American soccer this weekend ...

• by Soccer America , Sep 12, 2011

[SCOREBOARD] The Fort Lauderdale Strikers clinched a spot in the NASL playoffs with a 2-1 win at FC Edmonton on Sunday night. The NSC Minnesota Stars clung to a three-point lead over the MLS-bound Montreal Impact for the sixth and final berth with two games to play in the regular season. For all the action ...

MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Results:
Sept. 8
Philadelphia 2 New England 0.
PHI: Jack McInerney (Kyle Nakazawa, Joe Tait) 25
PHI: Danny Mwanga (unassisted) 45

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

Schedule:
Sept. 18
Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting KC
Philadelphia vs. Columbus
Sept. 20
FC Dallas vs. Chicago
Sept. 25
FC Dallas vs. Houston
Sept. 27
Portland Timbers vs. Chivas USA
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NASL
Results:
Sept. 11
FC Edmonton 1 Fort Lauderdale 2.

Sept. 10
NSC Minnesota 2 Atlanta 0.
MIN: Jeff Cosgriff 12
MIN: Kyle Altman (pen.) 84
Att.: 2,435.
Montreal 1 Carolina 0.
MON: Luke Kreamalmeyer (unassisted) 40
Puerto Rico vs. FC Tampa Bay (postponed)

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 17-6-3 49/23
46 *Puerto Rico 13-6-7 39/32
37 *FC Tampa Bay 10-8-7 38/34
37 *Ft. Lauderdale 10-10-7 34/33
36 *FC Edmonton 10-11-6 35/38
32 NSC Minnesota 8-10-8 29/34
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29 Montreal 7-11-8 29/27
15 Atlanta 4-19-3 24/58
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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

Schedule:
Sept. 13
Group A
Morelia vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
Group B
Colorado Rapids vs. Santos
Real Espana vs. Isidro Metapan

Sept. 14
Group C
FC Dallas vs. Tauro FC
UNAM vs. Toronto FC

Group D
Comunicaciones vs. Monterrey
Herediano vs. Seattle Sounders

Sept. 14
Group A
Motagua vs. Alajuelense