The New York Red Bulls took over the lead in the Eastern Conference on goal difference over D.C. United, while FC Dallas closed to within one point of the lead in the Western Conference. Just three points separate the top five teams on points in the Supporters' Shield race, while FC Dallas and the Red Bulls are 1-2 in terms of points-per-game. San Jose didn't help its chances of making the playoffs when it had to settle for a 1-1 tie with Seattle, while the playoff hopes of Houston and Colorado faded.
Supporters Shield, PPG Leaders:
1. FC Dallas, 1.74
2. NY Red Bulls, 1.73
3. Vancouver, 1.71
4. LA Galaxy, 1.62
5. D.C. United, 1.55
EASTERN CONFERENCE. The Red Bulls, now 7-1-1 in their last nine games, came back from 2-0 down after 26 minutes to beat the Chicago Fire, 3-2. D.C. United salvaged a point after losing three games in a row with Steven Birnbaum's late goal gave it a 1-1 tie at Colorado. Just two points separate the top four teams in the Eastern Conference as the New England Revolution won its fifth straight game with a 3-1 win at Toronto FC.
Streaking ...
UNBEATEN STREAK
New England, 7 games (WTWWWWW)
FC Dallas, 3 games (WWW)
Seattle, 3 games (WWT)
WINLESS STREAK
Sporting KC, 5 games (LLLTL)
D.C. United, 4 games (LLLT)
New York City, 4 games (TLLL)
Chicago, 3 games (TLL)
Portland, 3 games (TLT)
-- Columbus moved to within a point of the Eastern Conference lead with a 2-1 win at Philadelphia on MLS leading scorer Kei Kamara's 19th and 20th goals of the season.
-- Montreal stayed in sixth place with a 0-0 tie at the LA Galaxy. Orlando City pulled even with the Impact when it beat Sporting KC, 3-1, ending a six-game winless streak but the Impact leads on total wins -- not to mention holds four games in hand.
WESTERN CONFERENCE. Starting for injured Victor Ulloa, Michel scored on an Olimpico to lead FC Dallas to a 2-1 win over New York City FC. He also scored on an Olimpico in 2013. NYCFC's DP stars,David Villa, Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo started but all exited the game by the 66th minute. It was only the fourth game with all three stars on field, and NYCFC has lost all four games.
-- In a match that saw recent signings Roman Torres and Nelson Valdez and captain Brad Evansleave the game with injuries, the Sounders tied San Jose, 1-1, at Avaya Stadium on Obafemi Martins' late goal. The Sounders, who lead the Quakes by three points and hold the edge in the tiebreaker, had lost their two home games against San Jose.
-- Real Salt Lake ended an eight-game losing streak on the road with a 3-1 win at Houston. The game marked Juan Manuel Martinez's first start with RSL, and he had a great game.
MLS Results, Week 28:
Sunday, September 13
Toronto FC 1 New England 3.
NE: own goal 4
NE: Diego Fagundez (Lee Nguyen) 39
TOR: Robbie Findley (Justin Morrow) 55
NE: Kelyn Rowe (Lee Nguyen) 71
Att.: 20,257
Orlando City 3 Sporting KC 1.
ORL: Adrian Winter (Luke Boden) 3
SKC: Krisztian Nemeth (Benny Feilhaber) 59
ORL: Bryan Rochez (Brek Shea, David Mateos) 66
ORL -- Adrian Winter (Lewis Neal) 72
Red Card:
SKC: Dom Dwyer 87
Att.: 22,241.
Friday, September 11
NY Red Bulls 3 Chicago 2.
CHI: Jeff Larentowicz pen. 14
CHI: David Accam (Michael Stephens) 26
NY: Bradley Wright-Phillips (Sacha Kljestan) 28
NY: Mike Grella (Lloyd Sam) 38
NY: Sacha Kljestan pen. 71
Att.: 17,184.
Saturday, September 12
Philadelphia 1 Columbus 2.
CLB: Kei Kamara 21
CLB: Kei Kamara (Harrison Afful) 26
PHI: C.J. Sapong (Sebastien Le Toux) 66
Att.: 17,283
Houston 1 Real Salt Lake 3.
RSL: Javier Morales 45+2
RSL: Devon Sandoval 51
HOU: Brad Davis pen. 65
RSL: Juan Manuel Martinez (Javier Morales) 68
Att.: 20,909
FC Dallas 2 New York City 1.
FCD: Tesho Akindele (Michel) 45
FCD: Michel 1
NYC: Patrick Mullins pen. 70
Att.: 16,937.
Colorado 1 D.C. United 1.
COL: Bobby Burling 28
DC: Steven Birnbaum (Fabian Espindola) 87
Att.: 15,943.
San Jose 1 Seattle 1.
SJ: Fatai Alashe (Matias Perez Garcia) 70
SEA: Obafemi Martins 82
Att.: 18,000
LA Galaxy 0 Montreal 0.
Att.: 27,000.
MLS Results, Week 28:
Wednesday, September 9
Vancouver 2 Colorado 0.
VAN: Octavio Rivero (Cristian Techera) 73
VAN: Cristian Techera (Kekuta Manneh) 77
Att.: 17,583.
Portland 2 Sporting KC 0.
Att.: 21,144.
MLS Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
45 (26) NY Red Bulls 13-7-6 46/30
45 (29) D.C. United 13-10-6 36/35
44 (29) Crew SC 12-9-8 47/48
43 (27) New England 12-9-7 41/37
37 (27) Toronto FC 11-12-4 46/47
32 (25) Montreal 9-11-5 34/37
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32 (29) Orlando City 8-13-8 36/51
30 (29) Philadelphia 8-15-6 36/47
28 (28) New York City 7-14-7 39/48
27 (27) Chicago 7-15-6 36/45
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS (GP) TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
48 (28) Vancouver 15-10-3 40/28
47 (27) FC Dallas 14-8-5 40/31
47 (29) LA Galaxy 13-8-8 49/33
42 (29) Seattle 13-13-3 35/33
41 (27) Sporting KC 11-8-8 41/38
41 (28) Portland 11-9-8 29/32
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39 (28) San Jose 11-11-6 34/32
35 (28) Houston 9-11-8 36/37
35 (28) Real Salt Lake 9-11-8 32/41
34 (28) Colorado 8-10-10 26/30
Leading MLS Scorers:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
20+2 Kei Kamara (Crew SC)
17 Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC)
15 David Villa (New York City)
15 Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)
14+1 Bradley Wright-Phillips (NY Red Bulls)
13 Chris Wondolowski (San Jose)
12+1 Obafemi Martins (Seattle)
11 Cyle Larin (Orlando City)
10+1 Octavio Rivero (Vancouver)
10 Will Bruin (Houston)
10 Fanendo Adi (Portland)
MLS Schedule, Week 29:
Wednesday, September 16
New York City vs. Toronto FC, 7:30 pm
New England vs. NY Red Bulls, 7:30 pm
Friday, September 18
Sporting KC vs. FC Dallas, 7 pm UniMas
Saturday, September 19
Toronto FC vs. Colorado, 2 pm
Vancouver vs. Seattle, 7 pm
New York City vs. San Jose, 7 pm
D.C. United vs. Columbus, 7 pm
Montreal vs. New England, 8 pm
Chicago vs. Orlando, 8:30 pm
Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy, 9:30 pm
Sunday, September 20
Portland vs. NY Red Bulls, 5 pm ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Philadelphia vs. Houston, 7 pm Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes
All times ET.Week 30:
Wednesday, September 23
Montreal vs. Chicago, 8 pm
Houston vs. Sporting KC, 8:30 pm
Friday, September 25
NY Red Bulls vs. Orlando, 7 pm UniMas
Saturday, September 26
Toronto FC vs. Chicago, 2 pm
Montreal vs. D.C. United, 5 pm
Columbus vs. Portland, 7:30 pm
New England vs. Philadelphia, 7:30 pm
Houston vs. Colorado, 8:30 pm
Vancouver vs. New York City, 10 pm
Sunday, September 27
Sporting KC vs. Seattle, 5 pm ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
San Jose vs. Real Salt Lake, 7 pm Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes
LA Galaxy vs. FC Dallas, 9:30 pm Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes
All times ET.
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