MLS Rewind ...

• by Soccer America , Sep 20, 2012

[WEEK 29] Playing his first game at PPL Park since being traded in August, Colombian Lionard Pajoy scored in the 67th minute to give D.C. United a 1-0 win over his old club, the Philadelphia Union, on Thursday. The victory -- D.C. United's first on the road in three months -- moved it into fourth place ahead of the Houston Dynamo and Columbus Crew in the Eastern Conference playoff battle. This weekend's action is highlighted by the game between the San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders. A win by the Quakes in Seattle will all but wrap up the Western Conference title. For all the midweek action ...

Note: All times ET.

WEEK 29, MLS RESULTS:
Sept. 20 in Chester, Pa.
Philadelphia 0 D.C. United 1. Goal: Pajoy (Pontius, Maicon Santos) 67.
Philadelphia -- MacMath, Williams, G.Farfan (Hoffman, 70), Okugo, Valdes, Carroll, Cruz, Daniel, Gomez (Adu, 77), Hoppenot (Martinez, 57), McInerney.
D.C. United -- Hamid, Jakovic, Korb, McDonald, DeLeon, Boskovic (Maicon Santos, 57), Najar, Kitchen, Neal, Pontius, Pajoy.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 16,024.

Sept. 19 in Harrison, N.J.
New York 0 Sporting KC 2. Goals: Sapong (Besler) 12, Kamara (Zusi) 19.
New York -- Gaudette, Lade, Holgersson, Pearce, Conde, Tainio (Le Toux 74), McCarty (Cooper 46), Marquez, Lindpere (Sam 69), Cahill, Henry.
Sporting KC -- Nielsen, Sinovic, Besler, Collin, Myers, Julio Cesar, Nagamura (Olum 90), Espinoza (Peterson 79), Zusi (Rosell 92+), Kamara, Sapong.
Referee: David Gantar.
Att.: 10,286.

Sept. 19 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus 1 Chivas USA 0. Goal: Meram (Arrieta) 89.
Columbus -- Gruenebaum, Marshall, James, O'Rourke, Williams, Miranda, Duka (Renteria, 57), Gaven (Meram, 80), Mirosevic (Tchani, 67), Arrieta, Higuain.
Chivas USA -- Kennedy, Califf, Valencia, Riley, Jazic, Minda, LaBrocca (Villafana, 77), Smith (Agudelo, 72), Bolanos, Zemanski, Moreno (Correa, 84).
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez.
Att.: 13,874.

Sept. 19 in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Jose 2 Portland 2. Goals: Mwanga (Wallace) 45, Mwanga (Songo'o) 62; Wondolowski (Lenhart, Gordon) 73, Wondolowski (Cronin) 90th+.
San Jose -- Busch, Morrow, Opara, Corrales, Beitashour, Bernardez, Cronin, Baca (Gordon, 63),  Ballouchy (Wondolowski, 59), Dawkins, Lenhart.
Portland -- Bendik, Horst, Wallace, Mosquera, Palmer (Kimura, 83), Smith, Nagbe, Songo'o, Jewsbury, Mwanga (Brunner, 85), Boyd (Dike, 16).
Referee: Armando Villarreal.

STANDINGS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
54 Sporting KC 16-7-6 37/25
50 Chicago 15-8-5 40/33
49 New York 14-8-7 49/42
47 D.C. United 14-10-5 46/39
46 Houston 12-7-10 41/34
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45 Columbus 13-10-6 35/35
39 Montreal 12-15-3 44/49
28 New England 7-15-7 36/40
27 Philadelphia 7-14-6 26/32
22 Toronto FC 5-17-7 32/51

WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
57 San Jose 17-6-6 60/34
48 Seattle 13-6-9 44/29
46 Los Angeles 14-11-4 50/40
46 Real Salt Lake 14-11-4 38/33
37 Vancouver 10-12-7 29/38
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36 FC Dallas 9-12-9 35/38
29 Colorado 9-18-2 36/43
29 Portland 7-14-8 30/47
28 Chivas USA 7-14-7 21/44

Note: All times ET.

WEEK 29, MLS GAMES:
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Montreal vs. Sporting KC, 1 pm
New England vs. New York, 7:30 pm
Real Salt Lake vs. Portland, 8:00 pm NBCSN
Chicago vs. Columbus, 8:30 pm
Seattle vs. San Jose, 10:30 pm
LA Galaxy vs. Toronto FC, 10:30 pm

Sunday, September 23, 2012
Philadelphia vs. Houston, 4 pm
D.C. United vs. Chivas USA, 7 pm Galavision
Vancouver vs. Colorado, 7:30 pm