Both conference races tightened. Only one point separates the top four teams in the Eastern Conference. Wins for Colorado and Los Angeles moved them to within three points of slumping Chivas USA. For all the game summaries, standings, leading scorers and this week’s schedule …
Results:
July 11 in Seattle
Seattle 2 Houston 1. Goals: Montero (Jaqua, King) 32, Ianni (Zakuani, Ljungberg) 46; Davis (Mullan, Oduro) 12.
Seattle — Keller, Riley, Hurtado, Ianni, Wahl, Ljungberg (Levesque, 90), King, Vagenas, Zakuani (Le Toux, 56), Jaqua, Montero.
Houston — Onstad, Mulrooney, James, Waibel, Chabala (Ustruck, 60), Mullan (Cruz, 54), Clark, Davis, Ashe, Oduro (Akinbiyi, 62), Kamara.
Yellow Cards: Seattle – Hurtado 43, Vagenas 64, Wahl 66; Houston – Waibel 71, Kamara 90.
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 32,404.
July 11 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 0 Kansas City 0.
New England — Reis, Alston, Barnes, Osei, Nyassi, Phelan, Larentowicz, Mansally, Ralston, Dube (Jankauskas, 46), Videira (Colaluca, 59).
Kansas City — Hartman, Hohlbein, McKenzie, Watson, Besler, Harrington (Kraus, 56), Hirsig, Jewsbury, Gomez, Wolff (Thompson, 85), Lopez (Morsink, 83).
Yellow Cards:
New England — Alston 24, Larentowicz 33; Kansas City – Jewsbury 33, Harrington 53.
Red Card: Kansas City – Watson 81.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.
Att.: 24,137.
July 11 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago 0 Columbus 0.
Chicago – Busch, Ward, Brown, Soumare, Woolard, Pappa (Carr, 85), Blanco (Mapp, 79), Husidic (Nyarko, 74), Thorrington, Rolfe, McBride.
Columbus — Hesmer, Hejduk, Brunner, Iro, Padula, Gaven, Carroll, O’Rourke, Ekpo, Barros Schelotto (Zayner 80), Garey (Lenhart 63).
Yellow Cards: Chicago – Ward 52; Columbus – Ekpo 33, Carroll 54, Gaven 85, Hejduk 88.
Referee: Michael Kennedy.
Att.: 18,123.
July 11 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 1 FC Dallas 0. Goal: Kimura (Ballouchy) 79.
Colorado – Pickens, Kimura, Ihemelu, Palguta, Harvey, Cooke (Noonan, 63), Mastroeni, Peterson (Dalby, 80), Ballouchy (Harden, 94+), Casey, LaBrocca.
FC Dallas – Burse, Moor, Davies (Wagner, 46), Ricchetti, John (Torres, 68), Shea (Avila, 62), McCarty, Rocha, van den Bergh, Cunningham, Ferreira.
Yellow Cards: Colorado — Ihemelu 13, LaBrocca 17, Ballouchy 84, Dalby 89.
Referee: Yader Reyes.
Att.: 8,128.
July 11 in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Jose 1 Toronto FC 3. Goals: Huckerby (Johnson, Alvarez) 32; Barrett (De Rosario) 5, Vitti (Attakora, Barrett) 54, Barrett (De Rosario) 69.
San Jose – Cannon, Leitch, Hernandez, Pitchkolan (Salinas, 71), Zaher, Alvarez, Elliott, McDonald, Huckerby, Campos (Glen, 59), Johnson (Amarikwa, 79).
Toronto FC – Frei, Wynne, Garcia, Serioux, Attakora, De Rosario, Guevara, Robinson, Brennan (Velez, 90), Barrett (Dichio, 80), Vitti.
Yellow Cards: San Jose — Alvarez 53; Toronto FC — De Rosario 84.
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja.
Att.: 9,679.
July 11 in Carson, Calif.
Chivas USA 0 Los Angeles 1. Goal: Buddle (DeLaGarza, Magee) 30.
Chivas USA – Thornton, Victorine, Jazic (Burling, 59), Talley, Bornstein, Kljestan (Chijindu, 68), Nagamura, Marsch, Stepanovic (Lillingston, 45), Harris, Galindo.
Los Angeles – Saunders, Gonzalez, Berhalter, Dunivant, DeLaGarza, Miglioranzi, Magee (Klein, 78), Donovan, Kirovski (Sanneh, 87), Buddle, Eskandarian (Lewis, 72).
Yellow Card: Los Angeles – Eskandarian 66.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar.
Att.: 23,409.
Standings:
EASTERN W L T GF GA P
Chicago 6 3 7 23 20 25
Toronto FC 7 6 4 24 26 25
D.C. United 5 3 9 26 25 24
Columbus 5 3 9 22 21 24
Kansas City 5 6 5 19 18 20
New England 4 5 5 15 21 17
New York 2 13 4 15 30 10
WESTERN W L T GF GA P
Houston 9 4 4 22 12 31
Seattle 7 3 7 26 16 28
Chivas USA 8 5 3 19 13 27
Colorado 6 4 6 23 20 24
Los Angeles 5 3 9 19 18 24
Real Salt Lake 5 6 5 23 18 20
FC Dallas 4 8 5 20 26 17
San Jose 3 9 4 19 31 13
Leading Scorers:
PLAYER (TEAM) GP G
Schelotto (Columbus) 17 10
Montero (Seattle) 15 9
Casey (Colorado) 12 8
Cooper (FC Dallas) 15 7
Cummings (Colorado) 14 6
Jaqua (Seattle) 16 6
Donovan (Los Angeles) 12 6
Findley (Real Salt Lake) 13 6
Angel (New York) 18 6
Johnson (San Jose) 16 6
Lillingston (Chivas USA) 15 6
McBride (Chicago) 16 6
Wolff (Kansas City) 14 6