MLS Rewind ...

• by Soccer America , May 28, 2012

[WEEK 12] Sporting Kansas City's May drought ended when it beat the San Jose Earthquakes, 2-1. The victory snapped a four-game winless streak and was the team's first win since 2009 in the month of May -- a string of 13 games. Next up: U.S. Open Cup for the 16 American clubs with the third round on Tuesday and Wednesday. Only two league games will be played over the next two weekends as teams take off for FIFA's international fixture dates. For all the action ...

MLS RESULTS, SUNDAY
May 27 in Kansas City, Kan.
Sporting KC 2 San Jose 1. Goals: Sapong (Kamara, Zusi) 5, Kamara (Harrington, Myers) 39; Dawkins (Corrales) 72.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Collin, Besler, Sinovic (Harrington, 23), Myers, Zusi, Julio Cesar (Olum, 74), Kamara, Espinoza (Nagamura, 90+), Sapong, Bunbury.
San Jose -- Busch, Morrow, Beitashour, Corrales, Hernandez, Chavez, Ring (Moreno, 71), Baca (Opara, 65), Stephenson, Dawkins, Gordon (Diaz Pizarro, 61).
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 19,974.





MLS RESULTS, SATURDAY
May 26 in Portland, Ore.
Portland 1 Vancouver 1. Goals: Boyd (unassisted) 67; Mattocks (Hassli, Bonjour) 84.
Portland -- Perkins, Brunner (Horst, 46), Mosquera, Smith, Nagbe, Chara, Alexander, Alhassan (Zizzo, 79th), Jewsbury, Perlaza (Fucito, 88), Boyd.
Vancouver -- Cannon, Bonjour, Lee, DeMerit, Rochat, Camilo (Mattocks, 83), Thorrington, Chiumiento, Davidson, Koffie (Eric Hassli, 72), Le Toux.
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
Att.: 20,438.



May 26 in Carson, Calif.
Chivas USA 1 Seattle 1. Goal: Agudelo (Riley, Vagenas) 57; Estrada (Caskey, Montero) 61.
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Riley, Valencia (McKenzie 65), Califf, Jazic, Courtois, Vagenas, Moreno, Smith (Romero 88), Agudelo, Correa (Gavin 76).
Seattle -- Meredith, Scott, Parke, Hurtado, Burch, Rosales, Rose, Evans, Fernandez (Caskey 61), Montero (Johnson 73), Estrada (Cato 78).
Referee: Chris Penso.
Att.: 12,285.



May 26 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 3 Montreal 2. Goals: Larentowicz (unassisted) 18, Moor (Rivero) 39, Castrillon (unassisted) 83; Bernier (Martins) 14, Wenger (Bernier, Warner) 48.
Colorado -- Pickens, Kimura, Marshall, Moor, Freeman, Larentowicz, Castrillon, Rivero, Thompson (Henao 69), Cascio (Hill 75), Akpan (Palguta 65).
Montreal -- Ricketts (Sutton, 66), Ferrari (Ubiparipovic, 85), Rivas, Brovsky, Arnaud (Montano, 74), Warner, Felipe, Bernier, Camara, Wenger, Nyassi.
Red Card: Colorado -- Marshall 61.
Referee: Mark Kadlecik.
Att.: 17,877.



May 26 in Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake 3 FC Dallas 2. Goals: Saborio (Tanaka) 59, Saborio (Grabavoy, Steele) 76, Borchers 93+; Matt Hedges (unassisted) 75, Perez (Top, Jackson) 85.
Real Salt Lake -- Reynish, Tanaka, Beltran, Borchers, Olave, Gil (Steele, 70), Johnson, Grabavoy, Alvarez, Saborio, Espindola (Velasquez, 90+).
FC Dallas -- Hartman, Loyd, John, Benitez, Hedges, Leyva (Rodriguez, 79), Jackson, Marcelin (Top, 82), D.Hernandez, Jacobson, Perez.
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja.
Att.: 19,341.



May 26 in Washington, D.C.
D,C. United 3 New England 2. Goals: McDonald (Boskovic) 15, Jakovic (unassisted) 46, Maicon Santos (De Rosario) 61; Sene (unassisted) 48, Soares (Tierney) 50.
D.C. United -- Hamid, Woolard, Jakovic, McDonald, Korb, DeLeon (Neal 68), Boskovic (Maicon Santos 57), Kitchen, Najar, De Rosario, Salihi (Wolff 80).
New England -- Reis, Tierney, Soares, McCarthy, Alston, Nguyen (Rowe 65), Joseph, Guy (Cardenas 28), Feilhaber, Brettschneider (Moreno 69), Sene.
Referee: Kevin Stott.
Att.: 14,627.



May 26 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus 2 Chicago 1. Goals: Gaven (Francis) 9, Renteria (Gaven, Francis) 43; Berry (Paladini) 72.
Columbus -- Gruenebaum; Miranda, Mendes (Gehrig, 54), Williams, Francis (Vukovic, 50); Duka (Birchall, 66), George, Tchani, Anor; Gaven, Renteria.
Chicago -- Johnson; Gargan, Anibaba, Berry, Segares; Pause (Paladini, 60), Pardo; Nyarko, Robayo, Pappa (Oduro, 46); Puppo (Barouch, 46).
Referee: Allen Chapman.
Att.: 16,024.



May 26 in Houston
Houston 2 Los Angeles 1. Goals: own goal 38, Hainault (Davis) 57; Buddle (Barrett, Beckham) 10,
Houston -- Hall; Hainault, Boswell, Taylor, Ashe; Carr (Clark 75), Watson, Moffat, Davis (Luiz Camargo 84); Bruin, Ching (Kandji 72)
Los Angeles -- Perk; Franklin, DeLaGarza, Gaul (Lopes 84), Dunivant; Jordan, Magee, Beckham, Walker (Stephens 46); Barrett (Noonan 71), Buddle
Referee: Silviu Petrescu.
Att.: 22,039.



May 26 in Toronto
Toronto FC 1 Philadelphia 0. Goal: Koevermans (Soolsma) 88.
Toronto FC -- Kocic; Hall, Cann, Henry, Morgan, Frings, Silva (Soolsma 70), de Guzman; Lambe (Eckersley 54), Johnson, Plata (Koevermans 63).
Philadelphia -- Konopka; Williams, Gaddis (Lahoud 37), Valdes; Herdling (Hoppenot 65), G.Farfan, Carroll, M.Farfan, Adu; Pajoy, Mwanga (Martinez 83).
Referee: Juan Guzman.
Att.: 18,227.



MLS RESULTS, WEDNESDAY
May 23 in Seattle
Seattle 0 Columbus 2. Goals: Meram (Duka, Renteria) 15, Renteria (unassisted) 76.
Seattle -- Meredith, Johansson (Hurtado 61), Parke, Scott, Burch, Estrada (Rose 78), Alonso, Evans, Fernandez (Rosales 61), Montero, Johnson.
Columbus -- Gruenebaum, Miranda, Mendes, Williams, Vukovic, Duka (Tchani 57), O'Rourke (George 45), Grossman, Meram (Anor 80), Gaven, Renteria.
Referee: Geoff Gamble.
Att.: 38,311.



May 23 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 2 San Jose 3. Goals: Jimenez (Barrett, Juninho) 3, Magee (Beckham) 73; Lenhart (Chavez) 76, Stephenson (unassisted) 82, Gordon (Hernandez) 94+.
Los Angeles -- Perk, Franklin, DeLaGarza, Gaul, Dunivant, Jimenez, Magee, Beckham, Juninho (Stephens, 87), Buddle (Nakazawa, 67), Barrett.
San Jose -- Busch, Opara, Hernandez, Beitashour, Morrow, Cronin (Stephenson, 66), Baca (Chavez, 75), Moreno, Dawkins, Lenhart, Guvenisik (Gordon, 46).
Red Card: Los Angeles -- Jimenez 57.
Referee: Jair Marrufo.
Att.: 16,512.



May 23 in Harrison, N.J.
New York 1 Chivas USA 1. Goals: Cooper (Richards, Barklage) 56; Angel (McKenzie, Gavin) 47.
New York -- Meara, Miller, Pearce, Holgersson, Barklage, McCarty, Marquez, Lindpere, Richards, Cooper, Henry.
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Riley, Califf, McKenzie, Jazic, LaBrocca (Bolanos 9; Villafana 69), Minda, Gavin, Cardozo (Moreno 46),  Angel, Correa.
Referee: Armando Villareal.
Att.: 13,919.



May 23 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 2 FC Dallas 1. Goals: Grazzini (Pappa) 45, Pappa (unassisted) 63; Hedges (unassisted) 41.
Chicago -- Johnson; Gargan, Anibaba, Berry, Segares; Pause, Robayo; Nyarko, Grazzini (Pardo 76), Pappa (Bone 89); Oduro (Barouch 59).
FC Dallas -- Hartman; Loyd, John (Rodriguez 46), Hedges, Benitez; Jackson, Marcelin (Guarda 46), Jacobson, D.Hernandez, Leyva (Sealy 72); Perez.
Referee: Hilario Grajeda.
Att.: 11,947.



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STANDINGS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
27 D.C. United 8-4-3 28/18
26 New York 8-3-2 26/18
25 Sporting K 8-3-1 17/10
18 Chicago 5-4-3 15/15
18 Columbus 5-4-3 13/13
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16 Houston 4-3-4 12/11
13 New England 4-7-1 15/18
12 Montreal 3-7-3 15/21
8 Philadelphia 2-7-2 8/14
3 Toronto FC 1-9-0 8/21

WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
29 Real Salt Lake 9-3-2 22/14
27 San Jose 8-3-3 27/17
24 Seattle 7-3-3 16/9
19 Colorado 6-6-1 20/18
19 Vancouver 5-3-4 13/14
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15 Chivas USA 4-6-3 9/14
13 Portland 3-5-4 12/15
13 FC Dallas 3-8-4 15/24
11 Los Angeles 3-8-2 15/21
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Note: All times ET.

WEEK 13, MLS GAMES:
June 2
New England  vs. Chicago, 7:30 pm

WEEK 13, OTHER GAMES:
U.S. Open Cup, Third Round
May 29
San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) vs. Houston
Michigan Bucks (PDL) vs. Chicago
Sporting KC vs. Orlando City (USL PRO)
Richmond Kickers (USL PRO) vs. D.C. United
Columbus vs. Dayton Dutch Lions (USL PRO)
FC Dallas vs. Charlotte Eagles (USL PRO)
San Jose vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers (NASL)
Philadelphia vs. Rochester Rhinos (USL PRO)
Harrisburg City Islanders (USL PRO) vs. New England
Charleston Battery (USL PRO) vs. New York
Ventura County Fusion (PDL) vs. Chivas USA
Carolina RailHawks (NASL) vs. Los Angeles
Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) vs. Colorado
Real Salt Lake vs. Minnesota Stars (NASL)
May 30
Portland vs. Cal FC (USASA)
Seattle vs. Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)

WEEK 14, MLS GAMES:
June 10
Vancouver vs. Houston, 7 pm

WEEK 15, MLS GAMES:
June 16
Houston  vs. FC Dallas, 5 pm ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Philadelphia vs. D.C. United, 7 pm Galavision
Vancouver  vs. Colorado, 7 pm
Montreal  vs. Seattle, 7:30 pm
New England  vs. Columbus, 7:30 pm
Sporting KC vs. Toronto FC, 8:30 pm
Chivas USA vs. Real Salt Lake, 10:30 pm
June 17
Chicago  vs. New York, 5 pm NBCSN
Los Angeles  vs. Portland, 7 pm