American Soccer Scoreboard: Thursday

• by Soccer America , Sep 16, 2010

Playing with 10 men after the ejection of Brek Shea in the 29th minute, FC Dallas was within eight minutes of beating the New York Red Bulls, but it had to settle for a 2-2 tie when Jair Benitez scored an own goal. The tie extended FCD's unbeaten streak to 15 games. Jozy Altidore played the entire game for Spanish club Villarreal in its 2-0 loss at Dinamo Zagreb in the opening game of the group stage of the Europa League. For all the Thursday action ...

Thursday Schedule
Major League Soccer
FC Dallas  2 New York Red Bulls 2. Att.: 15,105.
DAL -- Milton Rodriguez 2 (Eric Alexander 2, Heath Pearce 6) 24
NY -- Mehdi Ballouchy 1 (Joel Lindpere 6) 48+
DAL -- Eric Alexander 2 (Milton Rodriguez 2) 68
NY -- own goal (Jair Benitez) 82
Highlights

Standings:
Eastern Conference:
P TEAM W-L-T (+/-)
44 Columbus 13-6-5 (+10)
41 New York 12-8-5 (+5)
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28 Toronto 7-10-7 (-5)
27 Kansas City 7-9-6 (-2)
26 Chicago 6-8-8 (-2)
24 Philadelphia 6-12-6 (-12)
24 New England 7-13-3 (-14)
18 D.C. United 5-16-3 (-21)
Western Conference
P TEAM W-L-T (+/-)
47 Los Angeles 14-5-5 (+19)
44 Real Salt Lake 12-4-8 (+21)
42 FC Dallas 10-2-12 (+12)
36 San Jose 10-7-6 (+2)
34 Colorado 9-7-7 (+5)
33 Seattle 9-9-6 (-3)
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25 Chivas USA 7-12-4 (-7)
23 Houston 6-12-5 (-10)

Leading Scorers:
14 Edson Buddle (Los Angeles)
12 Juan Pablo Angel (New York)
11 Sebastien Le Toux (Philadelphia)
10 Fredy Montero (Seattle)
9+1 Chris Wondolowski (San Jose)
9 Justin Braun (Chivas USA)
9 Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC)
9 Conor Casey (Colorado)
8 Omar Cummings (Colorado)
8 Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas)
8 Steve Zakuani (Seattle)
8 Kei Kamara (Kansas City)
8 Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake)

Americans Abroad
Europa League
Dinamo Zagreb 2 Villarreal 0
Jozy Altidore-Villarreal (90 minutes)

D-2 Pro League
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 Austin Aztex 1. Att.: 1,698.
AUS -- Maxwell Griffin (Leonard Griffin) 50
TAM -- Aaron King (unassisted) 90+

Standings:
NASL Conference
P TEAM W-L-T
44 Vancouver 10-3-14
38 Carolina 10-9-8
34 Montreal 9-11-7
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26 AC St. Louis 6-12-8
24 CP Baltimore 6-15-6
23 Miami FC 4-11-11
USL Conference
P TEAM W-L-T
51 Rochester 15-6-6
50 Austin 15-4-8
45 Portland 12-7-9
34 NSC Minnesota 9-12-7
33 Puerto Rico 8-9-9
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29 Tampa Bay 6-10-11

Leading Scorers:
15 Ryan Pore (Portland)
12 Eddie Johnson (Austin)
10+1 Aaron King (Tampa Bay)
9 Ali Gerba (Montreal)
9 Mike Ambersley (AC St. Louis)
8+1 Maxwell Griffin (Austin)
8 David Foley (Puerto Rico)
8 Paulo Araujo Jr. (Miami FC)

CONCACAF Champions League
Olimpia 2 FAS 0.
OLI -- Roger Rojas 13
OLI -- Roger Rojas 80

Standings:
Group A
6 Cruz Azul 2-0-1
6 Real Salt Lake 2-0-1
3 FC Toronto 1-0-2
3 Arabe Unido 1-0-2
Group B
7 Santos 2-1-0
6 Columbus Crew 2-0-1
2 Municipal 0-2-1
1 Joe Public 0-1-2
Group C
9 Monterrey 3-0-0
6 Saprissa 2-0-1
3 Marathon 1-0-2
0 Seattle Sounders 0-0-3
Group D
7 Toluca 2-1-0
4 Puerto Rico Islanders 1-1-1
4 Olimpia 1-1-1
1 FAS 0-1-2

Friday Schedule:
D-2 Pro League
Rochester Rhinos vs. Miami FC Blues

Saturday Schedule:
Major League Soccer
Colorado  Crew vs. New England Revolution
Real Salt Lake vs. Chicago Fire
Columbus  Crew vs. Seattle Sounders
Houston Dynamo vs. Toronto FC
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. D.C. United

D-2 Pro League
Crystal Palace Baltimore vs. Carolina RailHawks
NSC Minnesota Stars vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
AC St. Louis vs. Austin Aztex
Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Portland Timbers

Sunday Schedule:
Major League Soccer
Chivas USA vs. Kansas City

D-2 Pro League
Montreal Impact vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies

WPS
First Round
Philadelphia Independence vs. Washington Freedom