MLS Results

• by Soccer America , Jun 22, 2009

It was a good week for MLS clubs at the bottom of the standings. New York, mired in the Eastern Conference cellar, earned a point in a 1-1 tie with Seattle, while the Western Conference's last two teams, FC Dallas and San Jose, both won. For all the game summaries, standings, leading scorers and this week's schedule ...

Results:
June 17 in Seattle
Seattle 3 D.C. United 3. Goals: Alonso (Riley, Evans) 38, own goal 45, Montero 57; Pontius (Quaranta) 34, Gomez 63, own goal 87.
Seattle - Keller, Riley, Hurtado, Marshall, Wahl, Ljungberg (King, 77), Alonso, Evans, Le Toux, Jaqua (Ianni, 85), Montero (Zakuani, 66).
D.C. United - Wicks, Namoff, Jakovic, Burch, Jacobson (Gomez, 46), Simms, Wallace, Fred (N'Silu, 21), Pontius, Quaranta, Emilio (Khumalo, 73).
Yellow Cards: D.C. United - Jakovic 84, Namoff 92+.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 29,104.

June 20 in Oakland, Calif.
San Jose 2 Los Angeles 1. Goals: Campos pen. 6, Johnson (Campos, Leitch) 54; Kirovski (Gordon, Magee) 65.
San Jose - Cannon, Leitch, McDonald, Pitchkolan, Zaher, Convey (Denton, 82), Corrales, Ribeiro, Huckerby, Campos (Wondolowski, 73), Johnson (Amarikwa, 85).
Los Angeles - Ricketts, DeLaGarza (Jordan, 76), Berhalter, Gonzalez, Dunivant, Klein (Bowen, 91+), Kirovski, Miglioranzi, Patterson (Gordon, 55), Buddle, Magee.
Yellow Cards: San Jose - Pitchkolan 24, Johnson 48, Huckerby 93+; Los Angeles - Kirovski 28.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 17,128.
 
June 20 in East Rutherford, N.J.
New York 1 Seattle 1. Goals: Angel 40; Montero 48+.
New York - Cepero, Hall, Goldthwaite (Borman, 74), Mendes, Pacheco, Zimmerman, Celades (Wolyniec, 81), Stammler, Rojas (Richards, 58), Angel, Kandji.
Seattle - Keller, Ianni, Marshall, Riley, Wahl, Zakuani, Alonso, Evans, Le Toux (Nyassi, 69), Montero, Jaqua (Levesque, 74).
Yellow Cards: New York - Kandji 11, Goldthwaite 36; Seattle - Marshall 83.
Referee: Paul Ward.
Att.: 14,313.
 
June 20 in Houston
Houston 1 Real Salt Lake 1. Goals: Ching (Mullan) 89; Espindola (Movsisyan, Wingert) 28.
Houston - Onstad, Waibel (Barrett, 8; Ashe, 61), Boswell, Cameron, Hainault, Mullan, Holden, Mulrooney, Davis, Kamara, Weaver (Ching, 46).
Real Salt Lake - Rimando, Beltran, Borchers, Olave, Wingert, Beckerman, Johnson, Morales, Mathis (Nunez, 76), Movsisyan (Grabavoy, 82), Espindola (Russell, 63).
Yellow Cards:
Real Salt Lake - Beltran 17, Olave 35, Morales 67, Rimando 72; Houston - Mulrooney 44.
Red Card: Real Salt Lake - Olave 58.
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 17,151.
 
June 20 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 3 D.C. United 0. Goals: Cummings (Mastroeni) 11,
Cummings 45, Clark (Cummings, Peterson) 49.
Colorado - Pickens, Ihemelu, Gibbs, Palguta, Harvey, Peterson (Kimura, 68), LaBrocca (Dalby, 81), Mastroeni, Clark, Cummings, Noonan (Ballouchy, 46).
D.C. United - Wicks, Janicki (Khumalo, 46), Jakovic, John, Namoff, Gomez, Olsen (N'Silu, 64), Simms, Wallace (McTavish, 64), Pontius, Quaranta.
Yellow Cards: Colorado - Gibbs 12; D.C. United - John 22,
Wallace 53.
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.: 11,416.
 
June 20 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 2 Columbus 1. Goals: Avila (Ferreira) 80, Cooper pen. 87; Own goal 17.
FC Dallas - Burse, Moor, Ricchetti, Davies, Wallace (Avila, 76), Saragosa (Shea, 45), McCarty, Rocha, Ferreira, van den Bergh (Cunningham, 65), Cooper.
Columbus - Gruenebaum, O'Rourke, Brunner, Marshall, Padula (Lenhart, 88), Ekpo (Garey, 81), Gaven, Carroll, Rogers, Schelotto, Moreno.
Yellow Cards: FC Dallas - Moor 32; Columbus - Padula 41, Schelotto 68, Marshall 86.
Referee: Terry Vaughn.
Att.: 8,041.
 
Standings:
EASTERN W L T GF GA P
D.C. United 5 3 8 25 24 23
Chicago 5 3 6 21 19 21
Kansas City 5 5 4 19 17 19
Columbus 4 3 7 20 20 19
Toronto FC 5 5 4 19 22 19
New England 4 4 4 15 20 16
New York 2 10 4 14 25 10
WESTERN W L T GF GA P
Houston 8 2 4 20 9 28
Chivas USA 8 4 3 19 12 27
Seattle 5 3 7 21 15 22
Colorado 5 2 5 20 14 20
Real Salt Lake 4 6 4 19 17 16
Los Angeles 2 3 9 16 18 15
FC Dallas 3 7 4 17 23 13
San Jose 3 8 3 17 27 12
 
Leading Scorers:
PLAYER (TEAM) GP G
Schelotto (Columbus) 14 10
Casey (Colorado) 10 8
Montero (Seattle) 13 7
Cooper (FC Dallas) 14 7
Donovan (Los Angeles) 11 6
Findley (Real Salt Lake) 12 6
Johnson (San Jose) 14 6
Lillingston (Chivas USA) 14 6
McBride (Chicago) 14 6
Wolff (Kansas City) 12 6

Schedule:
Wednesday, June 24
New York at Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m. ET
FC Dallas at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. ET
Saturday, June 27
New York at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. ET, FSC, FSE
Toronto FC at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m. ET
Sunday, June 28
Colorado at Seattle 4:00 p.m. ET
Houston at Los Angeles 10:00 p.m. ESPN2, Deportes