MLS Week 13: Galaxy rolls on in Cali Clasico

The LA Galaxy won its third straight game, all on the road, when it beat the San Jose Earthquakes, 4-2. Giovani dos Santos had two goals to extend his scoring streak to four games. All five teams that began the day below the red line in the Western Conference won on Saturday.

MLS STREAKS:
UNBEATEN
8 Toronto FC (7 wins, 1 tie)
5 Chicago (4 wins, 1 tie)
5 LA Galaxy (3 wins, 2 ties)
3 Atlanta United (2 wins, 1 tie)
WINLESS
6 Orlando City (4 losses, 2 ties)
5 Portland (3 losses, 2 ties)
4 FC Dallas (2 losses, 2 ties)
3 Houston (2 losses, 1 tie)

MLS RESULTS, WEEK 13:
Thursday, May 25
Chicago 2 FC Dallas 1.
CHI:
Nemanja Nikolic (Brandon Vincent, Bastian Schweinsteiger) 3
FCD: Roland Lamah (Cristian Colman) 6
CHI: David Accam (Johan Kappelhof) 9
Chicago -- Lampson, Kappelhof, Polster, Vincent, Meira, Solignac (Juninho 58), Accam (Alvarez 85), Schweinsteiger, de Leeuw (Campbell 75), McCarty, Nikolic.
FC Dallas --
Seitz, Guillen (Hollingshead 89), Hedges, Hume, Harris, Ulloa, Lamah (Barrios 74), Cermeno (Morales 63), Gruezo, Akindele, Colman.
Att.: 12,584.



Friday, May 26

Toronto FC 5 Columbus 0.
TFC: Victor Vazquez pen. 6
TFC: Justin Morrow (Ben Spencer) 39
TFC: Victor Vazquez 59
TFC: Jonathan Osorio (Jordan Hamilton) 86
TFC: Jordan Hamilton (Raheem Edwards, Jonathan Osorio) 90+3
Toronto FC -- Bono; Zavaleta, Moor, Mavinga; Beitashour, Vazquez (Osorio 68), Bradley, Delgado, Morrow; Rickets (Edwards 83), Spencer (Hamilton 60).
Columbus -- Steffen; Afful, Naess, Mensah, Francis; Hansen, Trapp, Higuain (Jahn 65), Meram (Artur 40); Manneh, Kamara (Finlay 68).
Red Card: Toronto FC -- Marco Delgado 81.
Att.: 25,376.



Saturday, May 27
Seattle 1 Portland 0.
SEA: Cristian Roldan (Chad Marshall, Nico Lodeiro) 4
Seattle -- Frei; Evans, Marshall, Svensson, Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Shipp (Delem 80), Lodeiro, Dempsey; Morris (Fisher 90+1).
Portland -- Gleeson; Valentin, Miller (Barmby 83), Ridgewell, Vytas, Guzman (Okugo 46), Olum, Blanco (Asprilla 72), Valeri, Nagbe; Adi.
Att.: 47,362.



Saturday, May 27
Vancouver 0 D.C. United 1.
DC: Lamar Neagle pen. 61
D.C. United -- Hamid; Kemp, Opare, Birnbaum, Korb; Jeffrey; Neagle, Harkes, Acosta (Sarvas 78), Le Toux; Ortiz (Mullins 64).
Vancouver -- Ousted, Harvey, Waston, Williams (Rosales 90), Parker, Bolanos, Jacobson, Techera, Tchani (Mezquida 79), Davies (Shea 63), Montero.
Att.: 20,905.



Saturday, May 27
NY Red Bulls 2 New England 1.
NE: Lee Nguyen pen. 9
NY: Bradley Wright-Phillips 47
NY: Daniel Royer 4 (Kemar Lawrence, Felipe) 74
NY Red Bulls -- Robles; Lawrence, Long ( Lade 86), Perrinelle, Zizzo, Davis, Felipe, Grella (Veron 70), Kljestan, Royer (Muyl 79), Wright-Phillips.
New England -- Cropper; Watson (Bunbury 82), Tierney, Delamea, Koffie (Caldwell 79), Woodberry, Kouassi, Fagundez, Rowe, Kamara (Agudelo 66), Nguyen.
Att.: 19,252.



Saturday, May 27
Minn. United 1 Orlando City 0.
MIN: Christian Ramirez (Johan Venegas, Ibson) 56
Minnesota United -- Shuttleworth; Thiesson, Kallman, Calvo, Marc Burch, Cronin (Warner 77), Ibson, Venegas (Taylor 86), Jome (Martin 79), Ibarra, Ramirez.
Orlando City -- Bendik, PC, Spector, Aja, Sutter, Nocerino (Higuita 74), Johnson, Gil (Barnes 72), Perez Garcia, Rivas, Larin.
Att.: 18,896.



Saturday, May 27
Colorado 1 Sporting KC 0.
COL: Kortne Ford (Shkelzen Gashi) 11
Colorado -- Howard; Hairston (Williams 86), Burling, Ford, Miller (da Fonte 46); Azira, Powers, Gashi,  Saeid (Gatt 76); Badji, Doyle.
Sporting KC -- Melia; Zusi, Opara, Besler, Sinovic; Espinoza, Ilie, Feilhaber; Gerso, Blessing, Medranda (Saad 74).
Red Card: Sporting KC -- Roger Espinoza 93+.
Att.: 17,648.



Saturday, May 27
Real Salt Lake 1 Philadelphia 0.
RSL: Joao Plata (Jefferson Savarino) 36
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando; Wingert, Schuler, Maund, Beltran; Mulholland, Sunny, Rusnak, Savarino (Holness, 88); Plata (Schmidt 90+1), Silva (Movsisyan 64).
Philadelphia -- Blake; Fabinho, Onyewu, Elliott, Gaddis; Picault (Simpson 61); Pontius (Alberg 71), Ilsinho (Epps, 83), Bedoya, Medunjanin; Sapong.
Att.: 18,305.



Saturday, May 27
San Jose 2 LA Galaxy 4.
SJ: Chris Wondolowski (Danny Hoesen) 10
LA: Joao Pedro (Ashley Cole) 19
LA: Giovani dos Santos pen. 35
SJ: Danny Hoesen (Tommy Thompson) 37
LA: own goal (Victor Bernardez ) 44
LA: Giovani dos Santos (Romain Alessandrini) 65
LA Galaxy -- Rowe; Diallo, Steres (Romney 43), Van Damme, Cole; Joao Pedro, Garcia (Jaime Villarreal 87); Alessandrini, dos Santos, Boateng (McInerney 64); Zardes.
San Jose -- Bingham; Cato, Jungwirth, Bernardez (Dawkins 79), Sarkodie (Lima 46); Hyka, Thompson, Ceren; Hoesen, Urena, Wondolowski.
Att.: 18,000.



Sunday, May 28
Atlanta United 3 New York City FC 1.
ATL: Miguel Almiron (Julian Gressel, Tito Villalba) 16
ATL: Tito Villalba (Yamil Asad) 19
ATL: Miguel Almiron (Julian Gressel) 23
NYC: Jack Harrison (Ben Sweat) 71
Atlanta United -- Kann; Garza, Gonzalez Pirez, Parkhurst, Mears; Carmona, Larentowicz; Asad, Almiron (McCann 90), Gressel (Kratz 79); Villalba (Jones 85).
New York City FC -- Johnson; Sweat (McNamara 85)  Callens, Chanot, White (Allen 59); Ring, Lopez (Okoli 72), Moralez; Wallace, Villa, Harrison.
Att.: 44,901.



Sunday, May 28
FC Dallas 0 Houston 0.
FC Dallas -- Gonzalez; Grana, Zimmerman (Harris 24), Hedges, Figueroa; Barrios, Acosta, Gruezo, Lamah (Diaz 81); Colman (Akindele 74), Urruti.
Houston -- Deric; DeLaGarza, Machado, Leonardo (Anibaba 78), Beasley; Clark, Cabezas, Alex; Elis (Sanchez 64), Torres, Manotas (Wenger 76).
Att.: 15,055.

MLS STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
29 Toronto FC 8-1-5 26/12
24 Chicago 7-3-3 23/16
20 NYC FC 6-5-2 23/16
20 Orlando City 6-5-2 14/18
20 NY Red Bulls 6-6-2 15/20
19 Columbus 6-7-1 20/24
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18 Atlanta United 5-4-3 27/17
16 Philadelphia 4-5-4 19/16
16 New England 4-5-4 21/19
14 D.C. United 4-6-2 10/19
13 Montreal 3-4-4 18/18
Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
22 Sporting KC 6-4-4 16/10
20 Houston 6-5-2 22/20
20 FC Dallas 5-2-5 15/9
19 San Jose 5-5-4 16/18
18 Portland 5-5-3 22/21
17 LA Galaxy 5-5-2 19/19
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16 Vancouver 5-6-1 15/17
16 Seattle 4-5-4 17/19
14 Minn. United 4-7-2 19/30
14 Real Salt Lake 4-8-2 12/24
10 Colorado 3-8-1 10/17

MLS LEADING SCORERS:

G PLAYER (TEAM)
11+1 Nemanja Nikolic (Chicago)
9 Erick Torres (Houston)
8+1 Christian Ramirez (Minn. United)
8 David Villa (NYC FC)
8 C.J. Sapong (Philadelphia)
7+2 Miguel Almiron (Atlanta United)
7+1 David Accam (Chicago)
7 Ola Kamara (Columbus)
7 Cyle Larin (Orlando City)
7 Justin Meram (Columbus)
6+2 Giovani dos Santos (LA Galaxy)
6+1 Bradley Wright-Phillips (NY Red Bulls)
6+1 Lee Nguyen (New England)
6+1 Chris Wondolowski (San Jose)
6 Ignacio Piatti (Montreal)
6 Diego Valeri (Portland)
6 Fanendo Adi (Portland)
6 Juan Agudelo (New England)
6 Romain Alessandrini (LA Galaxy)
6 Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC)
6 Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC)
6 Maximiliano Urruti (FC Dallas)

MLS SCHEDULE, WEEK 14:
Wednesday, May 31
New York City vs. New England 7:30 pm
Columbus vs. Seattle 7:30 pm
Orlando City vs. D.C. United 7:30 pm
Houston vs. Real Salt Lake 8:30 pm
Friday, June 2
Portland vs. San Jose 11 pm UniMas
Saturday, June 3
New York City vs. Philadelphia 4 pm
Sporting KC vs. Minn. United 5 pm ESPN
Vancouver vs. Atlanta United 5:30 pm
D.C. United vs. LA Galaxy 7 pm
New England vs. Toronto FC 7:30 pm
Montreal vs. NY Red Bulls 7:30 pm
FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake 8 pm
Colorado vs. Columbus 9 pm
Sunday, June 4
Orlando City vs. Chicago 7:30 pm FS1
Seattle vs. Houston 10 pm
All times ET.

MLS SCHEDULE, WEEK 15:
Saturday, June 10
Chicago vs. Atlanta United 4 pm UniMas
Sporting KC vs. Montreal 8 pm
Portland vs. FC Dallas 10:30 pm
All times ET.
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