MLS Week 8: FC Dallas win battle of unbeatens

• by Soccer America , Apr 23, 2017

FC Dallas won the battle of MLS's unbeatens as Mayor Figueroa's first-minute goal held up for a 1-0 win over Sporting KC. Orlando City took over the lead in the Eastern Conference with a 2-1 win at New York City FC.

MLS WEEK 8, RESULTS:
Wednesday, April 19
New England 0 San Jose 0.
New England -- Cropper; Angoua, Mlinar, Farrell, Tierney; Caldwell, Fagundez, Kobayashi (Kamara 52), Nguyen, Rowe; Agudelo (Kouassi 78).
San Jose -- Bingham; Bernardez, Jungwirth, Francis, Lima; Alashe, Godoy, Hyka, Cato (Thompson 69); Hoesen (Urena 69), Wondolowski (Ceren 83).
Att.: 10,487.




Friday, April 21
Toronto FC 3 Chicago 1.
TOR: Sebastian Giovinco (Victor Vazquez) 28
TOR: Eriq Zavaleta (Justin Morrow) 32
TOR: Sebastian Giovinco 82
CHI: David Accam (Luis Solignac) 88
Toronto FC -- Bono, Zavaleta, Hagglund, Morrow, Beitashour, Edwards, Bradley, Delgado (Osorio 81), Vazquez (Chapman 66), Altidore, Giovinco (Cheyrou 85).
Chicago -- Bava, Harrington, Kappelhof, Meira, Vincent, Juninho, McCarty, Schweinsteiger (Alvarez 84), Solignac, Nikolic (Johnson 70), de Leeuw (Accam 61).  
Att.: 27,097.

Saturday, April 22
Houston 2 San Jose 0.
HOU: Erick Torres pen. 9
HOU: Alberth Elis (Eric Alexander) 72
Houston -- Willis; Garcia, Beasley, Leonardo, Machado; Garcia, Cabezas, Alexander; Alex; Elis (Manotas 77), Torres (Quioto 72).
San Jose -- Bingham; Lima, Alashe, Jungwirth, Francis (Thompson 73); Cato, Ceren, Godoy, Salinas (Hyka 46); Wondolowski, Ureña (Hoesen 64).
Att.: 16,918.



Saturday, April 22
Portland 2 Vancouver 1.
POR: Darlington Nagbe (David Guzman), 18
POR: Darren Mattocks (Darlington Nagbe, Diego Valeri) 40
VAN: Fredy Montero, 59
Portland -- Attinella, Powell, Olum, Ridgewell, Vytas, Guzman, Chara, Asprilla (Blanco 77), Valeri (Barmby 79), Nagbe, Adi.
Vancouver -- Ousted, Waston, Harvey, Williams, Parker, Bolanos, Tchani (Greig 87), Jacobson, Laba, Techera, Montero.
Att.: 21,144.



Saturday, April 22
New England 2 D.C. United 2.
NE: Lee Nguyen (Kei Kamara, Scott Caldwell) 5
DC: Jared Jeffrey 26
DC: Sebastien Le Toux (Lloyd Sam) 28
NE: own goal (Sean Franklin) 48
New England -- Cropper; Rowe (Kobayashi 90+1), Delamea, J.Smith, Farrell; Kouassi; Fagundez, Caldwell (Tierney 67); Nguyen (Bunbury 75); Kamara, Agudelo.
D.C. United -- Hamid; Tissot, Boswell, Opare, Franklin; Jeffrey; Neagle, Sarvas (Acosta 77), Harkes, Sam; Le Toux (Ortiz 74).
Att.: 16,591.

Saturday, April 22
NY Red Bulls 2 Columbus 0.
NY: Alex Muyl (Kemar Lawrence, Sacha Kljestan) 11
NY: Danny Royer pen. 38
NY Red Bulls -- Robles; Lawrence, Long, Collin, Lade, Adams, Felipe, Royer, Kljestan (Davis 84), Muyl (Etienne 66), Wright-Phillips (Gulbrandsen 73).
Columbus -- Steffen; Raitala, Naess, Afful, Crognale (Williams 39), Trapp, Higuain, Justin Artur (Abu 6), Hansen (Finlay 61), Kamara.
Att.: 20,008.



Saturday, April 22
FC Dallas 1 Sporting KC 0.
FCD: Maynor Figueroa (Michael Barrios, Hernan Grana) 1
FC Dallas -- Gonzalez; Grana, Zimmerman, Hedges,r Figueroa; Acosta, Gruezo, Lamah (Harris 86), Morales (Ulloa 85), Akindele (Barrios 73); Urruti.
Sporting KC -- Melia; Zusi, Opara, Besler, Sinovic; Espinoza, Ilie, Feilhaber (Mustivar 72); Gerso (Blessing 84), Dwyer, Medranda (Salloi 81).
Att.: 15,411.



Saturday, April 22
Real Salt Lake 1 Atlanta United 3.
ATL: Tito Villalba 9
ATL: Yamil Asad (Miguel Almiron) 46
RSL: Albert Rusnak (Luke Mulholland) 69
ATL: Brandon Vazquez (Julian Gressel) 90+6
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando (VanOekel 58); Phillips, Wingert (Saucedo 72), Schuler, Acosta; Beckerman, Rusnak, Mulholland (Silva 85); Lennon, Plata, Movsisyan.
Atlanta United -- Kann; Garza, Gonzalez Pirez, Parkhurst, Mears; Larentowicz, Carmona; Asad (Kratz 90), Almiron, Villalba (Gressel 78); Jones (Vazquez 90+3).
Att.: 18,946.



Saturday, April 22
Philadelphia 3 Montreal 3.
PHI: Roland Alberg (CJ Sapong) 5
PHI: CJ Sapong (Chris Pontius, Haris Medunjanin) 23
PHI: Roland Alberg pen. 39
MTL: Ignacio Piatti (Marco Donadel) 41
MTL: Anthony Jackson-Hamel (Ambroise Oyongo) 69
MTL: Anthony Jackson-Hamel 87
Philadelphia -- Blake; Gaddis, Elliott, Marquez, Fabinho; Medunjanin, Bedoya; Pontius (Herbers 73), Alberg (Jones 86), Ilsinho (Picault 66); Sapong.
Montreal -- Bush; Duvall, Camara (Fisher 90+2), Ciman, Oyongo; Donadel, Bernardello (Tabla 46); Oduro (Jackson-Hamel 62), Bernier, Piatti; Mancosu.
Att.: 15,107.

Sunday, April 23
New York City FC 1 Orlando City 2.
ORL: Cyle Larin (Scott Sutter, Carlos Rivas) 31
ORL: Cyle Larin (Danny Toia) 51
NYC: David Villa (Maxi Moralez) 74
New York City FC -- Johnson; Wallace, Callens, Chanot, White (Camargo 87); Moralez, Pirlo (Herrera 56), Ring; McNamara (Stertzer 73), Villa, Harrison
Orlando -- Bendik; Toia, Spector, Redding, Sutter; Nocerino; Higuita (Gil 64), Johnson; Barnes (Carrasco 83); Rivas (Perez Garcia 90+3), Larin.
Att.: 22,470.

Sunday, April 23
LA Galaxy 0 Seattle 3.
SEA: Clint Dempsey (Nicolas Lodeiro, Joevin Jones) 29
SEA: own goal (Ashley Cole 35
SEA: Jordan Morris (Clint Dempsey, Jordy Delem) 44
LA Galaxy -- Rowe; Smith (Jamieson 72), Steres, Van Damme, Cole (Romney 84); Alessandrini, Jermaine Jones, Pedro, Boateng (Husidic 38); dos Santos, Zardes.
Seattle -- Frei; Delem, Joevin Jones, Svensson, Alfaro; Lodeiro, Dempsey (Wingo 85), Roldan, Morris (Shipp 68), Alonso, Bruin.
Att.: 24,931.

Sunday, April 23
Minn. United 1 Colorado 0.
MNU: Miguel Ibarra (Johan Venegas) 72
Minn. United -- Shuttleworth; Burch, Calvo, Kallman (Taylor 66), Thiesson; Cronin, Ibson, Molino (Davis 84), J.Venegas, Ibarra (Danladi 85); Ramirez.
Colorado -- MacMath; Miller, Burling, Ford, Williams; Powers, Azira, Hairston, Saeid, Badji (Gordon 75); Doyle.
Att.: 17,491.

MLS STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
15 Orlando City 5-1-0 8/5
13 Columbus 4-3-1 11/10
13 NY Red Bulls 4-3-1 9/9
11 Atlanta United 3-2-2 17/8
11 Chicago 3-2-2 10/10
10 New York City FC 3-3-1 11/7
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10 Toronto FC 2-1-4 10/7
9 New England 2-3-3 11/11
8 D.C. United 2-3-2 6/12
7 Montreal 1-2-4 10/12
3 Philadelphia 0-4-3 8/14
Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
16 Portland 5-2-1 18/10
14 FC Dallas 4-0-2 8/3
13 Houston 4-2-1 15/11
12 Sporting KC 3-1-3 6/3
9 Seattle 2-2-3 11/8
9 San Jose 2-3-3 8/10
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8 Real Salt Lake 2-4-2 9/12
8 Minn. United 2-4-2 13/24
7 Vancouver 2-4-1 9/13
6 LA Galaxy 2-5-0 8/13
4 Colorado 1-4-1 5/9

MLS LEADING SCORERS:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
6 Erick Torres (Houston)
5 Josef Martinez (Atlanta United)
5 Fanendo Adi (Portland)
5 Diego Valeri (Portland)
5 Christian Ramirez (Minnesota United)