Columbus kept its first-place lead in the East while West leader Houston settled for a tie on the road. For all the weekend results, standings, leading goal scorers and schedules …
MLS STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
Columbus 44 points
New England 41
Chicago 38
New York 35
D.C. United 33
Kansas City 29
Toronto FC 27
Western Conference
Houston 39
Real Salt Lake 31
Colorado 30
Chivas USA 30
San Jose 29
FC Dallas 27
Los Angeles 26
LEADING SCORERS
Donovan (Los Angeles) 16 goals
Cooper (FC Dallas) 14
Buddle (Los Angeles) 13
Emilio (D.C. United) 11
Ching (Houston) 10
J. Moreno (D.C. United) 10
Angel (New York) 9
A. Moreno (Columbus) 8
Ralston (New England) 7
Barrett (Toronto FC) 7
SCHEDULE
Thursday, Sept. 18
Columbus-New York, 7 pm ET.
ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Saturday, Sept. 20
Kansas City-Toronto FC, 8 pm ET.
HDNet
Houston-San Jose, 8:30 pm ET.
Direct Kick, MLSLIVE.tv
Real Salt Lake-Chivas USA, 9 pm ET.
Direct Kick, MLSLIVE.tv
Colorado-New England, 9 pm ET.
Direct Kick, MLSLIVE.tv
Los Angeles-D.C. United, 11 pm ET.
Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol
Sunday, Sept. 21
Chicago-FC Dallas, 3 pm ET.
Telefutura
MLS SUMMARIES (Sept. 13-14)
Sept. 13 in Toronto
Toronto FC 1 Columbus 1. Goals: Robinson (Guevara) 6; Noonan 40.
Toronto FC – Sutton, Wynne, James, Marshall, Brennan, Guevara (Rosenlund, 87), Freeman, Robinson (Ja. Smith, 86), Ricketts, Barrett (Dichio, 62), Ruiz.
Columbus – Hesmer, Padula, Marshall, O’Rourke, Hejduk, Rogers, Gaven, Miglioranzi (Ekpo, 71), Carroll, Moreno, Noonan (Garey, 78).
Yellow Cards: Toronto FC – Dichio 65; Columbus – Padula 41, Marshall 66.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 19,657.
Sept. 13 in Kansas City
Kansas City 2 Los Angeles 0. Goals: Wolff (Arnaud, Gomez) 67, Arnaud (Espinoza) 69.
Kansas City – Hartman, Leathers, Conrad, Wahl, Harrington, Arnaud, Gomez (Souter, 79), Jewsbury, Espinoza, Wolff (Lopez, 71), Thompson.
Los Angeles – Wicks, Klein, Franklin, Roberts, Jazic, Jordan (Gordon, 69), Beckham, Vanney, Lewis, Buddle, Donovan.
Yellow Cards: Kansas City – Wolff 67, Espinoza 86; Los Angeles – Donovan 28.
Referee: Paul Ward.
Att.: 26,113.
Sept. 13 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 2 FC Dallas 2. Goals: Moreno (Khumalo) 26, Quaranta (Guerrero, Moreno) 69; Cooper 9, Rocha (Avila, Cunningham) 79.
D.C. United – Crayton, Namoff, Burch, McTavish, Martinez, Kirk (Fred, 46), Quaranta, Simms, Guerrero (Dyachenko, 72), Khumalo (Emilio, 68), Moreno.
FC Dallas – Sala, Serioux (Dello-Russo, 36), Pitchkolan, Wagner, McCarty (Avila, 72), Guarda, Ricchetti, Saragosa, Rocha, Cooper (Oduro, 56), Cunningham.
Yellow Cards: FC Dallas – Rocha 64, Sala 89.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 19,890.
Sept. 13 in East Rutherford, N.J.
New York 2 Real Salt Lake 1. Goals: Angel (Goldthwaite) 49, van den Bergh (Richards) 64; Movsisyan (Findley, Wingert) 38.
New York – Conway, Parke (Leitch, 53), Cichero, Goldthwaite, Richards, Magee (Mendes, 67), Pietravallo, Rojas, van den Bergh, Wolyniec, Angel.
Real Salt Lake – Rimando, Russell (Joy, 84), Wingert, Borchers, Olave, Beckerman, Morales, Johnson, Williams (Mathis, 59), Findley (Deuchar, 78), Movsisyan.
Yellow Cards: Real Salt Lake – Beckerman 19, Wingert 21.
Referee: Kevin Stott.
Att.: 11,692.
Sept. 14 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 2 Chicago 0. Goals: Own goal 30, Cummings (Cooke) 37.
Colorado – Burpo, Kimura, Gibbs, Petke (Ihemelu, 66), Harvey, Cooke (Ballouchy, 71), LaBrocca, Mastroeni, Clark, Cummings, McManus (Casey, 79).
Chicago – Busch, Prideaux (Mapp, 61), Soumare, Conde, Thorrington, Blanco, King (Herron, 61), Pause, Gutierrez, McBride (Frankowski, 82), Rolfe.
Yellow Cards: Colorado – Mastroeni 56; Chicago – Thorrington 41, Soumare 47+, Conde 84.
Referee: Terry Vaughn.
Att.: 14,214.