FC Dallas and Sporting KC welcome back stars

• by Soccer America , Jun 21, 2013

[MLS SCHEDULE: Week 17] FC Dallas will look to hold on to its narrow Western Conference lead when it hosts Sporting Kansas City, which hasn't played an MLS game in three weeks -- plenty of time to think about its three-game winless streak that dropped into seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

FC Dallas should have Blas Perez available. He missed the Panama-USA World Cup qualifier with diverticulitis but came back to play in the Canaleros' 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on Tuesday night. Kenny Cooper will also likely play after missing the 1-0 loss in Portland to be with his family following his father Kenny Cooper Sr.’s heart attack

Sporting KC welcomed back seven players from international duty, including U.S. national team starters Matt Besler and Graham Zusi.

In their absence, the only game Sporting KC played was a 1-0 loss to USL PRO's Orlando City in the U.S. Open Cup.

Week 17:
Goals: 9/4 GP (Avg.: 2.25)
Video: Timeline

MLS SCHEDULE: Week 17
Saturday, June 22
7 pm ET
D.C. United vs. San Jose
8 pm ET
Columbus vs. Chicago
8:30 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. Sporting KC
9 pm ET
Houston vs. Toronto FC
9:30 pm ET
Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle

Sunday, June 23
5 pm ET
Philadelphia vs. New York, ESPN
7 pm ET
Portland vs. Colorado, NBCSN
11 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. LA Galaxy, UniMas

MLS REWIND: Week 17
Wednesday, June 19
LA Galaxy 0 Portland 0.
Att.: 23,675.

Wednesday, June 19
Vancouver 3 Chivas USA 1.
CHV: Tristan Bowen (Carlos Alvarez) 7
VAN: Jordan Harvey (Camilo, Russell Teibert) 47
VAN: Camilo (Russell Teibert) 49
VAN: Camilo
Att.: 16,130.

Wednesday, June 19
Montreal 2 Houston 0.
MTL: Felipe (Patrice Bernier) 14
MTL: Marco Di Vaio 32
Att.: 17,694.

Wednesday, June 19
Chicago 2 Colorado 1.
COL: Deshorn Brown 17   
CHI: Mike Magee 23
CHI: Austin Berry (Jeff Larentowicz) 47
Att.: 11,349.
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MLS STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference:
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
29 Montreal 9-3-2 24/17
25 New York 7-5-4 23/19
22 Houston 6-4-4 19/16
22 Philadelphia 6-5-4 22/24
20 New England 5-5-5 18/13
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20 Columbus 5-5-5 18/16
19 Sporting KC 5-5-4 18/13
15 Chicago 4-7-3 13/20
11 Toronto FC 2-7-5 13/20
6 D.C. United 1-11-3 7/26

Western Conference:
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
28 FC Dallas 8-3-4 23/18
27 Real Salt Lake 8-5-3 24/16
27 Portland 6-1-9 25/16
22 Vancouver 6-5-4  25/24
21 LA Galaxy 6-6-3 22/18
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21 Seattle 6-4-3 19/15
20 Colorado 5-6-5 17/16
18 San Jose 4-6-6 15/24
11 Chivas USA 3-9-2 14/29
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MLS LEADING SCORERS:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
10+1 Marco Di Vaio (Montreal)
10 Jack McInerney (Philadelphia)
9+1 Mike Magee (Los Angeles/Chicago)
8+2 Camilo (Vancouver)
7 Dominic Oduro (Columbus)
7 Claudio Bieler (Sporting KC)
6 Robert Earnshaw (Toronto FC)
6 Thierry Henry (New York)

MLS SCHEDULE, Week 18:
Saturday, June 29
1 pm ET
Toronto FC vs. Real Salt Lake
5:30 pm ET
Philadelphia vs. FC Dallas, NBCSN
7 pm ET
Montreal vs. Colorado, Univision Dep.
D.C. United vs. Vancouver
8:30 pm ET
Sporting KC vs. Columbus
10:30 pm ET
San Jose vs. LA Galaxy (at Stanford Stadium)
Chivas USA vs. New England

Sunday, June 30
2 pm ET
New York vs. Houston, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN Deportes