Playoff contenders square off

• by Soccer America , Aug 22, 2013

[MLS SCHEDULE: Week 26] Several big conference games are on tap for Saturday. Montreal, third in the Eastern Conference, will host fifth-place Houston, while sixth-place New England faces a must-win game when it hosts Philadelphia, tied for third. Vancouver, fifth in the Western Conference, will take on the fourth-place LA Galaxy at B.C. Place. The San Jose Earthquakes will look to pull even with sixth-place FC Dallas with a win on the road.

MLS SCHEDULE, Week 26:
Friday, August 23
8:30 pm ET
Chicago vs. Sporting KC, NBCSN

Saturday, August 24
7 pm ET
D.C. United vs. Toronto FC
7 pm ET
Montreal vs. Houston
9 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. San Jose
9 pm ET
Vancouver vs. LA Galaxy
9:30 pm ET
Real Salt Lake vs. Columbus

Sunday, August 25
5 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. New York, UniMas
7:30 pm ET
New England vs. Philadelphia
10 pm ET
Seattle vs. Portland, ESPN2

MLS RESULTS, Week 26:
Wednesday, August 21
Chivas USA 1 FC Dallas 3.
CHV: Bryan de la Fuente (Marco Delgado) 43
DAL: Blas Perez (Fabian Castillo, David Ferreira) 71
DAL: David Ferreira (Ramon Nunez) 86
DAL: Ramon Nunez (Blas Perez) 90
Red card: FC Dallas -- Jackson 61.
Att.: 7,071.

Wednesday, August 21
Portland 3 Real Salt Lake 3.
POR: Rodney Wallace (Diego Valeri) 24
RSL: Nat Borchers  38
RSL: Javier Morales (pen.) 43
POR: Diego Valeri (pen.) 57
POR: Kalif Alhassan 86
RSL: Cole Grossman 90+3
Red card: Real Salt Lake -- Yordany Alvarez 79.
Att.: 20,674.
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MLS STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference:
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
39 Sporting KC 11-8-6 36/25
39 New York 11-8-6 36/31
38 Montreal 11-7-5 36/35
38 Philadelphia 10-7-8 36/32
36 Houston 10-7-6 29/24
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33 New England 9-8-6 29/23
31 Chicago 9-10-4 29/34
29 Columbus 8-11-5 29/30
20 Toronto FC 4-12-8 21/33
13 D.C. United 3-18-4 14/40

Western Conference:
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
42 Real Salt Lake 12-8-6 44/33
39 Colorado 10-7-9 33/27
39 Portland 9-3-12 37/25
37 LA Galaxy 11-9-4 39/32
36 Vancouver 10-8-6 37/31
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36 FC Dallas 9-7-9 34/36
34 Seattle 10-8-4 30/26
33 San Jose 9-10-6 25/35
18 Chivas USA 4-14-6 21/43
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MLS LEADING SCORERS:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
14 Camilo (Vancouver)
14 Mike Magee (Los Angeles/Chicago)
13 Marco Di Vaio (Montreal)
10 Robbie Keane (Los Angeles)
10 Jack McInerney (Philadelphia)
9+1 Blas Perez (FC Dallas)
9 Federico Higuain (Columbus)
9 Conor Casey (Philadelphia)
9 Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake)
9 Dominic Oduro (Columbus)
9 Claudio Bieler (Sporting KC)