MLS this weekend ...

• by Soccer America , Jun 26, 2011

[SCOREBOARD] The Philadelphia Union took over sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference with a 3-2 win over Chivas USA on Danny Mwanga's late goal. Alvaro Saborio broke out of a season-long slump with two goals in Real Salt Lake's 3-1 win over Toronto FC. Surging Sporting Kansas City (10 points in its last four games) jumped out of last place and three spots with a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps. For all the MLS action ...

WEEK 15 RESULTS:
June 25 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 2 Houston 2. Goals: Pontius 5 (Wolff 4, McCarty 2) 31, Davies 8 (unassisted) 73; Davis 2 (pen.) 41, Ching 1 (Clark 1, Cameron 3) 89.
 D.C. United -- Hamid, Zayner, Kitchen, White, Woolard, Najar, Simms, McCarty (Fred 59), Pontius, Davies (King 85), Wolff (Brettschneider 69).
Houston -- Hall, Sarkodie (Weaver 78), Taylor, Hainault, Ashe (Chabala 68), Cruz, Watson, Cameron, Davis (Clark 46), Ching, Bruin.
Referee: Mark Kadlecik.
Att.: 15,734.
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June 25 in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Jose 0 Los Angeles 0.
San Jose -- Busch, Beitashour, Burling, Hernandez, Corrales, Convey, Ring, Stephenson (Ampaipitakwong 46), Johnson (McLoughlin 75), Dawkins, Lenhart.
Los Angeles -- Ricketts (Saunders 24), DeLaGarza, Berhalter, Gonzalez, Dunivant, Birchall, Juninho, Stephens, Magee, Angel (Barrett 84), Lopez (Franklin 66).
Referee: Juan Guzman.
Att.: 10,872.
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June 25 in Chester, Pa.
Philadelphia 3 Chivas USA 2. Goals: Paunovic 1 (Mapp 1) 48, Ruiz 4 (unassisted) 69, Mwanga 5 (Le Toux 5) 82; Umana 1 (Zemanski 3) 28, Braun 4 (unassisted) 77.
Philadelphia -- Mondragon, Williams, Califf, Valdes, Harvey (Mwanga 46), Mapp, Paunovic (Nakazawa 72), Carroll, Le Toux, Ruiz, McInerney (Daniel 46).
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Valentin, Umana (Boyens 46), Pearce, Jazic, Nagamura, Zemanski (Gavin 76), LaBrocca, Flores, Braun, Mondaini (Cortez 71).
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 18,139.
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June 25 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 4 Portland 0. Goals: Loyd 1 (D.Hernandez 2) 33, John 2 (D.Hernandez 3) 38, Shea 7 (unassisted) 58, Luna 1 (unassisted) 85. 
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Loyd, Ihemelu, John, Benitez, Alexander (Avila 76), D.Hernandez, Jacobson (Warshaw 68), Jackson, Chavez (Luna 78), Shea.
Portland -- Perkins, Hall, Brunner, Danso, Wallace, Nagbe (Moffat 46), Chara, Jewsbury, Alhassan (Zizzo 57), Cooper, Perlaza (Johnson 63).
Referee: Elias Bazakos.
Att.: 10,470.
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June 25 in Kansas City, Kan.
Sporting KC 2 Vancouver 1. Bravo 3 (pen.) 32, Julio Cesar 1 (Zusi 3, Bravo 1) 40; Camilo 5 (Chiumiento 7) 15.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Myers, Besler, Collin, Sinovic, Bravo (Harrington 85), Espinoza, Julio Cesar, Stojcev (Arnaud 69), Zusi, Sapong (Kamara 81).
Vancouver -- Cannon, Leathers, Boxall, DeMerit (Duckett 45), Rochat, Salinas, Brovsky, Camilo, Dunfield (Koffie 76), Chiumiento (Teibert 45), Hassli.
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic.
Att.: 18,467.
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June 25 in Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake 3 Toronto FC 1. Goals: Borchers 1 (Beckerman 2) 39, Saborio 1 (Russell 1, Beckerman 3) 42, Saborio 2 (Beckerman 4) 60; Maicon Santos 6 (Soolsma 3) 66
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Russell, Olave, Borchers, Beltran, Grabavoy (Gonzalez 67), Beckerman, Warner (Williams 57), Johnson, Saborio (Alexandre 81), Gil.
Toronto FC -- Frei, Eckersley, Henry, Harden, Borman, Gargan (Soolsma 66), Sturgis, Zavarise, Martina (Stinson 46), Maicon Santos, Plata (Yourassowsky 46).
Referee: Niko Bratsis.
Att.: 15,077.
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June 23 in Seattle
Seattle 4 New York 2. Goals: Friberg 1 (unassisted) 11, Alonso 2 (unassisted) 12, Levesque 1 (Gonzalez 1) 67, Levesque 2 (unassisted) 78; Richards 3 (Lindpere 3) 31, own goal 58.
New York -- Sutton, Solli, Mendes, Keel, Miller, Ballouchy, Tainio (Hertzog 89), Lindpere, Da Luz (Rooney 79), Richards, De Rosario.
Seattle -- Keller, Riley, Parke, Scott, Gonzalez, Rosales, Alonso, Friberg, Fernandez (Carrasco 72), Montero (Jaqua 81), Fucito (Levesque 58).
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att: 46,065.
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June 22 in Chester, Pa.
Philadelphia 0 Sporting KC 0.
Philadelphia -- Mondragon, Williams, Califf, Valdes, Harvey, Mapp (Torres 78), Carroll, McInerney (Daniel 59), Paunovic (Okugo 65), Le Toux, Ruiz.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Myers, Julio Cesar, Besler, Sinovic, Kamara, Sassano, Arnaud, Diop (Auvray 72), Bravo (Harrington 63), Bunbury (Sapong 46).
Referee: Terry Vaughn.
Att.: 18,127.
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June 22 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 0 Real Salt Lake 0.
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Russell, Olave, Borchers, Beltran, Grabavoy, Beckerman, Warner (Gonzalez 84), W.Johnson, Espindola (Gil 7), Aghasyan (Williams 69).
Chicago -- S.Johnson, Anibaba, Cuesta, Gibbs, Segares, Oduro, Husidic (Bone 80), Paladini, Nyarko, Chaves (Ferrari 86), Barouch (Pappa 70).
Referee: Juan Guzman.
Att.: 14,972.

WEEK 15 SCHEDULE:
June 26 
2:00 pm ET
Chicago vs. New York, ESPN
4:00 pm ET
Seattle vs. New England
8:00 pm ET
Columbus vs. Colorado

STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/1
26 Philadelphia 7-4-5 19/14
23 New York 5-3-8 26/20
21 Columbus 5-4-6 16/16
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19 Houston 4-7-7 21/22
18 D.C. United 4-5-6 21/27
17 Sporting KC 4-6-5 19/21
16 Chicago 2-4-10 17/20
15 Toronto FC 2-6-9 16/28
15 New England 3-7-6 12/19

Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
35 Los Angeles 9-2-8 25/15
31 FC Dallas 9-4-4 24/17
28 Seattle 7-4-7 23/17
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26 Real Salt Lake 7-3-5 18/9
22 Colorado 5-4-7 17/15
20 San Jose 5-5-5 20/17
18 Portland 5-7-3 18/26
17 Chivas USA 4-7-5 20/21
15 Vancouver 2-7-9 18/24

Wildcard Race
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
26 Real Salt Lake 7-3-5 18/9
22 Colorado 5-4-7 17/15
20 San Jose 5-5-5 20/17
19 Houston 4-7-7 21/22
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18 D.C. United 4-5-6 21/27
18 Portland 5-7-3 18/26
17 Chivas USA 4-7-5 20/21
17 Sporting KC 4-6-5 19/21
16 Chicago 2-4-10 17/20
15 Vancouver 2-7-9 18/24
15 New England 3-7-6 12/19
15 Toronto FC 2-6-9 16/28