American soccer this weekend ...

• by Soccer America , Sep 9, 2011

[SCOREBOARD] The MLS-bound Montreal Impact faces a must-win situation when it hosts the first-place Carolina RailHawks in NASL action on Saturday. With three games to play, the Impact is in seventh place, three points behind the NSC Minnesota Stars, who host the last-place Atlanta Silverbacks. The top six teams make the playoffs. For all the action ...

MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Results:
Sept. 6
Chicago 2 Real Salt Lake 0.
CHI: Cristian Nazarit (Diego Chaves) 14
CHI: Diego Chaves (pen.) 25
Vancouver 1 San Jose 0.
VAN: Omar Salgado (Michael Nanchoff) 11

Standings:
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
17 D.C. United 5-0-2 17/8
16 New England 5-2-1 15/12
12 Columbus 4-1-0 12/5
6 New York 2-3-0 6/11
4 Philadelphia 1-5-1 6/13
2 Toronto FC 0-4-2 6/10
Central/Mountain Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
16 Chicago 5-1-1 15/5
12 Houston 4-3-0 6/9
11 Real Salt Lake 3-4-2 8/9
9 FC Dallas 3-2-0 6/9
8 Sporting KC 2-2-2 6/5
7 Colorado 2-5-1 7/6
Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
21 Seattle 7-1-0 15/8
14 Portland 4-2-2 17/15
10 San Jose 3-4-1 10/9
8 Vancouver 2-4-2 9/13
6 Chivas USA 1-2-2 8/9
5 Los Angeles 1-5-2 10/18
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NASL
Results:
Sept. 7
Puerto Rico 1 Montreal 1.
MON: Ryan Pore (Amir Lowery, Mignane Diouf) 88
PR: Jonathan Fana (pen.) 90
Fort Lauderdale 0 Carolina 1.
FTL: Abe Thompson (Lance Laing) 52
Att.: 2,159.
FC Edmonton 2 Atlanta 1.

Sept. 6
NSC Minnesota 1 FC Tampa Bay 2.
FCTB: Keith Savage (Aaron King) 22
MIN: Brian Kallman (Luke Mulholland) 51
FCTB: Mozzi Gyorio (unassisted) 77
Att.: 767.
Standings:
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
54 Carolina 17-5-3 49/22
46 Puerto Rico 13-6-7 39/32
37 FC Tampa Bay 10-8-7 38/34
36 FC Edmonton 10-10-6 34/36
34 Ft. Lauderdale 8-10-7 32/32
29 NSC Minnesota 7-10-8 27/34
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26 Montreal 6-11-8 28/27
15 Atlanta 4-18-3 24/56

Schedule:
Sept. 10
Puerto Rico vs. FC Tampa Bay (postponed)
NSC Minnesota vs. Atlanta
Montreal vs. Carolina
FC Edmonton vs. Fort Lauderdale
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CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Standings:
Group A
PTS TEAM W-T-L +/-
6 Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0-0 4/0
3 Morelia 1-0-1 4/1
3 Alajuelense 1-0-1 1/2
0 Motagua 0-0-2 0/6
Group B
PTS TEAM W-T-L +/-
4 Colorado Rapids 1-1-0 4/3
3 Isidro Metapan 1-0-1 4/3
3 Santos 1-0-1 3/4
1 Real Espana 0-1-1 3/4
Group C
PTS TEAM W-T-L +/-
6 FC Dallas 2-0-0 2/0
3 Toronto FC 1-0-1 2/1
1 Tauro FC 0-1-1 1/2
1 UNAM 0-1-1 0/1
Group D
PTS TEAM W-T-L +/-
6 Seattle Sounders 2-0-0 5/1
3 Monterrey 1-0-1 5/1
3 Comunicaciones 1-0-1 3/4
0 Herediano 0-0-2 0/7