MLS Results

• by Soccer America , Jul 20, 2009

Following wins by Chicago, D.C. United and Columbus, New England got a must-win victory in its bid to get back in contention in the Eastern Conference. Sunday's 2-0 victory over Chivas USA tied Kansas City for fifth place, eight points behind the Fire and seven behind United and the Crew and six behind Toronto. For all the game summaries, conference standings and leading scorers ..
 
Results:
July 16 in East Rutherford, N.J.
New York 1 Los Angeles 3. Goals: Angel pen. 87; Eskandarian 3, Donovan (Lewis) 31, Lewis (Donovan) 45.
New York - Cepero, Pacheco, Petke, Sassano, Hall, Rojas, Stammler, Celades (Richards, 62), Zimmerman (Ubiparipovic, 70), Kandji (Wolyniec, 79), Angel.
Los Angeles - Ricketts, Dunivant, Berhalter, Gonzalez, DeLaGarza, Lewis (Klein, 85), Miglioranzi, Donovan, Beckham (Birchall, 70), Buddle, Eskandarian (Magee, 74).
Yellow Cards: New York - Rojas 92+; Los Angeles - Berhalter 10, Eskandarian 27.
Referee: Shane Moody.
Att.: 23,238.
 
July 18 in Toronto
Toronto 1 Houston 1. Goals: De Rosario (Wynne) 37; Boswell (Cameron) 75.
Toronto FC - Frei, Wynne, Garcia, Serioux (Dichio, 36), Attakora, De Rosario, Guevara, Robinson, Brennan, Barrett (Ibrahim, 80), Vitti (Velez, 90).
Houston - Onstad, Waibel (Akinbiyi, 72), Boswell, James, Chabala, Mullan (Cruz, 66), Cameron, Clark, Ashe, Oduro (Ustruck, 80), Kamara.
Yellow Cards: Toronto FC - Vitti 24, Garcia 55; Houston - Kamara 48+, Chabala 68.
Referee: Kevin Stott.
Att.: 20,172.
 
July 18 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus 3 Real Salt Lake 1. Goals: Lenhart 23, Garey 31, Garey (Lenhart, Oughton) 52; Cox (Campos, Wingert) 76.
Columbus - Hesmer, Hejduk, Brunner, Iro, Padula, Gaven, Carroll, O'Rourke, Oughton, Lenhart (Burns, 80), Garey (Zayner, 86).
Real Salt Lake - Rimando, Wingert, Borchers, Olave, Beltran (Campos, 46), Russell, Mathis, Morales, Grabavoy, Movsisyan, Findley (Cox, 61).
Yellow Cards: Columbus - O'Rourke 72; Real Salt Lake - Grabavoy 34, Beltran 46+, Russell 65.
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja.
Att.: 12,922.
 
July 18 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 3 Colorado 1. Goals: Moreno pen. 47, Namoff (Gomez) 56, Emilio (Fred, Gomez) 61; Own goal 14.
D.C. United - Wicks, Namoff, Janicki, Burch, Pontius, Gomez, Olsen, Simms (McTavish, 72), Fred (Wallace, 68), Emilio, Khumalo (Moreno, 46).
Colorado - Pickens, Kimura, Gibbs (Harden, 51), Palguta, Baudet (Harvey, 72), Peterson, Ballouchy, Cummings, Mastroeni, Dalby (Noonan, 71), Casey.
Yellow Cards: D.C. United - Fred 29; Colorado - Mastroeni 48, Casey 84.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 18,248.
 
July 18 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 2 San Jose 0. Goals: Nyarko (Blanco) 82, Blanco (Conde) 92+.
Chicago - Busch, Ward, Robinson, Soumare, Woolard, Banner (Pappa, 60), Lowry (Blanco, 60), Thorrington, Mapp (Conde, 84), Nyarko, Rolfe.
San Jose - Cannon, Leitch, Hernandez, McDonald, Zaher, Alvarez, Elliott, Ribeiro (Convey, 75), Huckerby, Wondolowski (Amarikwa, 84), Johnson (Glen, 74).
Yellow Cards: Chicago - Soumare 17; San Jose - Hernandez 2, Wondolowski 5, Zaher 90.
Referee: Jasen Anno.
Att.: 14,228.
 
July 19 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 2 Chivas USA 0. Goals: Dube (Joseph, Tierney) 61, Ralston 77.
New England - Reis, Alston, Osei, Barnes, Nyassi (Thompson, 51), Larentowicz, Phelan (Joseph, 46), Ralston, Tierney, Dube, Mansally (Igwe, 85).
Chivas USA - Thornton, Trujillo (Lahoud, 82), Burling (Mayen, 76), Talley, Jazic, Victorine, Bornstein, Chijindu, Nagamura, Lillingston, Galindo (Kljestan, 65).
Yellow Cards: Chivas USA - Nagamura 44, Lillingston 75, Lahoud 84, Talley 92+.
Referee: Jeff Gontarek.
Att.: 10,997.
 
Standings
EASTERN W L T GF GA P
Chicago 7 3 7 25 20 28
D.C. United 6 3 9 29 26 27
Columbus 6 3 9 25 22 27
Toronto FC 7 6 5 25 27 26
Kansas City 5 6 5 19 18 20
New England 5 5 5 17 21 20
New York 2 14 4 16 33 10
WESTERN W L T GF GA P
Houston 9 4 5 23 13 32
Seattle 7 3 7 26 16 28
Los Angeles 6 3 9 22 19 27
Chivas USA 8 6 3 19 15 27
Colorado 6 5 6 24 23 24
Real Salt Lake 5 7 5 24 21 20
FC Dallas 4 8 5 20 26 17
San Jose 3 10 4 19 33 13
 
Leading Scorers
PLAYER (TEAM) GP G
Schelotto (Columbus) 17 10
Montero (Seattle) 15 9
Casey (Colorado) 13 8
Donovan (Los Angeles) 13 7
Angel (New York) 19 7
Cooper (FC Dallas) 15 7