Real Salt Lake and Portland set for round 3

• by Soccer America , Aug 29, 2013

[MLS SCHEDULE: Week 27] Despite having played three more games, Real Salt Lake will open up an eight-point lead at the top of the Western Conference with a win at home over Portland in their third meeting of the month. RSL won at home, 2-1, in the semifinals of the Open Cup and rallied to tie the Timbers, 3-3, in stoppage time in Portland nine days ago. In Friday's other match, New England could climb to as high as second place with a win at Toronto FC.

MLS SCHEDULE, Week 27:
Friday, August 30
7 p.m. ET
Toronto FC vs. New England
10 p.m. ET
Real Salt Lake vs. Portland, NBCSN

Saturday, August 31
7:30 p.m. ET
Columbus vs. Seattle
Philadelphia vs. Montreal
8 p.m. ET
New York vs. D.C. United, NBCSN
8:30 p.m. ET
Sporting KC vs. Colorado
10:30 p.m. ET
LA Galaxy vs. San Jose

Sunday, September 1
3 p.m. ET
Chicago vs. Houston, UniMas
7 p.m. ET
Vancouver vs. Chivas USA
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MLS STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference:
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
41 Montreal 12-7-5 41/35
39 New York 11-9-6 38/34
39 Sporting KC 11-9-6 36/26
38 Philadelphia 10-8-8 37/37
36 New England 10-8-6 34/24
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36 Houston 10-8-6 29/29
34 Chicago 10-10-4 30/34
29 Columbus 8-12-5 29/34
21 Toronto FC 4-12-9 22/34
14 D.C. United 3-18-5 15/41

Western Conference:
PTS TEAM W-L-T +/-
45 Real Salt Lake 13-8-6 48/33
40 LA Galaxy 12-9-4 40/32
39 Colorado 10-7-9 33/27
39 Portland 9-4-12 37/26
37 Seattle 11-8-4 31/26
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37 FC Dallas 9-7-10 36/38
36 Vancouver 10-9-6 37/32
34 San Jose 9-10-7 27/37
21 Chivas USA 5-14-6 24/45
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MLS LEADING SCORERS:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
15 Marco Di Vaio (Montreal)
14 Camilo (Vancouver)
14 Mike Magee (Los Angeles/Chicago)
10 Blas Perez (FC Dallas)
10 Robbie Keane (Los Angeles)
10 Jack McInerney (Philadelphia)
9 Federico Higuain (Columbus)
9 Conor Casey (Philadelphia)
9 Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake)
9 Dominic Oduro (Columbus)
9 Claudio Bieler (Sporting KC)
8 Diego Fagundez (New England)
8 Ryan Johnson (Portland)
8 Chris Wondolowski (San Jose)
8 Juan Agudelo (New England)

MLS SCHEDULE, Week 28:
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
7:30 pm ET
Columbus vs. Houston
10 pm ET
Seattle vs. Chivas USA

Saturday, September 7
8:30 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. Vancouver
Sporting KC vs. Columbus
10 pm ET
Seattle vs. Chicago, NBCSN
10:30 pm ET
LA Galaxy vs. Colorado
11 pm ET
Portland vs. Toronto FC

Sunday, September 8
5 pm ET
Houston vs. New York, UniMas
7:30 pm ET
New England vs. Montreal
9 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. D.C. United
11 pm ET
San Jose vs. Philadelphia, ESPN2

MLS SCHEDULE, Week 29:
Wednesday, September 11
7:30 pm ET
Toronto FC vs. Chicago

Friday, September 13
10 pm ET
Seattle vs. Real Salt Lake, NBCSN

Saturday, September 14
2 pm ET
Montreal vs. Columbus
4 pm ET
D.C. United vs. LA Galaxy, UniMas
7 pm ET
New York vs. Toronto FC
7:30 pm ET
Philadelphia vs. Houston
8:30 pm ET
Chicago vs. New England
9 pm ET
Colorado vs. FC Dallas
10:30 pm ET
San Jose vs. Vancouver
Chivas USA vs. Portland