In one of the wackiest as well as busiest weeks of the season so far, another shuffle of the top three moved New York City FC atop the heap after it beat previous leader Chicago, 2-1. After getting a
good point at Yankee Stadium, Toronto FC was held at home by Colorado, 1-1, to stay second.
Atlanta and FC Dallas kept up the pressure on the top trio by racking up their third
consecutive victories to stay fourth and fifth, respectively. The Red Bulls jumped back into the top 10 by routing the Quakes and Loons, and a pair of wins for the Sounders pushed them into the top
tier, albeit barely.
MLS WEEK 20: July 19 NY Red Bulls 5 San Jose 1.
Highlights
Montreal 2 Philadelphia 1.
Highlights NYCFC 2 Toronto FC 2.
Highlights
Minn. United 0 Houston 0. H
ighlights LA Galaxy 0 Vancouver 1.
Highlights Portland 1 Real Salt Lake 4.
Highlights Seattle 4 D.C. United 3.
Highlights July 21 Orlando City 0, Atlanta United 1.
Highlights July 22
New York City FC 2, Chicago 1.
Highlights Minnesota United 0, NY Red Bulls 3.
Highlights D.C. United 1, Houston 3. Hi
ghlights Toronto FC 1, Colorado 1.
Highlights Columbus 1, Philadelphia 0.
Highlights Montreal 1, FC Dallas 2. H
ighlights Real Salt Lake 1, Sporting
KC 1.
Highlights New England 4, LA Galaxy 3.
Highlights July 23 Vancouver 1, Portland 2.
Highlights Seattle 3, San Jose 0.
Highlights Only MLS results are factored into the Power Rankings, which include a team's record in parentheses and rank last
week.
1. NEW YORK CITY FC (11-6-4), 3. NYCFC took advantage of a disjointed Fire to win despite going down to 10 men early when
Yordy
Herrera incurred two quick cautions. NYCFC got goals by
David Villa and
Frederic Brilliant three minutes apart. Villa and
Maxi Moralez got on the
board against Toronto.
2. TORONTO FC (11-3-7), 2. After what would have been his first MLS goal against NYCFC was annulled by an offside call,
Jay
Chapman scored in the fifth minute against Colorado but TFC couldn't get to the finish line in front. In the 2-2 tie,
Ashtone Morgan scored his first
MLS goal early, head coach
Greg Vanney was dismissed for protesting an offside call, and
Victor Vazquez equalized in stoppage time.
3. CHICAGO (11-4-5), 1. Sometimes a team playing 11 against 10 just can't exploit the advantage and after being stung twice by NYCFC the Fire got one back quickly through
David Accam but could not extend its 11-game unbeaten streak.
4. ATLANTA UNITED (10-7-3), 4. A bit of buzzkill was laid down by
Gerardo "Tata"
Martino when he said a rivalry needs 50 games to take root but with a goal by
Hector Villalba AUFC took the early lead and in Orlando City Stadium as well.
5. FC DALLAS (9-3-7), 5. That's more like it. A eruption of four goals in 15 minutes -- including two by
Roland Lamah -- swept aside D.C. United.
Cristian
Colman timed his breakthrough perfectly to net his first two MLS goals after one was wrongly not given though the ball crossed the line. FCD has won three in a row and is unbeaten in its last
five.
6. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (8-4-9), 6. A penalty earned and converted by
Benny Feilhaber added a fifth tie to a seven-game un beaten streak as SKC
gave up the conference lead to FCD.
7. HOUSTON (9-7-5), 9. Four road points doubles their previous total and gives a little more foundation to their impressive rebound
from a dismal 2016. Three goals in the first 17 minutes at RFK Stadium is just what the Dynamo has been doing at home.
8. VANCOUVER (8-8-3), 7. After a Tony Tchani
goal earned a vital victory at StubHub Center the 'Caps failed to hold serve at B.C. Place, where they are an okay 5-3-2 this season. Presumably buoyed by an
Andrew Jacobson equalizer
just before halftime, they instead gave up a second goal four minutes into the second half.
9. NY RED BULLS (10-8-2), 11. They needed a big week and got six points along
with eight goals.
Sacha Kljestan notched his first of the season in the rout of San Jose, and after bagging the last two in that game,
Daniel Royer opened the scoring
in the defeat of MNUFC.
10. MONTREAL (6-7-6), 8. A lead provided by a
Michael Salazar goal did not hold up but he's scored three goals in as many games.
He got the first goal against Philly and
Blerim Dzemaili's winner was his fourth tally in his first eight MLS games. Dzemaili also has four assists.
11. SEATTLE
(8-7-6), 16. The week belonged to
Cristian Roldan and head coach
Brian Schmetzer. After icing the first victory from a 3-0 deficit in league history by
scoring the winning goal, Roldan notched two more goals against the Quakes. No team had ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win in MLS.
12. SAN JOSE (7-9-5), 10. The
Chris Leitch era in San Jose ran into its first major snag. The Quakes didn't play all that badly in a 5-1 loss to the Red Bulls in which recently signed DP
Valeri
Qazaishvili scored his first MLS goal, but succumbed again in Seattle. They've conceded 12 goals in three straight defeats.
13. COLUMBUS (10-10-1), 18. Crew SC
faces the Union again Wednesday in another game crucial to the playoff hopes of both teams.
Justin Meram scored the only goal of the game in the 65th minute.
14.
NEW ENGLAND (6-9-5), 15. The Revs continue to confound. They needed a pair of goals three minutes apart from substitute
Teal Bunbury to subdue the Galaxy after blowing a pair
of one-goal leads.
15. COLORADO (6-11-2), 17. Trailing early in a tough venue, the Rapids scraped out their first road point of the season (!) with a
Dominique
Badji goal in the 76th minute.
16. REAL SALT LAKE (7-12-3), 20. After failing to win eight times at Providence Park, RSL overpowered a shorthanded host.
Kyle
Beckerman scored in the 10th minute and
Joao Plata sandwiched a pair of goals around one by
Albert Rusnak. Against SKC, a goal by
Luis Silva just
before halftime was all it had to show for a 20-10 advantage in shots.
17. PORTLAND (8-8-6), 14. Goals by
Jeremy Ebobisse and
Sebastian
Blanco enabled the Timbers to snap a six-game winless streak and put back the pieces of a first-ever home loss to RSL in which
Victor Arboleda and
Fanendo
Adi were sent off two minutes apart early in the second half.
18. PHILADELPHIA (6-9-5), 13. A lineup depleted by injuries and callups failed to put a shot on
goal in Columbus. Fafa Picault tied the match in Montreal just before halftime but Philly conceded the winner just six minutes into the second period.
19. L.A. GALAXY (6-10-4),
12. Defende
r Daniel Steres equalized not once but twice and still the Galaxy couldn't avoid a defeat, its fifth in a row. A very unfit J
ermaine Jones lasted
until halftime in his return to action.
20. ORLANDO CITY (8-8-5), 19. The Lions lost the first game against their Southern neighbors despite a substitute appearance
by
Cyle Larin, fresh off his short stint with Canada as a knockout-round addition.
21. MINNESOTA UNITED (5-12-4), 21. The back-to-back blankings extended
its barren run without a goal to 351 minutes. Against Houston
Kevin Molino took three shots, and
Christian Ramirez one, and that was it.
22. D.C.
UNITED (5-13-3), 22. Weeks don’t get much bleaker than this. United is the first team to lose an MLS game in regulation time after leading 3-0 (goals by
Deshorn Brown,
Ian Harkes and
Lloyd Sam. Then it gave up three goals in the first 17 minutes at home. Oh, 2018, where art thou?