MLS this week ...

• by Soccer America , May 27, 2011

[DATEBOOK] The Vancouver Whitecaps will play their first game under new coach Tom Soehn on Wednesday when they travel to Chivas USA. Frank Klopas will debut as the Chicago Fire head coach on Saturday at home against the Seattle Sounders. For all the action ...

WEEK 12 SCHEDULE:
June 1
10:30 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. Vancouver
June 3
11 pm ET
Los Angeles vs. D.C. United, FOX Soccer
June 4
7 pm ET
Toronto FC vs. Sporting KC, TSN
7:30 pm ET
New York vs. Columbus
8:30 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. New England
Chicago vs. Seattle
9 pm ET
Colorado vs. Philadelphia
Real Salt Lake vs. Vancouver
10 pm ET
San Jose vs. Houston, Galavision
10:30 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. Portland

 WEEK 11 RESULTS:
May 28 in Portland, Ore.
Portland 2 D.C. United 3. Goals: Jewsbury 3 (pen.) 67, Perlaza 3 (Hall 2) 88;  Kitchen 1 (Pontius 1, Brettschneider 1) 13, Pontius 4 (pen.) 75, Wolff 3 (Brettschneider 2) 85.
Portland -- Perkins, Hall, Brunner, Danso, Wallace, Zizzo, Jewsbury, Chara (Moffat 84), Alhassan, Cooper (Pore 69), Perlaza.
D.C. United -- Hamid, Kitchen, White, Jakovic, Woolard, Najar (Fred 87), King, Simms, Pontius, Brettschneider, Ngwenya (Wolff 51; Barklage 91+).
Referee: Geoff Gamble 
Att.: 18,627.
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May 28 in Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake 1 Seattle 2. Goals: N.Gonzalez 1 (Gil 1) 88; Ianni 1 (Montero 4, Jaqua 1) 71, Neagle 1 (Wahl 2) 84.
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Russell (N.Gonzalez 76), Olave, Borchers, Beltran, Grabavoy, Beckerman, Williams (Gil 86), Johnson, Alexandre (Wingert 62), Espindola.
Seattle -- Keller, Riley, Parke, Ianni, Wahl, Friberg (Levesque 80), Alonso, Evans, Fernandez (Neagle 18), Jaqua, Fucito (Montero 69).
Red Card: Real Salt Lake -- Olave 58.
Referee: Mark Kadlecik.
Att.: 14,674.
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May 28 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 1 Sporting KC 1. Goals: Casey 1 (unassisted) 13; Smith 1 (Bunbury 2) 75.
Colorado -- Pickens, Kimura, Wynne, Marshall, Moor, LaBauex (Folan 73), Larentowicz, Mastroeni, Nyassi (Nane 46; Akpan 57), Thompson, Casey.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Harrington, Besler, Collin, Sinovic (Smith 46), Myers, Bravo (Diop 85), Arnaud, Rocastle, Zusi, Sapong (Bunbury 54).
Referee: Hilario Grajeda.
Att.: 16,439.
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May 28 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 0 Los Angeles 1. Goal: Lopez 1 (Beckham 7) 69.
New England -- Reis, Alston, Cochrane (Coria 46), Soares, Barnes, Boggs (Nyassi 67), Feilhaber, Joseph, McCarthy (Schilawski 74), Tierney, Lekic.
Los Angeles -- Ricketts, Franklin, DeLaGarza, Gonzalez, Dunivant, Donovan, Beckham (Stephens 79), Juninho, Magee (Birchall 72), Barrett (Cardozo 62), Lopez.
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez.
Att.: 21,793.
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May 28 in Houston
Houston 2 FC Dallas 2. Goals: Weaver 4 (Davis 7) 42, Clark 2 (Davis 8, Weaver 1) 87; Jacobson 1 (unassisted) 27, Ihemelu 2 (Chavez 4) 70.
Houston -- Hall, Sarkodie, Hainault, Taylor (Dixon 84), Chabala, Watson (Clark 66), Cameron, Palmer, Davis, Weaver, Bruin (Koke 75).
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Jackson (Jair 46), Ihemelu, Warshaw, Loyd, Alexander (Rodriguez 64), Hernandez, Jacobson, Shea, Chavez, Castillo (Villar 84).
Referee: Terry Vaughn.
Red Card: Houston -- Sarkodie 72.
Att.: 16,709.
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May 28 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 2 San Jose 2. Goals: Oduro 3 (Nazarit 1) 57, Gibbs 1 (Husidic 1, Pappa 2) 80; Corrales 1 (Ampaipitakwong 1) 49, Wondolowski 6 (Ampaipitakwong 2, Corrales 2) 74.
Chicago -- Johnson, Ristic, Cuesta, Gibbs, Segares, Oduro (Puerari 81), Paladini (Husidic 76), Pause, Pappa, Chaves (Barouch 74), Nazarit.
San Jose -- Busch, Beitashour, Opara, Hernandez, Convey, Gjertsen (Ampaipitakwong 46), Ring, Stephenson (Cronin 68), Corrales (McDonald 87),  Lenhart, Wondolowski.
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja.
Att.: 11,926.
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May 28 in Vancouver
Vancouver 1 New York 1. Goals: Hassli 4 (pen.) 24; Rodgers 5 (Solli 4, Miller 2) 34. 
Vancouver -- Nolly, Knight, DeMerit, Janicki, Rochat, Salinas (Teibert 67), Dunfield, Koffie, Chiumiento (Khalfan 77), Camilo (Salgado 83), Hassli.
New York -- Sutton, Solli, Ream, Mendes (Kassel 70), Miller, Keel, Tainio, De Rosario (Hertzog 89), Agudelo, Lindpere, Rodgers (Da Luz 70).
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 21,000.
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May 28 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus 3 Chivas USA 3. Goals: A.Mendoza 2 (Ekpo 1) 17, A.Mendoza 3 (unassisted) 52, Ekpo 1 (unassisted) 64; LaBrocca 2 (Braun 1, Elliott 1) 4, Boyens 1 (Pearce 3) 37, Flores 1 (Zemanski 2, Jazic 3) 57.
Columbus -- Hesmer, Miranda, Marshall, James, Balchan, Rogers, Gaven (Andy Iro 89), Ekpo, Gardner, A.Mendoza (Cunningham 71), Heinemann (Meram 76).
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Valentin, Boyens, Pearce, Jazic, Zemanski, Elliott (Mayen 89), LaBrocca, Flores, Braun (Cortez 89), Moreno (F.Mendoza 79).
Red Card: Chivas USA -- Flores 69.
Referee: Jasen Anno
Att.: 9,431.
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May 28 in Toronto
Toronto FC 2 Philadelphia 6. Goals: Maicon Santos 4 (Borman 1) 51, Maicon Santos 5 (Borman 2) 59; G.Farfan 1 (Harvey 1) 3, Mapp 1 (Nakazawa 2) 11, Nakazawa 1 (Mwanga 2, Le Toux 2) 45, Mapp 2 (unassisted) 61, Mwanga 2 (Le Toux 3) 71, Mwanga 3 (unassisted) 89.
Toronto FC -- Frei, Eckersley, D.Williams, Harden (Stevanovic 74), Gargan (Borman 46), Tchani, de Guzman (Martina 46), Yourassowsky, Soolsma, Maicon Santos, Plata.
Philadelphia -- Mondragon, S.Williams, Califf, Valdes, Harvey, Farfan, Nakazawa (Daniel 63), Carroll, Mapp, Sebastien Le Toux, Mwanga.
Referee: Niko Bratsis.
Att.: 20,122.
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May 25 in Harrison, N.J.
New York 2 Colorado 2. Goals: Henry 6 (De Rosario 3, Lindpere 2) 29, Rodgers 4 (Miller 1) 33; Larentowicz 2 (unassisted) 27; Larentowicz 3 (Mastroeni 2) 32.
New York -- Sutton, Solli, Ream, Mendes, Miller, Ballouchy, De Rosario, Tainio, Lindpere, Rodgers, Henry (Agudelo 87).
Colorado -- Pickens, Kimura, Wynne, Moor, Wallace, Nyassi, Thompson, Mastroeni (Nane 71), Larentowicz, LaBauex (Amarikwa 78), Akpan (Casey 65).
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez.
Att.: 18,081.
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May 25 in Seattle
Seattle 0 FC Dallas 1. Goal: Shea 4 (Jacobson 2) 18.
Seattle -- Keller, Scott, Parke, Hurtado, Gonzalez, Friberg, Alonso, Rosales (Neagle 83), Fernandez (Levesque 64), Montero (Jaqua 75), Fucito.
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Ihemelu, John, Loyd, Shea, Alexander (Warshaw 74), Jacobson, Hernandez, Castillo (Luna 64), Jackson, Chavez (Villar 89).
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 36,026.
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May 25 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 1 Houston 0. Goal: Donovan 8 (pen.) 46+
Los Angeles -- Ricketts, Franklin, Gonzalez, DeLaGarza, Dunivant, Birchall (Kirovski 89), Donovan, Juninho, Stephens, Angel (Magee 61), Barrett (Lopez 74).
Houston -- Hall, Freeman, Boswell, Hainault, Ashe (Chabala 46), Davis (Watson 61),  Palmer, Cameron, Clark, Bruin, Koke (Weaver 74).
Referee: Chris Penso.
Att.: 14,458.

STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/1
20 Philadelphia 6-3-2 15/9
18 New York 4-2-6 18/11
15 Houston 3-4-6 17/15
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15 D.C. United 4-4-3 16/20
14 Columbus 3-3-5 11/13
13 New England 3-5-4 10/15
12 Toronto FC 2-5-6 13/23
8 Chicago 1-4-6 15/19
5 Sporting KC 1-6-2 12/19

Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
29 Los Angeles 8-2-5 20/12
22 FC Dallas 6-3-4 16/12
20 Seattle 5-4-5 16/13
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18 Colorado 4-3-6 15/13
17 Real Salt Lake 5-2-2 10/4
17 Portland 5-4-2 15/17
13 Chivas USA 3-4-4 14/13
13 San Jose 3-4-4 14/14
10 Vancouver 1-5-7 14/18

Wildcard Race
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
18 Colorado 4-3-6 15/13
17 Real Salt Lake 5-2-2 10/4
17 Portland 5-4-2 15/17
15 D.C. United 4-4-3 16/20
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14 Columbus 3-3-5 11/13
13 Chivas USA 3-4-4 14/13
13 San Jose 3-4-4 14/14
13 New England 3-5-4 10/15
12 Toronto FC 2-5-6 13/23
10 Vancouver 1-5-7 14/18
8 Chicago 1-4-6 15/19
5 Sporting KC 1-6-2 12/19