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The Columbus Crew remains MLS’s top team after a win over Kansas City. For all the MLS summaries, standings, leading scorers and next week’s schedule …

On FieldTurf whipped by wind and rain, keeping your footing can be harder than keeping the ball, and neither the Red Bulls nor Toronto FC gained much traction as they battled to a 1-1 tie Thursday night at BMO Field.

Chicago, with the league’s stingiest defense (3 goals allowed), travels to New England. … Argentine stars Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Claudio Lopez face off when Columbus hosts Kansas City. … Winless defending champ Houston hosts Chivas USA, which has lost three straight. … The Galaxy‘s David Beckham makes his first Salt Lake appearance. … San Jose plays its first game at its new home on Santa Clara University’s campus when it hosts FC Dallas, the West Conference leader. … On Sunday, Colorado‘s Christian Gomez makes his first appearance against D.C. United, for which he played in 2004-07. For all the weekend’s MLS action on TV. …

Defenders Jay Ayers and Ryan Cochrane, injured in a collision Wednesday night playing for San Jose in the U.S. Open Cup, won’t suit up Saturday when the Quakes play their first game at Buck Shaw Stadium at Santa Clara University. Both players suffered concussions when they collided in the 15th minute and needed several minutes to recover before they were able to walk off the field.

Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham was the world’s best paid soccer player in 2007, according to Forbes, which reported his income as $49 million. Of that, $12 million came from his Real Madrid and Galaxy salaries, and $37 million was from image rights, including a portion of the proceeds from 300,000 Beckham Galaxy jerseys sold. For the Forbes Top 20 list …

Toronto FC is no longer MLS’s worst thanks to the arrival of Amado Guevara, who faces his former club when TFC hosts New York Thursday (live on ESPN2, 7 pm ET). Guevara, who played in New York in 2003-2006 and ranks third on the club’s all-time list in goals-scored with 32 and is tied for first in assists with 36, aims to help TFC notch a club-record fourth straight win. For this week’s MLS TV listings and standings …

Turnarounds in Toronto and Columbus, optimism in Salt Lake City, (more) turmoil between Chicago and New York, confusion in Houston, and a slam-bang SuperClasico at Home Depot Center marked the first month of MLS play. Here’s Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney‘s Best XI for those first five weekends of play, including a head coach and a few substitutes.

[MLS] Whether it stems from spite or sporting interests, the Chicago Fire’s stubborn adherence to signing Lider Marmol has finally been rewarded. Ridge Mahoney analyzes the controversy.

[MLS] The first MLS game at Buck Shaw Stadium is still a few days away, and already the cost of renovations and upgrades has gone wildly over budget.Or, because operator-investor Lewis Wolff wants these things done right, the project is right on the money, so to speak, for the Saturday opener against FC Dallas.

Not to blame all of Chivas USA’s defensive problems on one guy- there’s plenty of folks at fault – but what is going on with Brad Guzan?

So blinding has been the glare from the marvelous solo goal Jozy Altidore scored April 19 in a 1-1 tie with New England that much of his otherwise listless play has been overlooked. In several games, he’s looked slow and not all that motivated. That changed in the second half of last Sunday’s game.

[NAMES & NUMBERS/VIDEO] Much of the preseason excitement revolved around MLS newcomers from abroad – and they’ve been making their mark – but the brightest star so far has been Landon Donovan, now in his eighth MLS season and better than ever. Also performing brilliantly was prodigal son Amado Guevara in Toronto. For the weekend’s MLS developments …

Defending champ Houston remained winless after dropping a 1-0 decision at Columbus in what was the weekend’s lowest scoring game. Toronto and L.A. fans were served up goalfests. For all the MLS summaries, standings, leading scorers and next week’s schedule …

East leader Kansas City starts a six-game road trip at Toronto. Winless defending champ Houston travels to Columbus, which has three wins in four games. D.C. United aims to avenge the 4-0 pummeling it got from Real Salt Lake two weeks ago. Two of the league’s top playmakers clash when the Fire’s Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Colorado’s Christian Gomez meet in Chicago. Chivas USA and Los Angeles Galaxy take identical 1-2-1 records into the So Cal derby. On Sunday, New York hosts San Jose with each team aiming for its second win of the season. For all the weekend’s MLS action on TV. …

[MLS] As showcases of brilliant soccer go, it wasn’t much, yet New England’s 1-0 victory that knocked FC Dallas off its unbeaten perch at Pizza Hut Park Thursday night typified how a depleted team that knows how to win can beat a stronger team lacking such clarity.

FC Dallas, MLS’s only undefeated team (with two wins and a pair of ties), hosts last year’s runner-up, New England, on ESPN2’s Thursday night broadcast. FC Dallas forward Kenny Cooper has already matched his 2007 scoring output of four goals and is second behind the Galaxy’s Landon Donovan (5 goals) on the leading scorer’s list. Cooper, 23, was limited to 14 games because of injury in 2007 after scoring 11 times in 31 games in 2006. New England (2-2-1) will aim to avoid a slipping under the .500 as it enters the game missing half its starters, including injured veterans Taylor Twellman and Steve Ralston, and Sainey Nyassi, who leads the team with two goals but suffered a groin injury. For all the week’s MLS action on TV. …