With two weeks to play in the regular season, MLS’s top eight remained unchanged on an abbreviated World Cup qualifying weekend. The midweek win by FC Dallas in San Jose did move it a three-way tie for ninth place with DC United and Toronto FC. For all the MLS results, standings and leading scorers …
Oct. 7 in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Jose 1 FC Dallas 2. Goals: Amarikwa (Salinas, Wondolowski) 73; Ferreira (Cunningham, Pearce) 49, Cunningham (McCarty, Ferreira) 81.
San Jose – Cannon, Leitch, Burling, McDonald, Zaher (Glen, 87), Salinas, Corrales, Ribeiro (Amarikwa, 61), Convey, Johnson, Wondolowski.
FC Dallas – Sala, Pearce, Ihemelu, John, Benitez, Chavez (Avila, 65), Hernandez, McCarty, van den Bergh (Wagner, 78), Cunningham (Shea, 88), Ferreira.
Yellow Cards: San Jose – Convey 18, Ribeiro 32; FC Dallas – Ihemelu 90.
Referee: Hilario Grajeda.
Att.: 9,023.
Oct. 10 in Toronto
Toronto FC 1 San Jose 1. Goals: Attakora (De Rosario) 47; Glen 93+.
Toronto FC – Edwards, Attakora, Garcia, Serioux, Brennan, Cronin, de Guzman, Fellinga, Barrett (Vitti, 81), White, De Rosario.
San Jose – Cannon, Leitch, Burling, McDonald, Hernandez (Amarikwa, 59), Salinas (Glen, 77), Corrales, Ribeiro, Convey, Johnson, Wondolowski.
Yellow Cards: Toronto FC – Serioux 69, Brennan 90, De Rosario 95+; San Jose – Amarikwa 74.
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 20,571.
Oct. 10 in Foxboro, Mass.
New England 0 Columbus 1. Goal: Padula 36.
New England – Reis, Barnes, Osei (Colaluca, 69), Heaps, Nyassi (Castro, 79), Thompson, Joseph, Phelan, Alston, Dube, Mansally (Videira, 59).
Columbus – Hesmer, Brunner, Iro, Padula, Ekpo, Zayner, Burns (Garey, 84), Carroll, Gaven, Lenhart, Renteria (Moffat, 75).
Yellow Cards: New England – Osei 7, Joseph 38, Dube 45; Columbus – Burns 46+, Brunner 50, Zayner 93+.
Red Cards: Columbus – Ekpo 65.
Referee: Paul Ward.
Att.: 13,297.
Oct. 10 in Carson, Calif.
Chivas USA 2 Kansas City 0. Goals: Braun (Cuesta) 72, Kljestan (Lillingston) 74.
Chivas USA – Thornton, Talley, Cuesta, Suarez (Trujillo, 46), Jazic, Padilla (Marsch, 46), Lahoud (Lillingston, 55), Nagamura, Kljestan, Braun, Galindo.
Kansas City – Hartman, Leathers, Besler, Hohlbein, Harrington, Arnaud, Jewsbury, Zusi (Myers, 78), Lopez (Espinoza, 75), Kamara, Wolff (Hercegfalvi, 62).
Yellow Cards: Chivas USA – Cuesta 78; Kansas City – Harrington 36, Arnaud 90.
Referee: Yader Reyes.
Att.: 12,923.
Standings
EASTERN W L T GF GA P
Columbus 13 5 10 41 29 49
Chicago 10 7 11 38 34 41
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New England 10 10 8 32 37 38
D.C. United 8 8 12 40 42 36
Toronto FC 9 10 9 36 41 36
Kansas City 8 12 8 29 37 32
New York 4 18 6 22 45 18
WESTERN W L T GF GA P
Houston 12 8 8 36 27 44
Chivas USA 13 9 5 30 25 44
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Los Angeles 11 6 11 34 31 44
Seattle 10 7 11 33 26 41
Colorado 10 8 10 41 33 40
FC Dallas 10 12 6 47 44 36
Real Salt Lake 9 11 7 38 34 34
San Jose 7 13 8 34 46 29
Leading Scorers
PLAYER (TEAM) GP G
Cunningham (FC Dallas) 26 17
Casey (Colorado) 22 16
Montero (Seattle) 25 12
Schelotto (Columbus) 22 12
Donovan (Los Angeles) 23 11
De Rosario (Toronto FC) 26 11
Findley (Real Salt Lake) 24 10
Johnson (San Jose) 28 10
Angel (New York) 24 10
Wolff (Kansas City) 25 10