MLS this weekend ...

• by Soccer America , Sep 21, 2011

[SCOREBOARD] Playing without David Beckham and Robbie Keane and employing Landon Donovan off the bench, the Los Angeles Galaxy moved closer to clinching the 2011 Supporters Shield with a 1-0 win at the Columbus Crew. Chad Barrett's goal in the 90th minute silenced the sell-out crowd of 21,203. For all the weekend action ...

WEEK 28 RESULTS:
Sept. 25 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 3 New England 2. Goals: Grazzini 3 (pen.) 5, Oduro 11 (Grazzini 4, Pause 1) 9, Nyarko 1 (unassisted) 30; Guy 1 (unassisted) 90, Guy 2 (Caraglio 2, Fagundez 1) 92+.
Chicago -- Johnson, Gargan, Mikulic, Anibaba, Segares, Pappa, Grazzini (Husidic 25), Pardo, Pause, Oduro (Barouch 77), Nyarko (Chaves 66).
New England -- Reis, Alston, Coria, Barnes, Tierney, Guy, Feilhaber, Joseph, Mansally (Dube 57), Caraglio, Schilawski (Fagundez 71).
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.: 14,567.
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Sept. 24 in Vancouver
Vancouver 1 Seattle 3. Goals: Camilo 9 (Chiumiento 9, Hassli 2) 22; Evans 5 (pen.) 33, Montero 8 (unassisted) 64, Montero 9 (Evans 3, Gonzalez 2) 67.
Vancouver -- Cannon, Leathers (Brovsky 46), DeMerit, Boxall, Harvey, Koffie, Vagenas, Chiumiento, Camilo, Hassli (Tan 81), Jarju (Salinas 58).
Seattle -- Keller, Hurtado, Parke, Scott, Gonzalez, Neagle, Alonso, Evans, Fernandez (Estrada 79), Jaqua (Ochoa 66), Montero.
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 21,000.
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Sept. 24 in Vancouver
Chivas USA 3 Toronto FC 0. Goals: Angel 8 (Jazic 7, Braun 5) 12, Braun 8 (Umana 1) 71, Angel 9 (Zemanski 4, Mondaini 1) 77
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Umana, Boyens, Junior Lopes, Jazic, Braun (Lahoud 78), LaBrocca, Zemanski, Courtois (Mondaini 64), Angel, Moreno.
Toronto FC --  Frei, Eckersley, Harden, Iro, Morgan, de Guzman (Dunfield 46), Avila, Frings, Soolsma, Koevermans (Borman 84), Johnson (Marosevic 73).
Referee: Kevin Stott.
Att.: 14,357
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Sept. 24 in Frisco, Texas
FC Dallas 0 Houston 1. Goal: Cameron 5 (Brad Davis 14) 87
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Loyd (Stewart 71), Ihemelu, John, Benitez, Jackson, Shea, Jacobson, Hernandez, Villar (Daniel Cruz 53), Maicon Santos (Chavez 46).
Houston -- T.Hall, Hainault, Boswell, Cameron, Ashe, Moffat, Camargo, Davis, Ching (Costly 78), Carr (Clark 64), Cruz (Watson 58).
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 10,849
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Sept. 24 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 4 Real Salt Lake 1. Goals: Najar 4 (De Rosario 11) 13, De Rosario 11 (Najar 6) 22, De Rosario 12 (Wolff 6) 27, De Rosario 13 (unassisted) 31; Saborio 10 (Araujo Jr. 4) 86
D.C. United -- Hamid, Kitchen, White, McDonald, Burch, Najar (Barklage 81), King, Simms, Da Luz, Wolff (Brettschneider 74), De Rosario (Ngwenya 65).
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Wagner (Johnson 62), Borchers, McKenzie, Wingert, A.Alvarez (Gil 62), Beckerman, Warner, Grabavoy, Araujo Jr., Alexandre (Saborio 75).
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic.
Att.: 16,367
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Sept. 24 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus 0 Los Angeles 1. Goal: Barrett 5 (unassisted) 90.
Los Angeles -- Saunders, DeLaGarza, Hejduk, Jordan, Gonzalez,Juninho, Stephens, Cardozo, Birchall (Donovan 63), Lopez (Magee 69), Cristman (Barrett 84).
Columbus -- Hesmer, James, Marshall, Francis, O'Rourke, Miranda, Ekpo, Rogers, Gardner (Renteria 66), Duka (Grossman 89), Mendoza.
Referee: Silviu Petrescu.
Att.: 21,203.
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Sept. 24 in Harrison, N.J.
New York 2 Portland 0. Goals: Richards 6 (unassisted) 21, Rodgers 8 (pen.) 66.
New York -- Rost, Solli, Keel, Ream, Mendes, Richards (Ballouchy 89), McCarty, Tainio, Lindpere (Auvray 83), Rodgers (Agudelo 75), Henry.
Portland -- Perkins, Palmer, Brunner, Danso, Chabala, Alexander (Zizzo 46), Jewsbury, Chara, Alhassan, Cooper (Perlaza 71), Nagbe (Dike 76).
Red Card: Portland -- Alhassan 64.
Referee: Alex Prus
Att.: 25,008.
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Sept. 24 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 1 San Jose 1. Goals: Moor 3 (unassisted) 71; Wondolowski 11 (unassisted) 19.
Colorado -- Pickens, Kimura, Wynne, Moor, Comminges (Thompson 89), Nyassi, Larentowicz, Mastroeni, Smith (Mullan 58), Cummings (Kandji 65), Folan.
San Jose -- Busch, Beitashour, Attakora (Ring 30), Burling, Morrow, Peterson (Gjertsen 66), Baca (Griffin 83), Corrales, Dawkins, Stephenson, Wondolowski.
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez.
Att.: 17,877.
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Sept. 23 in Kansas City, Kan.
Sporting KC 1 Philadelphia 1. Goals: Bravo 9 (Kamara 4) 56; Le Toux 8 (M.Farfan 2) 63.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Myers, Julio Cesar, Besler, Sinovic, Kamara, Espinoza, Zusi, Jeferson (Collin 46), Bravo (Saad 89), Bunbury (Sapong 62).
Philadelphia -- MacMath, Valdes, Califf, G.Farfan, Nakazawa (Pfeffer 62), Torres (Miglioranzi 72), Okugo, Carroll, M.Farfan, Le Toux, Paunovic (McInerney 56).
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 18,778
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Sept. 21 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 2 Chivas USA 2. Goals: De Rosario 10 (Najar 5) 39, White 1 (unassisted) 47; Angel 6 (LaBrocca 6) 57, Angel 7 (Jazic 7) 69.
D.C. United -- Hamid, Kitchen, White, McDonald, Woolard, Najar, Simms, Quaranta, Davies (Da Luz 68), De Rosario, Wolff (King 59).
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Pearce, Umana (Lahoud 83), Junior Lopes, Jazic, Flores (Braun 55), LaBrocca, Zemanski, Angel, Moreno, Mondaini (Courtois 62).
Referee: Chris Penso.
Att.: 14,849.
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Sept. 21 in Harrison, N.J.
New York 1 Real Salt Lake 3. Goals: Lindpere 7 (Marquez 4) 69; Saborio 9 (Williams 1) 7, Espindola 8 (unassisted) 11, Espindola 9 (Warner 5, Saborio 3) 21.
New York -- Rost, Solli, Marquez, Ream, Albright (Mendes 15), Richards, McCarty, Tainio (Nielsen 86), Lindpere, Rodgers (Agudelo 54), Henry.
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando, Russell, Olave, Borchers, Schuler, Williams (A.Alvarez 68), Y.Alvarez, Warner (Gil 77), Johnson, Saborio (Alexandre 83), Espindola.
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez.
Att.: 14,266
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Sept. 21 in Portland, Ore.
Portland 1 San Jose 1. Goals: Cooper 6 (Nagbe 3) 9; Stephenson 5 (Baca 2) 70.
Portland -- Perkins, Palmer, Brunner, Danso, Chabala, Zizzo, Jewsbury, Chara (Marcelin 83), Alhassan, Cooper (Dike 85), Nagbe (Perlaza 75).
San Jose -- Busch, Beitashour, Attakora, Burling, Morrow, Baca, Cronin (Griffin 76), Corrales, Dawkins, Stephenson, Wondolowski.
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.: 18,627

STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T +/1
42 (31) Houston 10-9-12 39/39
41 (30) Sporting KC 10-9-11 44/38
41 (30) Columbus 11-11-8 35/38
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40 (29) Philadelphia 9-7-13 37/31
39 (30) New York 8-7-15 46/41
38 (28) D.C. United 9-8-11 43/41
33 (29) Chicago 6-8-15 36/39
30 (31) Toronto FC 6-13-12 32/55
27 (30) New England 5-13-12 34/49

Western Conference
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T +/-
61 (30) Los Angeles 17-3-10 44/22
54 (30) Seattle 15-6-9 49/32
51 (29) Real Salt Lake 15-8-6 42/27
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46 (30) FC Dallas 13-10-7 36/34
42 (31) Colorado 10-9-12 41/30
37 (30) Portland 10-13-7 37/44
35 (31) Chivas USA 8-12-11 39/38
30 (29) San Jose 6-11-12 31/38
22 (29) Vancouver 4-15-10 29/49

Wildcard Race (top 4 qualify)
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T +/-
46 (30) FC Dallas 13-10-7 36/34
42 (31) Colorado 10-9-12 41/30
40 (29) Philadelphia 9-7-13 37/31
39 (30) New York 8-7-15 46/41
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38 (28) D.C. United 9-8-11 43/41
37 (30) Portland 10-13-7 37/44
35 (31) Chivas USA 8-12-11 39/38
33 (29) Chicago 6-8-15 36/39
30 (29) San Jose 6-11-12 31/38
30 (31) Toronto FC 6-13-12 32/55
27 (30) New England 5-13-12 34/49
22 (29) Vancouver 4-15-10 29/49