MLS this weekend ...

• by Soccer America , Sep 15, 2011

[SCOREBOARD] The Philadelphia Union moved into a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with the Columbus Crew thanks to its 1-0 win over the Crew in a game that saw 16-year-old Zach Pfeffer start for the Union in his MLS debut. On a rare weekend when there were no ties, the New York Red Bulls were the only team to win on the road, beating FC Dallas, 1-0, to move into the top four in the wild-card race. Argentine Mauro Rosales had two assists to up his season total to 12 in the Seattle Sounders' 3-0 win over D.C. United but he sprained the MCL in his right knee late in the game when he was fouled by Daniel Woolard. For all the weekend action ...

WEEK 27 RESULTS:
Sept. 17 in Toronto
Toronto FC 2 Colorado 1. Goals: Koevermans 5 (Morgan 2) 52, Koevermans 6 (Soolsma 4, Eckersley 1) 60; Nyassi 5 (unassisted) 70.
Toronto FC -- Kocic, Eckersley, Harden, Iro, Morgan, Avila (Yourassowsky 88), de Guzman, Frings, Johnson, Koevermans (Stinson 74), Soolsma (Dunfield 80).
Colorado -- Pickens, Kimura (Kandji 84), Wynne, Comminges (Marshall 70), Moor, Mullan, Larentowicz, Mastroeni, Thompson (Folan 59), Nyassi, Cummings.
Referee: Mark Kadlecik.
Att.: 20,318.
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Sept. 17 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 3 Chivas USA 2. Goals: Gibbs 3 (Grazzini 3) 2, own goal 26, Oduro 10 (Nyarko 7, Chaves 1) 85; Angel 5 (Trujillo 1) 61, LaBrocca 8 (Valentin 1) 63
Chicago -- Johnson, Anibaba, Mikulic (Paladini 80), Gibbs, Segares, Pappa (Chaves 80), Grazzini (Cuesta 46), Pardo, Pause, Nyarko, Oduro.
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Lahoud (Trujillo 46), Umana, Valentin, Jazic, LaBrocca, Moreno, Elliott (Gavin 46), Braun (Courtois 61), Angel, Mondaini.
Red Card: Chicago -- Gibbs 37.
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez.
Att.: 15,246.
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Sept. 17 in Chester, Pa.
Philadelphia 1 Columbus 0. Goal: Le Toux 7 (Torres 1) 32
Philadelphia -- MacMath, Williams, Valdes, Califf, G.Farfan, Pfeffer (Mwanga 62), Adu (Okugo 75), Carroll, Torres (Langley 80), Le Toux, M.Farfan.
Columbus -- Hesmer, Miranda, James, Francis, Gehrig, Duka, O'Rourke, Rusmir (Gardner 83), Rogers, Heinemann (Meram 62), Mendoza (Cunningham 74).
Referee: Alex Prus.
Att.: 18,906.
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Sept. 17 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 0 New York 1. Goal: Rodgers 7 (Agudelo 2, Keel 2) 36
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Loyd (Warshaw 81), Ihemelu, John, Benitez, Jackson, Cruz (Castillo 53), Hernandez, Jacobson (Galindo 65), Villar, Maicon Santos.
New York -- Rost, Mendes, Keel, Ream, Albright, Lindpere, McCarty (Auvray 89), Tainio, Richards, Agudelo, Rodgers (Ballouchy 46).
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 17,019.
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Sept. 17 in Houston
Houston 2 San Jose 1. Goals: Davis 4 (pen.) 48, Bruin 5 (Camargo 1, Cruz 3) 80; Stephenson 4 (Beitashour 5, Gjertsen 3) 40
Houston -- Hall, Hainault, Boswell, Cameron, Ashe, Clark (Cruz 59), Camargo, Moffat, Davis, Carr (Bruin 74), Costly (Weaver 69).
San Jose -- Busch, Beitashour, Attakora, Burling, Corrales, Gjertsen (Peterson 63), Baca, Cronin (Griffin 88), Dawkins (Luzunaris 83), Stephenson, Wondolowski.
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Att.: 18,129.
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Sept. 17 in Seattle
Seattle 3 D.C. United 0. Goals: Fucito 2 (Rosales 11, Evans 2) 35, Fernandez 7 (Rosales 12, Montero 8) 47+, Fernandez 8 (unassisted) 60
Seattle -- Keller, Riley, Scott, Parke, Wahl, Rosales, Alonso, Evans (Sanyang 82), Fernandez, Fucito (Jaqua 68), Montero (Neagle 78).
D.C. United -- Willis, McDonald, White (Burch 78), Woolard, Kitchen, Da Luz, Najar, Simms, De Rosario (Wolff 62), Davies (King 54), Ngwenya.
Referee: Kevin Stott.
Att.: 36,242.
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Sept. 17 in Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake 1 Sporting KC 0. Goal: Borchers 3 (Beckerman 9) 54
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Russell, Olave, Borchers, Schuler, Williams, Beckerman, Gil (Grabavoy 59), Johnson, Saborio, Espindola (Alexandre 89).
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Harrington, Collin, Besler, Sinovic, Espinoza (Arnaud 81), Julio Cesar (Jeferson 86), Zusi, Kamara, Bunbury, Bravo (Sapong 69).
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 19,888.
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Sept. 17 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 3 Vancouver 0. Goals: Magee 4 (Keane 1, Beckham 13) 40, Keane 2 (Jordan 1) 64, Magee 5 (Jordan 2, Beckham 14) 75
Los Angeles -- Saunders, Jordan, Gonzalez, DeLaGarza, Dunivant, Donovan (Stephens 78), Beckham (Keat 78), Birchall, Magee, Cardozo, Keane (Lopez 84).
Vancouver -- Cannon, Leathers, DeMerit, Rochat, Harvey, Salinas, Koffie (Brovsky 76), Vagenas, Camilo, Hassli (Jarju 73), Chiumiento (Tan 65).
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.:  22,959.
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Sept. 16 in Portland, Ore.
Portland 3 New England 0. Goals: Chara 2 (Palmer 1) 9, Cooper 5 (Chabala 2) 32, Nagbe 2 (Alhassan 6) 66
Portland -- Perkins, Palmer, Brunner, Danso, Chabala, Zizzo (Alexander 82), Chara, Jewsbury, Alhassan, Cooper (Dike 80), Nagbe.
New England -- Reis, Alston, Coria, Soares (Guy 58), Barnes, Zerka (Mansally 71), Feilhaber, Joseph, Tierney, Lekic (Schilawski 45), Caraglio.
Referee: Hilario Grajeda.
Att.: 20,323.
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Sept. 14 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus 2 Houston 2. Goals: Mendoza 10 (pen.) 64, Mendoza 11 (pen.) 76; Watson 1 (Taylor 1, Moffat 1) 34, Carr 1 (Cameron 5, Cruz 2) 86.
Columbus -- Hesmer, Miranda, Marshall (Gehrig 46), James, Francis, Duka (Meram 76), Ekpo, O'Rourke, Rogers, Mendoza (Rusmir 89), Heinemann.
Substitutes Not Used: Rich Balchan, Jeff Cunningham, Josh Gardner, Chris Konopka.
Houston -- Hall, Taylor, Boswell, Cameron, Ashe, Watson (Cruz 77), Moffat, Camargo (Clark 68), Davis, Weaver, Bruin (Carr 68).
Red Card: Columbus -- Ekpo 11.
Referee: Chris Penso.
Att.: 10,709

WEEK 28 SCHEDULE:
Sept. 21
7:30 p.m. ET
D.C. United vs. Chivas USA
8:00 p.m. ET
New York vs. Real Salt Lake
10:30 p.m. ET
Portland vs. San Jose

Sept. 23
8:30 p.m. ET
Sporting KC vs. Philadelphia, FOX Soccer

Sept. 24
4:00 p.m. ET
FC Dallas vs. Houston, Telefutura
7:30 p.m. ET
D.C. United vs. Real Salt Lake   
Columbus vs. Los Angeles
New York vs. Portland  
9:00 p.m. ET
Colorado vs. San Jose
10:30 p.m. ET
Vancouver vs. Seattle, TSN
Chivas USA vs. Toronto FC

Sept. 25, 2011
4:00 p.m. ET
Chicago vs. New England

STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T +/1
41 (28) Philadelphia 10-7-11 36/30
41 (28) Columbus 11-10-8 35/37
40 (29) Sporting KC 10-9-10 43/37
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39 (30) Houston 9-9-12 38/39
36 (28) New York 7-6-15 43/38
34 (26) D.C. United 8-8-10 37/38
30 (28) Chicago 5-8-15 33/37
30 (30) Toronto FC 6-12-12 32/52
27 (29) New England 5-12-12 32/46

Western Conference
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T +/-
58 (29) Los Angeles 16-3-10 43/22
51 (29) Seattle 14-6-9 46/31
48 (27) Real Salt Lake 14-7-6 38/22
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46 (29) FC Dallas 13-9-7 36/33
41 (30) Colorado 10-9-11 40/29
36 (28) Portland 10-12-6 36/41
31 (29) Chivas USA 7-12-10 34/36
29 (27) San Jose 6-11-11 30/37
22 (28) Vancouver 4-15-10 28/46

Wildcard Race (top 4 qualify)
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T +/-
46 (29) FC Dallas 13-9-7 36/33
41 (30) Colorado 10-9-11 40/29
39 (30) Houston 9-9-12 38/39
36 (28) New York 7-6-15 43/38
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36 (28) Portland 10-12-6 36/41
34 (26) D.C. United 8-8-10 37/38
31 (29) Chivas USA 7-12-10 34/36
30 (28) Chicago 5-8-15 33/37
30 (30) Toronto FC 6-12-12 32/52
29 (27) San Jose 6-11-11 30/37
27 (29) New England 5-12-12 32/46
22 (28) Vancouver 4-15-10 28/46