Eastern Conference lead up for grabs Friday night

• by Soccer America , Sep 27, 2012

[MLS SCHEDULE: Week 30] First place in the Eastern Conference will be on the line Friday when the red-hot Chicago Fire travels to Sporting Kansas City (NBC Sports Network). The Fire will carry a four-game winning streak into the game. The San Jose Earthquakes can clinch the Western Conference title Saturday night with a win over FC Dallas, which is 4-1-2 over its last seven games and has moved to within striking distance of the Vancouver Whitecaps in the battle for the final playoff berth in the Western Conference. For all the weekend action ...

STANDINGS:
Friday, September 28
Sporting KC vs. Chicago, 8:30 pm NBCSN
Saturday, September 29
New York vs. Toronto FC, 7 pm
Columbus vs. Philadelphia, 7:30 pm
Houston vs. New England, 8:30 pm
Vancouver vs. Seattle, 9 pm NBCSN
San Jose vs. FC Dallas, 10:30 pm
Chivas USA vs. Real Salt Lake, 10:30 pm
Portland vs. D.C. United, 10:30 pm
Sunday, September 30
Colorado vs. LA Galaxy, 7 pm Galavision

STANDINGS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
55 Sporting KC 16-7-7 37/25
53 Chicago 16-8-5 42/34
50 New York 14-8-8 50/43
50 D.C. United 15-10-5 47/39
46 Houston 12-8-10 42/37
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45 Columbus 13-11-6 36/37
40 Montreal 12-15-4 44/49
30 Philadelphia 8-14-6 29/33
29 New England 7-15-8 37/41
22 Toronto FC 5-18-7 34/55

WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T- +/-
60 *San Jose 18-6-6 62/36
49 *Los Angeles 15-11-4 54/42
49 *Real Salt Lake 15-11-4 40/34
48 Seattle 13-7-9 45/31
38 Vancouver 10-12-8 31/40
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36 FC Dallas 9-12-9 35/38
30 Colorado 9-18-3 38/45
29 Portland 7-15-8 31/51
28 Chivas USA 7-15-7 21/45
*Clinched playoff berth.