
(Nane 86), Hill (Cascio 66).
Att.: 11,499.
Oct. 17 in Seattle
Seattle 0 Real Salt Lake 0.
Seattle -- Gspurning, Evans, Scott, Parke, Burch, Rosales (Caskey 80), Alonso, Rose, Tiffert, Montero (Estrada 76), Ochoa (Seamon 40).
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Beltran, Olave (Schuler 46), Borchers, Wingert, Beckerman, Gil (Viana 82), Steele, Morales, Espindola, Bonfigli (Velasquez 71).
Red Card: Seattle -- Scott 30.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Att.: 38,356.
STANDINGS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
60 *Sporting KC 17-7-9 40/26
57 *D.C. United 17-10-6 52/42
56 *Chicago 17-11-5 45/40
54 *New York 15-9-9 54/46
53 *Houston 14-8-11 48/39
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49 Columbus 14-12-7 42/43
42 Montreal 12-15-6 45/50
36 Philadelphia 10-16-6 36/40
32 New England 8-17-8 38/44
23 Toronto FC 5-20-8 35/60
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T-
+/-
65 *San Jose 19-6-8 71/42
56 *Real Salt Lake 17-11-5 46/35
56 *Seattle 15-7-11 51/32
51 *Los Angeles 15-12-6 58/47
42 *Vancouver 11-13-9 35/41
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38 FC Dallas 9-13-11 40/45
34 Colorado 10-19-4 42/50
33 Portland 8-16-9 33/55
29 Chivas USA 7-18-8 22/56
*Clinched playoff berth.
WEEK 33:
Wednesday, October 24
Sporting KC vs. Philadelphia, 8:30 pm
Saturday, October 27
Philadelphia vs. New York, 1:30 pm NBC
Montreal vs. New England, 2 pm
Chicago vs. D.C. United, 4 pm NBCSN
Portland vs. San Jose, 6:30 pm
NBCSN
Colorado vs. Houston, 9 pm
Real Salt Lake vs. Vancouver, 9 pm
Sunday, October 28
Columbus vs. Toronto FC, 4 pm
FC Dallas
vs. Chivas USA, 7 pm Galavision
Los Angeles vs. Seattle, 9 pm ESPN ESPN Deportes
All times ET.



Wayne Root


