Chicago and New England are tied for first place in the Eastern Conference after registering wins over the weekend, while Chivas USA and Seattle won their third game in a row to remain in the lead in the Eastern Conference. For all the summaries …
Results:
April 2 in Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake 4 Columbus 1. Goals: Findley 2, Findley 29, Findley (Movsisyan, Mathis) 62, Beckerman (Mathis) 67; Garey 22.
Real Salt Lake – Rimando, Beltran, Borchers, Olave, Wingert, Mathis (Grabavoy, 75), Beckerman, Morales (Alexandre, 85), Johnson, Findley (Williams, 70), Movsisyan.
Columbus – Hesmer, Zayner (Iro, 85), Marshall, O’Rourke, Padula (Lenhart, 63), Gaven, Carroll, Ekpo, Rogers (Moreno, 63), Schelotto, Garey.
Yellow Cards: Real Salt Lake – Borchers 40, Beckerman 45; Columbus – Ekpo 48+, Rogers 58.
Referee: Alex Prus.
Att.: 11,806.
April 4 in Toronto
Toronto FC 0 Seattle 2. Goals: Ljungberg (Jaqua) 15, Zakuani 45.
Toronto FC – Sutton, Wynne, Harmse, Serioux, Brennan, De Rosario, Guevara, Robinson, Ricketts (Cronin, 46), Barrett (Dichio, 55), Vitti (Smith, 85).
Seattle – Keller, Riley, Hurtado, Marshall, Scott, Le Toux, Alonso, Evans, Zakuani (Sturgis, 79), Jaqua, Ljungberg (Nyassi, 78).
Yellow Cards: Toronto FC – Brennan 44, Cronin 51; Seattle – Hurtado 29, Riley 61, Scott 86.
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 20,658.
April 4 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 2 FC Dallas 1. Goals: Nyassi (Joseph) 56, Ralston pen. 80; Cooper (van den Bergh) 38.
New England – Knighton, Albright, Barnes, Heaps, Tierney (Ralston, 46), Nyassi, Joseph, Larentowicz, Thompson, Dube, Mansally.
FC Dallas – Burse, Moor, John, Dello-Russo (Avila, 88), Wagner, McCarty, Ferreira, Ricchetti, Rocha, van den Bergh, Cooper (Cunningham, 73).
Yellow Cards: New England – Larentowicz 31, Mansally 34; FC Dallas – Rocha 33, John 79.
Referee: Silviu Petrescu.
Att.: 11,314.
April 4 in Washington, D.C.
D.C. United 1 Houston 0. Goal: Emilio (Namoff) 47.
D.C. United – Crayton, Namoff, Jakovic, Burch, Pontius, Gomez (Fred, 57), Olsen (Janicki, 79), Simms, Wallace, Emilio, N’Silu (Moreno, 65).
Houston – Onstad, Mulrooney, Boswell, Cameron, Barrett (James, 72), Mullan, Clark, Holden, Davis, Ching (Ashe, 67), Wondolowski (Kamara, 46).
Yellow Cards: Houston – Barrett 49, James 86.
Red Cards: D.C. United – Moreno 71.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 12,594.
April 4 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 2 Colorado 3. Goals: Gonzalez (Donovan) 37, Gordon (Donovan, Franklin) 48; Casey (Cummings, Ihemelu) 1, Casey (Cummings) 49, Casey (Clark) 84.
Los Angeles – Saunders, Gonzalez, Sanneh, Franklin, Lewis (DeLaGarza, 77), Klein, Kovalenko, Tudela, Patterson (Miglioranzi, 62), Donovan, Gordon (Jordan, 82).
Colorado – Burpo, Kimura, Gibbs (Harden, 88), Ihemelu, Harvey, LaBrocca, Ballouchy (Peterson, 79), Mastroeni (Cooke, 68), Clark, Casey, Cummings.
Yellow Cards: Colorado – Gibbs 46+, Casey 63, Ballouchy 66.
Red Card: Los Angeles – Kovalenko 59.
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.: 16,709.
April 5 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 1 New York 0. Goal: Pappa 33.
Chicago – Busch, Conde, Segares, Soumare, Ward, Pappa (Washington, 84), Pause, Thorrington, Mapp (Prideaux, 46), Nyarko (Rolfe, 70), McBride.
New York – Cepero, Goldthwaite, Mendes, Borman, Hall (Johnson, 62), Richards, Rojas, Smith (Ubiparipovic, 73), Kandji (Oduro, 20), Sassano, Angel.
Yellow Cards: New York – Goldthwaite 44, Richards 93+.
Red Card: Chicago – Thorrington 14.
Referee: Tim Weyland.
Att.: 11,633.
April 5 in Kansas City
Kansas City 2 San Jose 0. Goals: Hohlbein 28, Lopez (Gomez, Arnaud) 78.
Kansas City – Hartman, Watson, Conrad, Hohlbein, Besler, Gomez, Hirsig, Jewsbury, Wolff (Espinoza, 91+), Arnaud, Lopez (Kraus, 88).
San Jose – Cannon, Leitch, Garcia, Gray, Denton (Elliott, 52), Alvarez, Convey, Corrales, Huckerby (Salinas, 74), Weaver, Johnson (Campos, 59).
Yellow Cards: Kansas City – Gomez 92+; San Jose – Huckerby 30, Alvarez 34.
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic.
Att.: 6,922.
April 5 in Carson, Calif.
Chivas USA 2 Columbus 1. Goals: Harris (Mayen) 25, Lillingston 50; Iro (Ekpo) 37.
Chivas USA – Thornton, Talley, Curtin, Thomas, Bornstein, Kljestan (Flores, 83), Marsch, Nagamura, Mayen (Stepanovic, 68), Harris, Lillingston (Lahoud, 75).
Columbus – Hesmer, Padula, Iro, Marshall (Zayner, 94+), O’Rourke, Gaven (Lenhart, 84), Ekpo, Rogers (Oughton, 68), Carroll, Schelotto, Moreno.
Yellow Cards: Chivas USA – Lillingston 38, Kljestan 67, Talley 84.
Red Card: Columbus – Iro 54.
Referee: Kevin Stott.
Att.: 12,827.
Standings:
EASTERN W L T GF GA P
Chicago 2 0 1 5 2 7
New England 2 0 1 4 2 7
D.C.United 1 0 2 4 3 5
Toronto FC 1 1 1 4 5 4
Kansas City 1 2 0 5 5 3
Columbus 0 2 2 4 8 2
New York 0 2 1 1 5 1
WESTERN W L T GF GA P
Seattle 3 0 0 7 0 9
Chivas USA 3 0 0 6 2 9
Colorado 2 1 0 6 5 6
Real Salt Lake 1 1 0 4 3 3
San Jose 1 2 0 3 5 3
Los Angeles 0 1 1 4 5 1
Houston 0 2 1 3 5 1
FC Dallas 0 3 0 2 7 0
Leading Scorers:
PLAYER (TEAM) GP G
Montero (Seattle) 2 3
Findley (Real Salt Lake) 2 3
Casey (Colorado) 3 3
Arnaud (Kansas City) 1 2
Schelotto (Columbus) 2 2
Cummings (Colorado) 2 2
Donovan (Los Angeles) 1 2
Guevara (Toronto FC) 1 2
Nagamura (Chivas USA) 1 2
Cooper (FC Dallas) 3 2
Lillingston (Chivas USA) 3 2