MLS this weekend ...

• by Soccer America , May 20, 2011

[SCOREBOARD] Both Sunday games -- Colorado-Toronto FC and FC Dallas-Real Salt Lake -- ended in 0-0 ties. Philadelphia took over first place in the Eastern Conference with a 2-1 win over Chicago on Saturday, while Los Angeles opened up a six-point lead in the Western Conference with a 1-0 victory over Chivas USA. Expansion Portland won its fifth game in a row at home with a 1-0 victory over Columbus. For all the weekend action ...

WEEK 10 RESULTS:
May 22 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 0 Toronto FC 0.
Colorado -- Pickens, Wynne, Marshall, Moor, Wallace, Kimura, Larentowicz, Mastroeni, Smith (Nyassi 46), Amarikwa (Thompson 67), Casey (Akpan 60).
Toronto FC -- Frei, Eckersley, Williams, Cann (Harden 76), Gargan, Yourassowsky, Stevanovic, Sturgis (Attakora 84), Martina, Plata (Maicon Santos 60), Soolsma.
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja.
Att.: 13,598
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May 22 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 0 Real Salt Lake 0.
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Jackson (Warshaw 83), Ihemelu, John, Loyd, Alexander (Eric Avila 77), Hernandez, Jacobson, Shea, Castillo (Luna 72), Chavez.
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Beltran, Olave, Borchers, Wingert, Grabavoy, Beckerman, Williams (Warner 72), Johnson, Alvarez (Alexandre 81), Saborio.
Referee: David Gantar.
Att.: 10,550.
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May 21 in Houston
Houston 2 New York 2. Goals: Davis 1 (pen.) 12, Koke 1 (unassisted) 82; Richards 2 (Rodgers) 1, Ballouchy 1 (Lindpere 1) 91+.
New York -- Sutton, Solli, Marquez, Ream, Miller, Richards, Tainio, De Rosario, Lindpere, Rodgers (Hertzog 93+), Agudelo (Ballouchy 79).
Houston -- Hall, Freeman, Boswell, Hainault, Ashe, Clark (Watson 69), Palmer, Cameron, Davis (Chabala 85), Weaver, Bruin (Koke 74).
Referee: Juan Guzman.
Att.: 25,314.
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May 21 in Seattle
Seattle 1 Sporting KC 0. Goal: Parke 1 (Wahl 1) 93+.
Seattle -- Keller, Riley, Parke, Hurtado, Wahl, Carrasco (Jaqua 55), Alonso, Fernandez, Rosales (Fucito 69), Montero (Ianni 89), Levesque.
Sporting KC-- Nielsen, Harrington, Collin, Besler, Espinoza, Rocastle, Smith (Myers 86), Kamara, Arnaud, Bravo (Zusi 76), Bunbury (Sapong 73).
Referee: Geoff Gamble.
Att.: 36,098.
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 May 21 in Carson, Calif.
Chivas USA 0 Los Angeles 1. Goal: Barrett 3 (Beckham 6) 26
Chivas USA – Kennedy, Jazic, Pearce, Boyens, Valentin, Elliott, Flores (Mendoza 58), Zemanski, LaBrocca, Braun (Cortez 66), Moreno.
Los Angeles -- Ricketts, Dunivant, Gonzalez, DeLaGarza, Franklin, Magee (Birchall 64), Juninho, Beckham (Stephens 89), Donovan, Angel, Barrett (Lopez 71).
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 27,000.
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May 21 in Chester, Pa.
Philadelphia 2 Chicago 1. Goals: M.Farfan 1 (Nakazawa 1) 64, Ruiz 3 (unassisted) 74;
Oduro 2 (Segares 2) 68.
Philadelphia -- Mondragon, Williams, Califf, Valdes, Harvey (Torres 58), Carroll, M.Farfan, Okugo (Nakazawa 5), Mapp, Le Toux, Ruiz (G.Farfan 80).
Chicago -- Conway, Cuesta, Gibbs, Segares, Ristic, Paladini, Bone (Pause 60), Husidic (Puerari 61), Pappa, Oduro, Chaves (Barouch 46).
Referee: Hilario Grajeda.
Att.: 18,591.
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May 21 in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Jose 2 New England 1. Goals: McLoughlin 1 (Wondolowski 2) 71, Convey 1 (unassisted) 83; Tierney 1 (unassisted) 86.
San Jose -- Busch, Leitch, Hernandez, Opara, Convey, Gjertsen (Ampaipitakwong 64), Ring, Stephenson, Johnson (McLoughlin 67), Lenhart, Wondolowski.
New England -- Reis, Alston, Cochrane (Schilawski 83), Soares, Barnes, Boggs (Nyassi 66), Feilhaber, Joseph, McCarthy, Tierney, Lekic.
Referee: Yader Reyes.
Att.: 9,736.
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May 21 in Portland, Ore.
Portland 1 Columbus 0. Goal: Brunner 1 (Alhassan 5, Jewsbury 5) 46
Portland -- Perkins, Hall, Brunner, Danso, Wallace, Nagbe (Zizzo 46), Jewsbury, Chara, Alhassan (Marcelin 89), Cooper, Perlaza (Pore 84).
Columbus -- Hesmer, Miranda, Marshall, James, Balchan, Gaven, Ekpo, Rusmir (Duka 65), Rogers, Heinemann (Cunningham 74), Renteria (Mendoza 38).
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic.
Att.: 18,627.

STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/1
17 Philadelphia 5-3-2 9/7
16 New York 4-2-4 15/8
14 Houston 4-3-4 15/12
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13 Columbus 3-3-4 8/10
13 New England 3-4-4 10/14
12 D.C. United 3-4-3 13/18
12 Toronto FC 2-4-6 11/17
7 Chicago 1-4-5 13/17
4 Sporting KC 1-6-1 11/18

Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
23 Los Angeles 6-2-5 18/12
18 FC Dallas 5-3-3 13/10
17 Real Salt Lake 5-1-2 9/2
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17 Seattle 4-3-5 14/11
17 Portland 5-3-2 13/14
16 Colorado 4-3-4 12/10
12 Chivas USA 3-4-3 11/10
12 San Jose 3-4-3 12/12
8 Vancouver 1-5-5 12/16

Wildcard Race
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
17 Seattle 4-3-5 14/11
17 Portland 5-3-2 13/14
16 Colorado 4-3-4 12/10
13 Columbus 3-3-4 8/10
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13 New England 3-4-4 10/14
12 Chivas USA 3-4-3 11/10
12 San Jose 3-4-3 12/12
12 D.C. United 3-4-3 13/18
12 Toronto FC 2-4-6 11/17
8 Vancouver 1-5-5 12/16
7 Chicago 1-4-5 13/17
4 Sporting KC 1-6-1 11/18

WEEK 11 SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, May 25
7:30 pm ET
New York vs. Colorado
10 pm ET
Seattle vs. FC Dallas
10:30 pm ET
Los Angeles vs. Houston

Saturday, May 28
12:30 pm ET
Toronto FC vs. Philadelphia
7 pm ET
Vancouver vs. New York, TSN 2
7:30 pm ET
Columbus vs. Chivas USA
8 pm ET
New England vs. Los Angeles, Galavision
8:30 pm ET
Chicago vs. San Jose
Houston vs. FC Dallas
9 pm ET
Colorado vs. Sporting KC
Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle

Sunday, May 29
5 pm ET
Portland  vs. D.C. United