MLS Results

• by Soccer America , Oct 26, 2009

Of the five teams contending for a playoff berth and playing on the road over the weekend, only New England won, 1-0, at Columbus, and the Revs were the only one of them to advance. For all the weekend results, final standings and leading scorers ...

Oct. 22 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 1 Chivas USA 0. Goals: Own goal 67.
Chicago - Busch, Prideaux, Brown, Robinson, Banner, Nyarko, Husidic, Pause, Pappa (Blanco, 64), McBride, Rolfe (Woolard 83).
Chivas USA - Thornton, Bornstein, Cuesta, Thomas, Trujillo (Nagamura ,46), Kljestan, Mayen (Santos, 62), Saragosa, Padilla, Lillingston, Galindo (Braun, 54).
Yellow Cards: Chivas USA - Braun 70, Cuesta 87.
Referee: Terry Vaughn.
Att.: 17,537.
 
Oct. 24 in East Rutherford, N.J.
New York 5 Toronto FC 0. Goals: Kandji (Celades, Angel) 2, Angel (Kandji) 33, Angel (Hall) 62, Kandji 70, Mbuta pen. 94+.
New York - Coundoul, Johnson, Boyens, Petke (Garcia, 9), Hall, Richards, Celades (Mbuta, 92+), Stammler, Borman, Kandji, Angel (Ubiparipovic, 90).
Toronto FC - Edwards, Serioux, Attakora, Gomez (Vitti, 64), Brennan, De Rosario, de Guzman, Guevara, Cronin, Barrett (Gerba, 32), White (Sanyang, 77).
Yellow Cards: Toronto FC - White 60.
Referee: Alex Prus.
Att.: 21,305.
 
Oct. 24 in Kansas City
Kansas City 2 D.C. United 2. Goals: Kamara (Zusi) 30, Lopez pen. 92+; Moreno pen. 67, James 82.
Kansas City - Hartman, Jewsbury, Besler, Hohlbein, Marquess (Espinoza, 85), Arnaud, Zusi, Lopez, Kamara, Hercegfalvi (Gomez, 46), Wolff.
D.C. United - Cronin, James, Burch, Jakovic, Wallace, Fred, Gomez (Moreno, 40), Simms, Szetela (Olsen, 46), Pontius, Emilio (Khumalo, 59).
Yellow Cards: Kansas City - Hercegfalvi 25, Marquess 65; D.C. United - Olsen 73.
Red Card: D.C. United - Fred 92+.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 10,385.
 
Oct. 24 in Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake 3 Colorado 0. Goals: Findley (Espindola, Williams) 15, Findley (Williams) 33, Movsisyan (Morales) 85.
Real Salt Lake - Rimando, Wingert, Borchers, Olave, Beltran, Williams (Grabavoy, 62), Beckerman, Morales, Johnson, Findley (Movsisyan, 62), Espindola (Mathis, 72).
Colorado - Burpo, Moor, Baudet, Gibbs (Noonan, 69), Harvey (Diz, 87), Kimura, Ballouchy, Mastroeni, LaBrocca, Casey, Cummings.
Yellow Cards: Real Salt Lake - Williams 25, Borchers 35, Beckerman 58, Movsisyan 86; Colorado - Baudet 18, Casey 39.
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez.
Att.: 18,675.
 
Oct. 24 in Seattle
Seattle 2 FC Dallas 1. Goals: Jaqua (Montero, Ljungberg) 61, Evans (Ljungberg) 84; Harris (Hernandez) 14.
Seattle - Keller, Riley, Hurtado, Marshall, Gonzalez, Ljungberg, Alonso, Evans, Zakuani (Levesque, 81), Montero (Wahl, 89), Jaqua (Le Toux, 85).
FC Dallas - Sala, Pearce, Ihemelu, John (Davies, 40), Benitez (Shea, 86), Harris, Ferreira, Hernandez (Chavez, 81), McCarty, van den Bergh, Cunningham.
Yellow Cards: Seattle - Alonso 57, Evans 60; FC Dallas - Pearce 26, Harris 38, Ihemelu 70.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 33,108.
 
Oct. 24 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 2 San Jose 0. Goals: Own goal 24, Donovan (Klein) 77.
Los Angeles - Ricketts, Franklin, Berhalter, Gonzalez, Dunivant, Birchall (Klein, 76), Beckham (Kirovski, 86), Kovalenko, Donovan, Buddle, Magee (Lewis, 67).
San Jose - Cannon, Leitch, Burling, McDonald, Corrales, Salinas (Amarikwa, 66), Elliott, Sanchez, Convey, Alvarez, Johnson.
Yellow Cards: Los Angeles - Gonzalez 78; San Jose - Convey 17, Alvarez 69.
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Att.: 27,000.
 
Oct. 25 in Carson, Calif.
Chivas USA 2 Houston 3. Goals: Lahoud (Nagamura, Braun) 59, Lillingston pen. 88; Hainault (Cochrane, Davis) 26, Oduro (Davis) 29, Thompson (Cameron) 52.
Chivas USA - Thornton, Talley, Bornstein, Cuesta, Jazic (Flores, 65), Padilla (Saragosa, 46), Lahoud, Nagamura, Kljestan, Braun, Santos (Lillingston, 60).
Houston - Onstad, Hainault, Boswell, Chabala, Cochrane (Robinson, 60), Mullan, Cameron, Holden, Davis, Landin (Thompson, 44), Oduro (Weaver, 67).
Yellow Cards: Chivas USA - Santos 16, Cuesta 56, Kljestan 71, Lillingston 94+; Houston - Cameron 54, Robinson 77.
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 14,523.
 
Oct. 25 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus 0 New England 1. Goal: Larentowicz 79.
Columbus - Schoeni, Padula, Iro, Zayner (Garey, 88), Hejduk, Rogers, Carroll, Moffat, Ekpo (Gaven, 77), Schelotto, Moreno (Lenhart, 74).
New England - Reis, Heaps, Barnes, Osei (Igwe, 46), Alston, Mansally (Tierney, 91+), Larentowicz, Joseph, Nyassi, Jankauskas, Dube (Phelan, 87).
Yellow Cards: Columbus - Iro 60, Zayner 63, Padula 81, Moffat 88; New England -  Heaps 55.
Referee: Kevin Stott.
Att.: 16,797.

Final Standings:
EASTERN W L T GF GA P +/-
*Columbus 13 7 10 41 31 49 +10
*Chicago 11 7 12 39 34 45 +5
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*New England 11 10 9 33 37 42 -4
+D.C. United 9 8 13 43 44 40 -1
+Toronto FC 10 10 10 37 46 39 -9
+Kansas City 8 13 9 33 42 33 -9
+New York 5 19 6 27 47 21 -20
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WESTERN W L T GF GA P +/-
*Los Angeles 12 6 12 36 31 48 +5
*Houston 13 8 9 39 29 48 +10
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*Seattle 12 7 11 38 29 47 +9
*Chivas USA 13 11 6 34 31 45 +3
*Real Salt Lake 11 12 7 43 35 40 +8
+Colorado 10 10 10 42 38 40 +4
+FC Dallas 11 13 6 50 47 39 +3
+San Jose 7 14 9 36 50 30 -14
*=Clinched playoff berth.
+=Eliminated from playoff contention.
 
Leading Scorers:
PLAYER (TEAM) GP G
Cunningham (FC Dallas) 28 17
Casey (Colorado) 24 16
Montero (Seattle) 27 12
Donovan (Los Angeles) 25 12
Findley (Real Salt Lake) 27 12
Schelotto (Columbus) 23 12
Angel (New York) 25 12
De Rosario (Toronto FC) 28 11
Johnson (San Jose) 30 11
Wolff (Kansas City) 27 11