Week 11 Notes

Wednesday May 11, 2016

Philadelphia Union 2 LA Galaxy 2
Colorado Rapids 1 Sporting Kansas City 0
FC Dallas 2 Portland Timbers 1
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 Chicago Fire 1
San Jose Earthquakes 3 Houston Dynamo 1

Friday May 13, 2016

DC United 2 New York Red Bulls 0

Saturday May 14, 2016

Montreal Impact 1 Philadelphia Union 1
Colorado Rapids 1 Columbus Crew 1
New England Revolution 2 Chicago Fire 0
Vancouver Whitecaps 4 Toronto FC 3
FC Dallas 2 Seattle Sounders 0

Sunday May 15, 2016

Houston Dynamo 1 Real Salt Lake 0
Sporting Kansas City 2 Orlando City SC 1
New York City FC 2 Portland Timbers 1

Notable Performances

Sebastian Giovinco - Toronto FC vs Vancouver - 2 goals, 1 assist
Kekuta Manneh - Vancouver vs Toronto FC - 2 goals, 1 assist
Alberto Quintero - San Jose vs Houston - 2 goals, 1 assist
Blas Pérez - Vancouver vs Chicago - 2 goals
Pedro Morales - Vancouver vs Toronto FC - 1 goal, 1 assist
Lee Nguyen - New England vs Chicago - 1 goal, 1 assist
Patrick Nyarko - DC United vs NYRB - 1 goal, 1 assist
Jacob Peterson - Sporting KC vs Orlando City SC - 1 goal, 1 assist
Álvaro Saborío - DC United vs NYRB - 1 goal, 1 assist
Giovani dos Santos - LA Galaxy vs Philadelphia - 2 assists
Chris Wondolowski - San Jose vs Houston - 2 assists

Travis Worra - DC United vs NYRB - Shutout, 5 Saves
Chris Seitz - FC Dallas vs Seattle - Shutout, 3 Saves
Zac MacMath - Colorado vs Sporting KC - Shutout, 1 Save
Bobby Shuttleworth - New England vs Chicago - Shutout, 1 Save
Joe Willis - Houston vs Real Salt Lake - Shutout, 1 Assist
Joe Bendik - Orlando City SC vs Sporting KC - 10 Saves

Ejections

Fraser Aird - Vancouver vs Toronto FC - Double Yellow, 76'
Tyler Deric - Houston vs San Jose - Straight Red, 79'
Ike Opara - Sporting KC vs Colorado - Double Yellow, 76'

Week 10 Notes

Friday May 6, 2016

New York Red Bulls 1 Orlando City SC 1

Saturday May 7, 2016

Vancouver Whitecaps 2 Portland Timbers 1
Columbus Crew 4 Montreal Impact 4
Toronto FC 1 FC Dallas 0
Houston Dynamo 2 Sporting Kansas City 0
Colorado Rapids 1 Real Salt Lake 0
Seattle Sounders 2 San Jose Earthquakes 0

Sunday May 8, 2016

LA Galaxy 4 New England Revolution 2
New York City FC 2 DC United 0

Notable Performances

Federico Higuaín - Columbus vs Montreal - 2 goals
Kei Kamara - Columbus vs Montreal - 2 goals
Robbie Keane - LA Galaxy vs New England - 2 goals
Ignacio Piatti - Montreal vs Columbus - 2 goals
Didier Drogba - Montreal vs Columbus - 1 goal, 2 assists
Giles Barnes - Houston vs Sporting KC - 1 goal, 1 assist
Masato Kudo - Vancouver vs Portland - 1 goal, 1 assist
Jordan Morris - Seattle vs San Jose - 1 goal, 1 assist
Dominic Oduro - Montreal vs Columbus - 1 goal, 1 assist
Giovani dos Santos - LA Galaxy vs New England - 1 goal, 1 assist
Khiry Shelton - NYCFC vs DC United - 1 goal, 1 assist
Gyasi Zardes - LA Galaxy vs New England - 2 assists

Zac MacMath - Colorado vs Real Salt Lake - Shutout, 5 Saves
Tyler Deric - Houston vs Sporting KC - Shutout, 3 Saves
Clint Irwin - Toronto FC vs FC Dallas - Shutout, 3 Saves
Stefan Frei - Seattle vs San Jose - Shutout, 1 Save
Josh Saunders - NYCFC vs DC United - Shutout, 1 Save
Jake Gleeson - Portland vs Vancouver - 11 Saves

Ejections

Cristian Higuita - Orlando City vs NYRB - Straight Red, 85'

Week 8-9 Notes

Saturday April 23, 2016

Toronto FC 2 Montreal Impact 0
Philadelphia Union 2 New York City FC 0
DC United 3 New England Revolution 0
Columbus Crew 1 Houston Dynamo 0
Colorado Rapids 3 Seattle Sounders 1
LA Galaxy 5 Real Salt Lake 2
Vancouver Whitecaps 3 FC Dallas 0

Sunday April 24, 2016

San Jose Earthquakes 1 Sporting Kansas City 0
New York Red Bulls 3 Orlando City SC 2

Wednesday April 27, 2016

Montreal Impact 1 New York City FC 1
Portland Timbers 1 New England Revolution 1
Sporting Kansas City 1 Vancouver Whitecaps 1

Friday April 29, 2016

New York Red Bulls 4 FC Dallas 0

Saturday April 30, 2016

Colorado Rapids 2 Montreal Impact 2
New York City FC 3 Vancouver Whitecaps 2
San Jose Earthquakes 1 Philadelphia Union 1
Seattle Sounders 1 Columbus Crew 0
Chicago Fire 1 DC United 1
New England Revolution 2 Orlando City SC 2
Real Salt Lake 2 Houston Dynamo 1

Sunday May 1, 2016

Portland Timbers 2 Toronto FC 1
LA Galaxy 1 Sporting Kansas City 1

Notable Performances

Sebastian Giovinco - Toronto FC vs Montreal - 2 goals
David Villa - NYCFC vs Vancouver - 2 goals
Bradley Wright-Phillips - NYRB vs OCSC - 2 goals
Emmanuel Boateng - LA Galaxy vs RSL - 1 goal, 2 assists
Jordan Allen - Real Salt Lake vs Houston - 1 goal, 1 assist
Giovani dos Santos - LA Galaxy vs RSL - 1 goal, 1 assist
Felipe - NYRB vs FC Dallas - 1 goal, 1 assist
Shkëlzen Gashi - Colorado vs Montreal - 1 goal, 1 assist
Mike Grella - NYRB vs OCSC - 1 goal, 1 assist
Sacha Kljestan - NYRB vs FC Dallas - 1 goal, 1 assist
Mike Magee - LA Galaxy vs RSL - 1 goal, 1 assist
Álvaro Saborío - DC United vs New England - 1 goal, 1 assist
Lloyd Sam - NYRB vs FC Dallas - 1 goal, 1 assist
Diego Valeri - Portland vs Toronto - 1 goal, 1 assist
Gyasi Zardes - LA Galaxy vs RSL - 1 goal, 1 assist
Sacha Kljestan - NYRB vs OCSC - 2 assists
Lee Nguyen - New England vs OCSC - 2 assists
Lloyd Sam - NYRB vs OCSC - 2 assists

David Bingham - San Jose vs Sporting Kansas City - Shutout, 5 Saves
David Ousted - Vancouver vs FC Dallas - Shutout, 5 Saves
Stefan Frei - Seattle vs Columbus - Shutout, 4 Saves
Luis Robles - NYRB vs FC Dallas - Shutout, 4 Saves
Travis Worra - DC United vs New England - Shutout, 3 Saves
Steve Clark - Columbus vs Houston - Shutout, 2 Saves
Clint Irwin - Toronto vs Montreal - Shutout, 2 Saves
Andre Blake - Philadelphia vs NYCFC - Shutout, 1 Save

Ejections

Ashley Cole - LA Galaxy vs Sporting KC - Double Yellow, 70'
Tyler Deric - Houston vs Columbus - Straight Red, 18'
Brad Evans - Seattle vs Colorado - Double Yellow, 86'
Anibal Godoy - San Jose vs Philadelphia - Double Yellow, 59'
Kendall Waston - Vancouver vs Sporting KC - Double Yellow, 51'

Week 7 Notes

Wednesday April 13, 2016

Colorado Rapids 2 Sporting Kansas City 1
FC Dallas 3 Portland Timbers 1
San Jose Earthquakes 2 New York Red Bulls 0

Friday April 15, 2016

LA Galaxy 4 Houston Dynamo 1

Saturday April 16, 2016

Toronto FC 1 DC United 0
Montreal Impact 2 Chicago Fire 1
Columbus Crew 3 New York City FC 2
Colorado Rapids 2 New York Red Bulls 1
Seattle Sounders 2 Philadelphia Union 1
Real Salt Lake 1 Vancouver Whitecaps 0
Portland Timbers 3 San Jose Earthquakes 1

Sunday April 17, 2016

San Jose Earthquakes 2 New England Revolution 2
FC Dallas 2 Sporting Kansas City 1

Notable Performances

Giovani dos Santos - LA Galaxy vs Houston - 2 Goals, 1 Assist
Fanendo Adi - Portland vs San Jose - 2 Goals
David Villa - NYCFC vs Columbus - 2 Goals
Justin Meram - Columbus vs NYCFC - 1 Goal, 2 Assists
Tesho Akindele - FC Dallas vs Portland - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Fabián Castillo - FC Dallas vs Portland - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Ethan Finlay - Columbus vs NYCFC - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Andreas Ivanschitz - Seattle vs Philadelphia - 2 Assists
Jermaine Jones - Colorado vs NYRB - 2 Assists
Dominic Oduro - Montreal vs Chicago - 2 Assists

David Bingham - San Jose vs NYRB - Shutout, 5 Saves
Nick Rimando - Real Salt Lake vs Vancouver - Shutout, 4 Saves
Clint Irwin - Toronto vs DC United - Shutout, 3 Saves

Ejections

Roland Alberg - Philadelphia vs Seattle - Double Yellow, 53'
Michael Parkhurst - Columbus vs NYCFC - Straight Red, 86'
Diego Valeri - Portland vs San Jose - Double Yellow, 90'+6'

Week 6 Notes

Friday April 8, 2016

Philadelphia Union 2 Orlando City SC 1

Saturday April 9, 2016

New England Revolution 1 Toronto FC 1
Montreal Impact 2 Columbus Crew 0
DC United 4 Vancouver Whitecaps 0
Sporting Kansas City 2 New York Red Bulls 0
San Jose Earthquakes 2 FC Dallas 2
Real Salt Lake 1 Colorado Rapids 0

Sunday April 10, 2016

Houston Dynamo 1 Seattle Sounders 1
New York City FC 0 Chicago Fire 0
Portland Timbers 1 LA Galaxy 1

Notable Performances

Fabián Espíndola - DC United vs Vancouver - 2 Goals
Álvaro Saborío - DC United vs Vancouver - 2 Goals
Dom Dwyer - Sporting KC vs NYRB - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Luciano Acosta - DC United vs Vancouver - 2 Assists
Quincy Amarikwa - San Jose vs FC Dallas - 2 Assists

Matt Lampson - Chicago vs NYCFC - Shutout, 8 Saves
Tim Melia - Sporting KC vs NYRB - Shutout, 6 Saves
Nick Rimando - Real Salt Lake vs Colorado - Shutout, 5 Saves
Evan Bush - Montreal vs Columbus - Shutout, 2 Saves
Travis Worra - DC United vs Vancouver - Shutout, 1 Save
Josh Saunders - NYCFC vs Chicago - Shutout

Ejections

None

Week 5 Notes

Tuesday March 29, 2016

Honduras 2 El Salvador 0 - World Cup Qualifying
Mexico 3 Canada 0 - World Cup Qualifying
Panama 1 Haiti 0 - World Cup Qualifying
Costa Rica 3 Jamaica 0 - World Cup Qualifying
Trinidad and Tobago 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 - World Cup Qualifying
United States 4 Guatemala 0 - World Cup Qualifying
Colombia U-23s 2 United States U-23s 1 - Olympic Qualifying

Friday April 1, 2016

New England Revolution 1 New York Red Bulls 0

Saturday April 2, 2016

Chicago Fire 1 Philadelphia Union 0
Colorado Rapids 1 Toronto FC 0
Real Salt Lake 2 Sporting Kansas City 1
FC Dallas 1 Columbus Crew 1
Seattle Sounders 1 Montreal Impact 0
Vancouver Whitecaps 0 LA Galaxy 0
San Jose Earthquakes 1 DC United 1

Sunday April 3, 2016

Orlando City SC 4 Portland Timbers 1

Notable Performances

Kaká - Orlando City vs Portland - 1 Goal, 2 Assists

Bobby Shuttleworth - New England vs NYRB - Shutout, 5 Saves
Stefan Frei - Seattle vs Montreal - Shutout, 4 Saves
David Ousted - Vancouver vs LA Galaxy - Shutout, 4 Saves
Matt Lampson - Chicago vs Philadelphia - Shutout, 3 Saves
Zac MacMath - Colorado vs Toronto - Shutout, 2 Saves
Brian Rowe - LA Galaxy vs Vancouver - Shutout, 2 Saves

Ejections

Benoît Cheyrou - Toronto FC vs Colorado - 13' Double Yellow, Unsporting Behavior
Warren Creavalle - Philadelphia vs Chicago - 47' Straight Red, Serious Foul
Felipe - NYRB vs New England - 61' Straight Red, Violent Conduct
Matías Laba - Vancouver vs LA Galaxy - 28' Straight Red, Serious Foul

Week 4 Notes

Friday March 25, 2016

Guatemala 2 United States 0 - World Cup Qualifying
Trinidad and Tobago 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 - World Cup Qualifying
Honduras 2 El Salvador 2 - World Cup Qualifying
Mexico 3 Canada 0 - World Cup Qualifying
Jamaica 1 Costa Rica 1 - World Cup Qualifying
Panama 0 Haiti 0 - World Cup Qualifying
United States U-23s 1 Colombia U-23s 1 - Olympic Qualifying

Saturday March 26, 2016

New York City FC 1 New England Revolution 1
FC Dallas 3 DC United 0
Vancouver Whitecaps 1 Houston Dynamo 0

Notable Performances

Michael Barrios - FC Dallas vs DC United - 2 Goals
Mauro Díaz - FC Dallas vs DC United - 2 Assists

David Ousted - Vancouver vs Houston - Shutout, 5 Saves
Chris Seitz - FC Dallas vs DC United - Shutout, 2 Saves

Ejections

Gershon Koffie - New England vs NYCFC - 51' Straight Red
Marcelo Sarvas - DC United vs FCD - 66' Straight Red

Week 3 Notes

Friday March 18, 2016

Orlando City SC 1 New York City FC 0

Saturday March 19, 2016

Columbus Crew 0 Chicago Fire 0
New York Red Bulls 4 Houston Dynamo 3
FC Dallas 2 Montreal Impact 0
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 Seattle Sounders 1
LA Galaxy 3 San Jose Earthquakes 1
Portland Timbers 2 Real Salt Lake 2

Sunday March 20, 2016

Philadelphia Union 3 New England Revolution 0
DC United 1 Colorado Rapids 1
Sporting Kansas City 1 Toronto FC 0

Notable Performances

Fanendo Adi - Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake - 2 Goals
Will Bruin - Houston Dynamo vs NYRB - 2 Goals
Felipe - New York Red Bulls vs Houston - 2 Goals
Pedro Morales - Vancouver Whitecaps vs Seattle - 2 Goals
C.J. Sapong - Philadelphia Union vs New England - 2 Goals
Gyasi Zardes - LA Galaxy vs San Jose - 2 Goals
Sacha Kljestan - New York Red Bulls vs Houston - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Boniek García - Houston Dynamo vs NYRB - 2 Assists

Joe Bendik - Orlando City FC vs NYCFC - Shutout, 6 Saves
Matt Lampson - Chicago Fire vs Columbus - Shutout, 4 Saves
Tim Melia - Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - Shutout, 4 Saves
Andre Blake - Philadelphia Union vs New England - Shutout, 2 Saves
Jesse Gonzalez - FC Dallas vs Montreal - Shutout, 2 Saves
Steve Clark - Columbus Crew vs Chicago - Shutout, 1 Save

Ejections

Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake vs Portland - 31' Straight Red
Simon Dawkins - San Jose vs LA Galaxy - 45'+3' Straight Red
Roger Espinoza - Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - 84' Straight Red
Jámison Olave - Real Salt Lake vs Portland - 83' Straight Red
Je-Vaughn Watson - New England vs Philadelphia - 36' Straight Red

Week 2 Notes

Friday March 11, 2016

Orlando City SC 1 Chicago Fire 1

Saturday March 12, 2016

DC United 0 New England Revolution 0
New England Revolution 3 New York Red Bulls 0
Real Salt Lake 2 Seattle Sounders 1
Colorado Rapids 1 LA Galaxy 0
Philadelphia Union 2 Columbus Crew 1
Houston Dynamo 5 FC Dallas 0
Sporting Kansas City 2 Vancouver Whitecaps 1

Sunday March 13, 2016

Toronto FC 2 New York City FC 2
San Jose Earthquakes 2 Portland Timbers 1

Notable Performances

Andrew Wenger - Houston vs FC Dallas - 1 Goal, 2 Assists
Dom Dwyer - Sporting KC vs Vancouver - 2 Goals
Chris Pontius - Philadelphia vs Columbus - 2 Goals
David Villa - NYCFC vs Toronto FC - 2 Goals
Sebastian Giovinco - Toronto FC vs NYCFC - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Ignacio Piatti - Montreal vs NYRB - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Joao Plata - Real Salt Lake vs Seattle - 2 Assists

Joe Willis - Houston vs FC Dallas - Shutout, 6 Saves
Evan Bush - Montreal vs NYRB - Shutout, 3 Saves
Bobby Shuttleworth - New England vs DC United - Shutout, 3 Saves
Travis Worra - DC United vs New England - Shutout, 3 Saves
Zac MacMath - Colorado vs LA Galaxy - Shutout, 1 Save

Ejections

Michael Harrington - Chicago Fire vs Orlando City SC - 32' Straight Red
Jordan Smith - Vancouver vs Sporting KC - 45'+1' Straight Red

Week 1 Notes

Sunday March 6, 2016

Toronto FC 2 New York Red Bulls 0
New York City FC 4 Chicago Fire 3
Orlando City SC 2 Real Salt Lake 2
San Jose Earthquakes 1 Colorado Rapids 0
New England Revolution 3 Houston Dynamo 3
FC Dallas 2 Philadelphia Union 0
Portland Timbers 2 Columbus Crew 1
Montreal Impact 3 Vancouver Whitecaps 2
Sporting Kansas City 1 Seattle Sounders 0
LA Galaxy 4 DC United 1

Notable Performances

Mike Magee - LA Galaxy vs DC United - 2 Goals, 1 Assist
Ignacio Piatti - Montreal vs Vancouver - 2 Goals, 1 Assist
Joao Plata - Real Salt Lake vs OCSC - 2 Goals
Diego Fagundez - New England vs Houston - 1 Goal, 2 Assists
David Accam - Chicago Fire vs NYCFC - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Mix Diskerud - New York City FC vs Chicago - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Sebastian Giovinco - Toronto FC vs NYRB - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Cyle Larin - Orlando City SC vs RSL - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Thomas McNamara - New York City FC vs Chicago - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Dominic Oduro - Montreal vs Vancouver - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Khiry Shelton - New York City FC vs Chicago - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Will Bruin - Houston vs New England - 2 Assists
Mauro Díaz - FC Dallas vs Philadelphia - 2 Assists

David Bingham - San Jose vs Colorado - Shutout, 5 Saves
Jesse Gonzalez - FC Dallas vs Philadelphia - Shutout, 2 Saves
Tim Melia - Sporting KC vs Seattle - Shutout, 2 Saves
Clint Irwin - Toronto FC vs NYRB - Shutout, 1 Save

Ejections

Darwin Cerén - Orlando City SC vs RSL
Oniel Fisher - Seattle vs SKC
Demar Phillips - Real Salt Lake vs OCSC

Weekly Recap - Week 34

Jámison Olave headed home a Javier Morales corner kick and Nick Rimando made a pair of saves as Real Salt Lake knocked off Municipal to clinch Group G and advance to the Champions League Quarterfinals... Juan Ramírez came off the Colorado bench and delivered two assists in the final 15 minutes as the Rapids stunned Sporting Kansas City 2-0 and kept the race for the final playoff spots in the Western Conference wide open. Prior to the match, Ramírez had just one assist on the year. Colorado Keeper Zac MacMath earned his first shutout since September of last year while making three saves... Alan Gordon scored his fifth goal of the 2015-16 Champions League, but the Galaxy conceded a late equalizer to Comunicaciones striker Rolando Blackburn causing them to lose the top seed in the knockout round and settle for the fifth spot and a date with Santos Laguna... The Whitecaps became the second team to travel to Honduras this year and lose when they, like Seattle before them, dropped a 1-0 decision against Olimpia. Traveling without most of their key contributors, the Caps were outshot 14-3 and maintained just 31.5% of possession during the match. Paolo Tornaghi made three saves in defeat... With Kei Kamara suspended, the Crew turned to midseason acquisition Jack McInerney and he delivered with a goal and an assist while Ethan Finlay added two goals of his own as the Crew routed DC United 5-0 and clinched the number two seed in the Eastern Conference. With the loss, DC United finished fourth... Lee Nguyen scored less than two minutes into the match and New England never looked back as Charlie Davies and Kelyn Rowe added goals and the Revs clinched the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with a 3-1 win over New York City FC. The Revs enter the playoffs as the East's 5 seed while City concludes their inaugural MLS season with an 8th place finish... Sébastien Le Toux's first half penalty kick accounted for all of the scoring as the Union ended Orlando City's playoff hopes with a 1-0 win. Andre Blake made five saves to earn the shutout in a match that featured 10 yellow cards and an ejection of Orlando City's Cristian Higuita. Despite the win, the Union end the season in 9th place while Orlando City's first campaign ends with them in 7th... In the span of a few seconds, Montreal erased a 1-0 deficit behind a pair of goals by Didier Drogba and held off Toronto FC 2-1. Montreal now finishes the season in third place in the East while Toronto settles for the sixth seed meaning the two clubs will face off in an elimination match on Thursday. On the bright side for Toronto, Sebastian Giovinco clinched the Golden Boot as he finished his first season in MLS with 22 goals and 16 assists... Darlington Nagbe scored two goals and added an assist as the Timbers routed the Rapids 4-1 on their way to a postseason berth and the third seed in the Western Conference. Rookie and 67th overall pick in the 2015 Draft, Dominique Badji, scored the lone goal for Colorado who ended the season in last place in the Western Conference... Vancouver clinched the number two seed in the West with a convincing 3-0 win over the Houston Dynamo. David Ousted made a pair of saves to reach 13 shutouts for the second consecutive season. With the loss, the Dynamo finished in 8th place in the West... Dom Dwyer's second half game winner lifted Sporting KC through to the postseason as they knocked off the Galaxy 2-1. Robbie Keane scored his 20th goal of the season, but couldn't stop the Galaxy from falling to 5th place in the West. Sporting will enter the playoffs as the six seed... The Red Bulls clinched their fourth Supporter's Shield, and third since 2010, with a 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire. Chicago's Alec Kann made his MLS debut in goal for the Fire and recorded six saves in a losing effort. The Fire end the season with a league-worst 20 losses... Clint Dempsey scored two goals and added an assist in the first 20 minutes as Seattle assured themselves of a playoff berth and a home game to boot after defeating Real Salt Lake 3-1. Real Salt Lake ends the season in 9th place. Luis Gil scored his first goal of the season for Real Salt Lake in a losing effort... San Jose's playoff hopes were dashed as they couldn't hold a lead against Dallas and fell 2-1 against the Western Conference Champions. While it turned out even a win by San Jose wouldn't have been enough, the loss removed all doubt, and kept them from finishing the 2015 season with a winning record. FC Dallas finished atop the Western Conference and will advance to next year's Champions League, but lost the Supporter's Shield to the Red Bulls on goal differential, 19-13.

Weekly Recap - Week 33

Herculez Gomez scored his first MLS goal since 2008 as Toronto clinched their first playoff berth in franchise history with a 2-1 win over Red Bulls. Toronto, who played without Michael Bradley, also overcame an ejection to Jozy Altidore who was tossed from the bench before ever appearing in the match. Sebastian Giovinco scored his 22nd goal in the win... Mauro Díaz scored a goal and added an assist as FC Dallas shutout Vancouver for the second time in a week, winning 2-0. Jesse Gonzalez earned his fourth shutout in nine career starts. 19 year-old Marco Bustos made his MLS debut off the bench for the Caps... Fanendo Adi's penalty kick accounted for all of the scoring and Adam Kwarasey made a pair of saves to earn his league-best 13th shutout as Portland upended Real Salt Lake 1-0... Two more goals from Cyle Larin sent Orlando City to a fifth straight win as they knocked off their expansion rivals New York City FC, 2-1. Larin now has 17 goals on the season as Orlando kept their slim playoff hopes alive in the Eastern Conference, but Orlando lost keeper Tally Hall in the closing minutes to a knee injury... Anibal Godoy scored the only goal of the match as San Jose kept pace with Portland by upending Sporting Kansas City, 1-0. Chris Wondolowski earned his first assist of the year to go along with his 16 goals... Federico Higuaín scored a goal and added an assist, and Ethan Finlay scored his 10th goal of the season as the Columbus Crew clinched a playoff berth with a 2-0 win over Toronto FC... Ignacio Piatti's second half goal sent the Impact to a 1-0 win over the New England Revolution as the Impact clinched a playoff berth and left New England needing a point in their final match to clinch the Eastern Conference's last playoff spot. Evan Bush made a pair of saves to earn the shutout... David Texeira's goal eliminated Real Salt Lake from the postseason as FC Dallas knocked off RSL 1-0 on Saturday. Jesse Gonzalez made five saves to earn a third straight shutout and helped Dallas become the first MLS team to reach 17 wins this season... DC United scored three times in the second half to turn a close game into a blowout win as United routed the Fire, 4-0. Chicago now has 19 losses on the season, the most in the league... Mike Grella scored 8 seconds into the match, the fastest goal in MLS history, and the Red Bulls struck four times in the opening half en route to a 4-1 rout of the Philadelphia Union. Grella scored twice giving him nine goals on the season... Obafemi Martins scored in the 82nd minute as the Sounders rallied for a draw against the Houston Dynamo. Ricardo Clark scored his 8th goal of the season for Houston as Brad Davis tallied career assist number 122... Portland overcame a pair of goals by Robbie Keane by erupting for five second half scores in a 5-2 road win over the vaunted LA Galaxy. Fanendo Adi scored twice and added an assist for the victors.

Weekly Recap, Week 32

An early red card for Ambroise Oyongo spelled doom for the Impact as they fell to the New York Red Bulls, 2-1. Didier Drogba scored his 8th goal of the season, but couldn't overcome the 2-goal hole they put themselves in after the opening half. Lloyd Sam scored his 10th goal of the season for the Red Bulls... David Ousted recorded his 12th shutout of the season, and 29th of his career, as the Whitecaps clinched a playoff berth following their 0-0 draw with FC Dallas. For 20 year-old Dallas keeper Jesse Gonzalez, the shutout was his third in eight career starts. Gonzalez has conceded just nine goals since taking over as Dallas's starting keeper... Didier Drogba scored the only goal of the match as the Impact rebounded from their midweek loss to knock off the Rapids, 1-0. Zac MacMath made his 2015 regular season debut in net for the Rapids and made a pair of saves in defeat. The Impact, while winning the match, saw midfielder Andrés Romero leave the match early with a knee injury.

MLS Weekly Recap, Week 31

Week 31:

Sporting Kansas City rallied from a goal down to force extra time against the Philadelphia Union and then outlasted their Eastern Conference opponents in a wild 7-6 shootout to win their third U.S. Open Cup title and deal the Union back-to-back losses the tournament finals. 21 year-old Jordi Quintillà delivered the winning kick... Frank Lampard scored for the third time in four matches, but DC United rallied for two goals after Lampard was substituted off in the 72nd minute and clinched a playoff berth. The loss snapped City's 3-game winning streak... Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore both scored goals as Toronto upended the Union 3-1 on Saturday. Toronto FC has now won three in a row, scoring three goals in each match... The New York Red Bulls became the first Eastern Conference team to hit 15 wins and eclipsed 50 points as they rallied from an early deficit to knock off the Columbus Crew, 2-1. The Crew, stuck on 47 points, missed an opportunity to become the third Eastern Conference team to clinch a playoff berth... Cyle Larin extended his rookie record with his 15th goal of the season and Seb Hines made his first MLS goal a game winner as Orlando City won their fourth straight since the return of Brek Shea defeating the Impact 2-1... Chicago overcame an early 1-0 deficit against New England rallying for three second half goals in a 3-1 win. Harry Shipp led the comeback with an assist on the equalizer to go along with the game winning goal... Sporting Kansas City started three rookies and knocked off the Portland Timbers 1-0 thanks to a late goal from second half substitute Krisztián Németh. The goal, Németh's 10th of the season, was assisted by another second half substitute, Graham Zusi... Chris Wondolowski scored his 16th goal of the season and helped keep San Jose's slim playoff hopes alive in a 1-1 draw with Vancouver. San Jose was forced to play the match without Fatai Alashe and Marc Pelosi, as both are away with the U.S. U-23s for Olympic Qualifying... FC Dallas clinched a playoff spot with a 4-1 rout over Houston on Sunday. David Texeira led the offense with a pair of goals as Dallas sits just a point behind LA with two games in hand... Real Salt Lake kept their postseason hopes alive with a come-from-behind 2-1 win over the Colorado Rapids. Luke Mulholland netted the game winner late in the first half... Chad Barrett's stoppage time equalizer capped off another memorable match between the Sounders and Galaxy. With the draw, the Galaxy have clinched a postseason berth while the Sounders remained three points above the red line.

MLS Weekly Recap - Weeks 29 & 30

Here's Week 29s recap:

Conor Doyle scored in the opening minute  and DC United cruised to a 2-0 CCL win over Árabe Unido to clinch first place in Group H and earn a spot in the quarterfinals... Real Salt Lake overcame 5 yellow cards (one of them a double) and salvaged a 0-0 draw against Santa Tecla in El Salvador. Midfielder John Stertzer was sent off in the 79th minute, but Jeff Attinella made 5 saves to preserve the shutout... Frank Lampard finally scored his first goal for New York City FC and Andrea Pirlo added a pair of assists as New York City shut out Toronto FC 2-0. City also welcomed back rookie Khiry Shelton who appeared in his first match since late May... Kelyn Rowe broke a 1-1 tie in the second half as the Revs won their sixth in a row and improved to 7-0-1 in their last eight matches... Kianz Froese scored the only goal in Vancouver's 1-0 Champions League win over Olimpia. Paolo Tornaghi made three saves to earn the shutout... Montreal overcame a red card to Ambroise Oyongo and rallied for a draw with San Jose as the Quakes blew a 1-0 lead for the second straight match... Benny Feilhaber scored a pair of goals as Sporting snapped a 5 game winless streak with a 3-1 win over FC Dallas who had their three game winning streak snapped... Sebastian Giovinco scored two more goals as Toronto scored 3 times in the first-half and cruised to a 3-1 win over the Colorado Rapids... Ned Grabavoy tallied 2 goals and an assist propelling City to a 3-2 win over the Quakes. City led the match 3-0 before San Jose mounted a failed comeback. The win capped a six point week for City... Kei Kamara notched his 21st goal of the season and added an assist as the Columbus Crew knocked off DC United 2-1 to take over first place in the Eastern Conference... Andreas Ivanschitz scored his first MLS goal and Stefan Frei made eight saves as Seattle defeated Vancouver 3-0 and clinched the 2015 Cascadia Cup... The Impact snapped New England's winning streak with a 3-0 win thanks to goals from Didier Drogba and Johan Venegas... For the second game in a row, Brek Shea and Bryan Róchez provided a spark off the bench and propelled Orlando City SC to victory as they knocked off the Fire, 1-0... The Galaxy were shut out for the third straight match falling to Real Salt Lake 3-0. Devon Sandoval scored twice for Real Salt Lake... The Red Bulls didn't let the Crew sit atop the East for long becoming the first MLS club to clinch a playoff berth this season with a 2-0 win over the Portland Timbers... Swiss international Tranquillo Barnetta opened his MLS account as the Philadelphia Union defeated the Dynamo 2-0...

And Week 30s:

DC United rallied from three goals down in the second half to salvage a draw with Jamaica's Montego Bay FC in United's final group play tune-up. United finishes with a record of 3-0-1 and advances to the quarterfinals... Didier Drogba scored again and the Impact sent the Fire to a league-worst 17th loss with a 2-1 win... Will Bruin scored the only goal of the match as the Dynamo held off Benny Feilhaber and the Sporting Kansas City attack 1-0. DaMarcus Beasley returned to the Dynamo lineup after missing their two previous games with an injury... Alan Gordon scored a late equalizer as the Galaxy rallied from a 1-0 deficit to draw with Central FC (Trinidad and Tobago) and clinch Group D of the Champions League... Lamar Neagle scored two goals, and Nelson Valdez added a goal and two assists as the Sounders clinched Group F of the Champions League with another 3-0 win over Vancouver. Chad Barrett also added a pair of assists... Real Salt Lake brought its big guns in during the second half of its Champions League showdown with Santa Tecla and the trio of Kyle Beckerman, Juan Manuel Martínez and Javier Morales contributed a goal and a pair of assists and put RSL in the driver's seat of Group G... Cyle Larin shattered the rookie scoring record with a hat trick against the New York Red Bulls as Orlando City defeated New York by a score of 5-2. Kaká added three assists in the rout and Bryan Róchez scored as a substitute for the third consecutive match. Orlando has won three straight since the return of Brek Shea... Sebastian Giovinco became the second player to reach 20 goals this season and also added an assist as Toronto knocked off Chicago 3-2. Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley also added goals for Toronto while Chicago's Gilberto scored twice in his first match against his former club. The Fire lead MLS with 18 losses... Didier Drogba scored two more goals giving him seven in his first six MLS matches and the Impact won a third straight, 2-0 over DC United. Montreal is now unbeaten in their last six matches... Andre Blake made 10 saves to preserve a 1-1 draw for the Union against the New England Revolution. Fernando Aristeguieta netted the equalizer for Philadelphia... Kei Kamara scored his 22nd goal of the season, but was outdone by Portland's Fanendo Adi who netted his fourth brace of the season in the Timbers' 2-1 win over Columbus... Giles Barnes scored for the first time in over 4 months as Houston capped a six-point week with a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rapids... David Villa knocked in a stoppage time penalty kick to send New York City FC to a third consecutive win. Frank Lampard added his second MLS goal... Obafemi Martins and Dom Dwyer traded goals as a predominantly reserve side from Sporting KC drew with the Sounders 1-1... Matías Pérez García scored just his second goal of the season propelling the San Jose Earthquakes to a critical 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake. He was then sent off less than a minute after scoring the game winner... Steven Gerrard, Robbie Keane, and Gio dos Santos all scored goals for the Galaxy as they snapped out of their scoring funk with a 3-2 win over FC Dallas.

MLS Weekly Recap - Week 28

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Vancouver's Uruguayan tandem of Octavio Rivero and Cristian Techera scored a pair of second half goals as the Caps became the first MLS team to 15 wins after knocking off the Rapids 2-0... Sporting Kansas City and Portland battled each other to a 0-0 draw despite Portland outshooting Sporting 18-8. Tim Melia made seven saves for Sporting... The Red Bulls overcame an early 2-0 deficit against their nemesis, the Chicago Fire, and came away with three points and a 3-2 win thanks to goals by Bradley Wright-Phillips, Mike Grella and Sacha Kljestan... Kei Kamara became the first player in MLS to reach 20 goals this season after scoring a pair of goals in Columbus's 2-1 win over Philadelphia... Juan Manuel Martínez made his first MLS start and helped Real Salt Lake to a 3-1 win over the Houston Dynamo. Nick Rimando made four saves and earned the 170th win of his MLS career... Rookie goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez helped FC Dallas to a third straight win as they knocked off Frank Lampard and New York City FC 2-1.  Lampard has now appeared in four matches for City, all of them losses... Steve Birnbaum scored a late equalizer as DC United salvaged a draw with the Colorado Rapids... The Impact hung with the Galaxy as keepers Evan Bush and Donovan Ricketts combined for nine saves in a 0-0 draw... The Quakes finally surrendered a goal with Anibal Godoy on the field as they lost a chance to take three points against the Sounders and ended up settling for a 1-1 draw... Lee Nguyen and Revs continued their tear winning a fifth straight and improving their unbeaten run to seven games. Nguyen has five assists in his last two matches and has 3 goals and 6 assists in his last seven... Orlando City won for the first time since August 1st as Brek Shea returned to action and came off the bench to earn the winning assist on Bryan Róchez's first MLS goal. Adrian Winter added a pair of goals for Orlando City in the win while Sporting saw Dom Dwyer sent off with a straight red late in the second half.

MLS Weekly Recap - Week 27

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Lee Nguyen tallied three assists as the Revs took care of business, even without Jermaine Jones, again Orlando City winning 3-0... Didier Drogba announced his arrival with authority tallying a hat trick in his first MLS start as Montreal rallied from a 3-2 deficit to defeat the Chicago Fire 4-3... Toronto couldn't overcome the absences of Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore and dropped a tight one to the Seattle Sounders, 2-1. Clint Dempsey returned to action for Seattle and notched a goal and an assist in the win... Conor Casey, now 34 years old, and playing just 8 minutes for the Union in the entire month of August (a span of five matches) came off the bench against San Jose and delivered a pair of late goals to give the Union three points against the Quakes... Despite starting three midfielders age 20 of younger (Coy Craft-18, Alejando Zendejas-17 and Kellyn Acosta-20), FC Dallas controlled the match against Columbus and routed the Crew 3-0. 20 year-old keeper Jesse Gonzalez earned his second consecutive shutout win.

MLS Weekly Recap, Week 26

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Miguel Aguilar scored in his second consecutive Champions League match while Michael Farfan added a pair of assists as DC United remained atop Group H with a 3-0 win over Jamaica's Montego Bay United... Kennedy Igboananike scored a pair of goals and both Michael Stephens and Gilberto notched a pair of assists as the Fire shocked the Red Bulls in what had been dubbed a 'trap game' for New York. Sacha Kljestan tied his MLS career high with his fifth goal of the season... Colorado picked up their second straight win defeating the Dynamo 2-1 behind goals by Vicente Sánchez and Kevin Doyle... Olimpia's 19 year-old striker Alberth Elis scored the only goal of the match as the Honduran club knocked off the Sounders 1-0 in Champions League action. Troy Perkins made two saves in a losing effort... The Vancouver Whitecaps clinched a berth in the 2016-17 Champions League with a 2-0 win in the second leg of the Canadian Championship Final over the Montreal Impact. Octavio Rivero netted the game winner while rookie Tim Parker scored the insurance goal in the second half. The Impact were done in by a first half red card for Víctor Cabrera as both Whitecap goals came after he was sent off... Shea Salinas headed in a rebound and the San Jose Earthquakes shocked the LA Galaxy 1-0 for a fourth consecutive shutout win. The Galaxy, meanwhile, saw defender Leonardo sent off in the 47th minute and lost for the first time with Gio dos Santos on the field. It also brought and end to LA's four game winning streak... Frank Lampard started for New York City FC, but City remains winless in games in which he plays following a 2-1 defeat to the Crew on Saturday. Columbus is now 3-0-1 in their last four... For the second match in a row, Toronto started with Jozy Altidore on the bench, and for the second time in a row, he came in and scored helping Toronto to a win. Unfortunately Toronto saw both Sebastian Giovinco and Benoît Cheyrou leave the match early. Meanwhile Montreal lost a third straight league match, didn't dress Didier Drogba and saw Laurent Ciman sent off in the second half with a second yellow... Diego Fagúndez became the youngest player in MLS history to score his 25th goal as the Revs defeated the Union 1-0. New England has now won three in a row and is 4-0-1 in their last five matches. The Union meanwhile watched star midfielder Cristian Maidana get sent off in stoppage time for spitting... David Accam spotted Chicago an early lead against Orlando, but an own goal equalized and the two clubs settled for a 1-1 draw... The Dynamo got a boost from Cubo Torres's first start of the season and picked up a huge win on Saturday knocking off Vancouver 2-0. Ricardo Clark scored the game winner and then Houston got some help as both Kendall Waston and Matías Laba were sent off in the second half for Vancouver setting up the Dynamo's insurance tally... 20 year old Jesse Gonzalez made four saves and out-dueled Nick Rimando as FC Dallas snapped a three-game losing streak and defeated Real Salt Lake 2-0. Tesho Akindele netted the game winner when he converted a penalty kick for his first goal since May 9th... Sporting Kansas City's struggles continue as they blew a 1-0 second half lead and fell to Colorado 2-1. Sporting also watched Chance Myers leave 24 minutes in with an injury. Myers has been limited to just eight games this season after suffering a torn achilles last season... Needing three points, Seattle took care of business at home upending their rivals, the Portland Timbers, 2-1 behind goals by Obafemi Martins and Brad Evans. The Sounders also welcomed back Marco Pappa and Osvaldo Alonso, but are still without the injured Clint Dempsey. For Portland, the loss snapped a four-game unbeaten streak... New York's English contingent tallied all three goals as the Red Bulls routed DC United 3-0. Bradley Wright-Phillips scored a pair of goals and added an assist while Luis Robles made a pair of saves to complete the shutout.

MLS Weekly Recap, Week 25

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The LA Galaxy cruised to a second straight CCL win thanks to a pair of goals by Alan Gordon, and two goals and an assist from second half substitute Robbie Keane. Kenney Walker and Gio dos Santos each added a pair of assists in the rout... Miguel Aguilar scored his first goal for DC United in the 85th minute of their Champions League showdown with Árabe Unido as United moved atop Group H. Andrew Dykstra made four saves to preserve the shutout... The Sounders pulled off an improbable come-from-behind victory against Olimpia getting two goals in the 90th minute or later to stun the Honduran side 2-1. Erik Friberg netted the equalizer off a header and then captain Brad Evans buried a 97th minute penalty to win it keeping the Sounders CCL hopes alive... Kwadwo Poku again made a case that he should be starting for New York City FC scoring a pair of goals in place of the injured Frank Lampard, but Cedrick scored his first MLS goal to equalize and the match ended in a 2-2 draw. Kei Kamara had a goal and an assist for the Crew... San Jose erupted for three goals in the first 27 minutes in Kansas City and ended up cruising to a 5-0 rout of Sporting KC. Chris Wondolowski and Cordell Cato each scored a pair of goals and new acquisition Anibal Godoy scored his first since signing. Benny Feilhaber was sent off in the 71st minute for Sporting... Darlington Nagbe and Lucas Melano scored second half goals as Portland rallied from a 2-0 deficit to salvage a 2-2 draw against the Houston Dynamo. Will Bruin scored his 10th goal of the season for the Dynamo and Brad Davis notched his 119th career assist... For the second time this season, Rafael Ramos was sent off less than 40 minutes into a match, and Orlando City again paid dearly for it getting routed 5-0 by Toronto FC with all 5 goals coming after half-time. Michael Bradley picked up three assists, and Jozy Altidore came off the bench to score twice in less than three minutes. Adrian Winter was also sent off late in the second half for Orlando who have now been outscored 13-1 in their last four games... The Quakes capped a 6-point week on Saturday with a third consecutive shutout victory, all of them coming following the insertion of Anibal Godoy into the Quakes midfield. Chris Wondolowski scored the 105th goal of his career in the win moving him into sole possession of sixth place on the all-time MLS scoring list... Columbus took advantage of Benny Feilhaber's suspension and rallied for a 3-2 win over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night. Newcomer Jack McInerney scored his first goal since being traded from Montreal on August 4th to win it. Sporting conceded eight goals in two games this week... Andre Blake became the fourth different player to start in net for the Union this year and he may be the last after a 4-save effort shut out the Montreal Impact spoiling Didier Drogba's MLS debut. Sébastien Le Toux scored the only goal, his fourth in his last five games... Dillon Serna scored in the opening minute for the Rapids and Clint Irwin and the Colorado defense made it stand up in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire... Real Salt Lake scored twice in the first 20 minutes and stifled the Sounders offense holding them to five shots in a 2-0 win. Clint Dempsey missed his third straight match for the Sounders... The Whitecaps became MLS's first 14-win team this season as they rode a Cristian Techera goal to a 1-0 win over FC Dallas. 20 year old Jesse Gonzalez made his MLS debut in net for Dallas in the loss. He made one save... Robbie Keane did it all on Sunday scoring twice and assisting twice in LA's 5-1 win over New York City FC. The Galaxy have now won four in a row and six of seven.

MLS Weekly Recap, Week 24

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Montreal battled back from a 2-0 deficit in the first leg of the Canadian Championship Final and salvaged a 2-2 home draw against Vancouver. Justin Mapp returned to action for the first time since his injury in week 1 and assisted on the equalizer. The second leg will be played on August 26th... Sébastien Le Toux, the U.S. Open Cup's all-time leading goal scorer was at it again scoring the game winner in the 74th minute as the Union advanced to the Finals for the second year in a row. Chicago not only lost the match, but watched newly acquired designated player Gilberto leave with an injury 20 minutes in... Benny Feilhaber helped rally Sporting past hated rivals Real Salt Lake by assisting on the equalizer and then scoring the game winner as Sporting advanced to the U.S. Open Cup Finals for the first time since winning the tournament in 2012... New York City FC rallied from a 1-0 deficit to beat Bill Hamid three times and win despite playing without the injured Frank Lampard. Andrea Pirlo earned his first career MLS assist in the second half... Making his first appearance since leaving with an injury against Vancouver in late July, Clarence Goodson headed in his second goal of the season off a cross from Quincy Amarikwa moments after Dillon Powers' effort slammed off the crossbar for the Rapids. Goodson and the Quakes hung on for their first win since late June... The Red Bulls spoiled Herculez Gomez's return to MLS with a 3-0 defeat of Toronto FC on Saturday. New York's newly signed designated player Gonzalo Verón came off the bench in the second half and scored his first MLS goal in stoppage time... Even inclement weather wasn't enough to stop the Revs from extending their unbeaten streak on Saturday. Despite lengthy delays, New England scored twice in the second half as the Revs beat Houston 2-0. Jermaine Jones made his first start for the Revs since May... Sporting rallied from deficits of 2-0 and 3-1 scoring three times after the 80th minute to stun the Whitecaps 4-3 in a high scoring affair. Paulo Nagamura, who had scored just once all season, scored both the equalizer and the game winner for Sporting... Robbie Keane scored twice in the second half to rally the Galaxy to a 2-1 win over FC Dallas. Dallas has now lost two in a row after winning five straight... Nat Borchers shocked his former team with a 95th minute header as the Timbers stunned Real Salt Lake 1-0. Adam Kwarasey earned his third consecutive shutout and leads the league with 11 on the year... Seattle unveiled some of its new toys (Nelson Valdez and Román Torres), and brought back one of its old ones in Obafemi Martins, and looked like a whole different team as they routed Orlando City 4-0. Martins scored twice in his first action since injuring himself during the U.S. Open Cup... After playing a 1-0 game in the U.S. Open Cup in midweek action, Chicago and Philadelphia played a wild 3-3 affair on Sunday night. Kennedy Igboananike scored twice including the stoppage time equalizer and added an assist for Chicago while Cristian Maidana assisted on all three Union goals.

RESULTS

WEDNESDAY

Philadelphia Union 1 Chicago Fire 0 - US Open Cup Semifinals
Sporting Kansas City 3 Real Salt Lake 1 - US Open Cup Semifinals
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 Montreal Impact 2 - Canadian Championship Final, Leg 1

THURSDAY

New York City FC 3 DC United 1

FRIDAY

San Jose Earthquakes 1 Colorado Rapids 0

SATURDAY

New York Red Bulls 3 Toronto FC 0
New England Revolution 2 Houston Dynamo 0
Sporting Kansas City 4 Vancouver Whitecaps 3
LA Galaxy 2 FC Dallas 1
Portland Timbers 1 Real Salt Lake 0

SUNDAY

Seattle Sounders 4 Orlando City SC 0
Philadelphia Union 3 Chicago Fire 3

NOTABLE GOALS

Sébastien Le Toux (Philadelphia) - Sébastien Le Toux scored his 15th U.S. Open Cup goal, the most in the tournament's history, as Philadelphia advanced to their second consecutive Open Cup Final. Le Toux added his 5th goal of the regular season in Philadelphia's 3-3 tie on Sunday.

Soni Mustivar (Sporting KC) - Mustivar scored his first goal since joining Sporting Kansas City from Petrolul Ploiești in Romania and made it count as it leveled the score in Sporting's semifinal tilt with Real Salt Lake setting the stage for a trip to the Open Cup Finals.

Benny Feilhaber (Sporting KC) - Feilhaber continued his sensational run of good form with an assist on Mustivar's equalizer as well as the game winning goal, his second of the tournament, in Sporting's 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake.

Krisztián Németh (Sporting KC) - Németh added an insurance goal in Sporting's semifinal win over Real Salt Lake, and with four goals in the tournament, he trails teammate Dom Dwyer by just one for the Golden Boot.

Anthony Jackson-Hamel (Montreal) - 22 year-old homegrown player Anthony Jackson-Hamel scored his first professional goal to help Montreal salvage a draw in the Canadian Championship Finals. Jackson-Hamel has appeared in just 10 MLS matches in his 2 year career and has yet to score during the regular season.

David Villa (NYCFC) - Villa beat Bill Hamid in the second half of City's 3-1 win giving him 14 goals on the season and his fourth game winner.

Kwadwo Poku (NYCFC) - Poku made his first start since his 3-assist performance against Orlando City on July 26th and once again delivered picking up his second goal of the season and adding his seventh assist.

Clarence Goodson (San Jose) - Goodson's header helped propel the Quakes to their first win since June. The former U.S. National Teamer tied his career high for goals in a season with two and now has five goals in his MLS career.

Bradley Wright-Phillips (NYRB) - BWP scored his 11th goal of the season as New York won for the fifth time during its six game unbeaten streak. Wright-Phillips' next goal will be the 40th of his MLS career.

Gonzalo Verón (NYRB) - New York's newly acquired designated player scored his first MLS goal against Toronto on Saturday. The 25 year-old Argentine signed on August 5th.

Juan Agudelo (New England) - Agudelo scored his first goal since May adding an insurance goal in New England's 2-0 win over Houston. Agudelo has been relegated to a bench-role starting just once in the Revs' last seven games.

Kekuta Manneh (Vancouver) - Manneh scored twice in the first half against Sporting, but Vancouver couldn't hold leads of 2-0 or 3-1 and fell 4-3. Manneh has six goals on the season tying his career high set back in 2013.

Dom Dwyer (Sporting KC) - Dwyer helped spark Sporting's comeback against Vancouver with his eighth goal of the season. Dwyer now has 30 goals in the last two seasons.

Paulo Nagamura (Sporting KC) - Making just his seventh start of the season, Nagamura scored twice after the 87th minute helping propel Sporting to an improbable 4-3 win over Vancouver. Nagamura has three goals on the season and just 15 in 233 career matches dating back to 2005.

Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy) - With a brace against Dallas on Saturday night, Keane now has 13 goals on the season including ten in his last six starts. The Irish international now has 66 goals in 100 career MLS appearances, good for 25th on the all-time scoring list.

Nat Borchers (Portland) - Defensive stalwart Borchers scored his third goal of the season against the team for whom he played from 2008-2014. Borchers has 15 goals in his MLS career.

Obafemi Martins (Seattle) - Playing in his first MLS match since June, Martins delivered a pair of goals and helped Seattle snap a 5-game losing streak. Martins has nine goals on the year despite playing in just 12 matches.

Nelson Valdez (Seattle) - World Cup veteran Nelson Valdez made his MLS debut and scored Seattle's second goal in its 4-0 rout of Orlando City. Valdez has 68 CAPS for Paraguay's national team scoring 13 times including one against Argentina in this year's Copa América.

Kennedy Igboananike (Chicago) - Igboananike scored a pair of goals and assisted on a third as he accounted for all of Chicago's offense in their 3-3 draw with Philadelphia. Igboananike had just two goals and an assist on the year entering the match.

Fernando Aristeguieta (Philadelphia) - Aristeguieta scored his first goal since April 5th as he made his first start since early June for the Union.

SHUTOUTS BY:

John McCarthy (Philadelphia) - McCarthy made two saves as the Union advanced to the U.S. Open Cup Finals for the second year in a row. McCarthy earned his first career MLS shutout last Saturday against Orlando City.

David Bingham (San Jose) - Bingham made a pair of saves as San Jose earned their first win since June. The San Jose netminder has seven saves on the year.

Luis Robles (NYRB) - New York won for the seventh time in nine games as Robles earned his seventh shutout of the season. Robles had only six shutouts in 34 starts in 2014.

Bobby Shuttleworth (New England) - Shuttleworth earned his first shutout since June as the Revs extended their unbeaten run to four games with a 2-0 win over Houston. Shuttleworth has six shutouts on the year.

Adam Kwarasey (Portland) - Kwarasey made five saves as Portland held off Real Salt Lake for their third consecutive shutout. Kwarasey hasn't been scored upon in the month of August and leads MLS with 11 shutouts this season.

Stefan Frei (Seattle) - Frei matches his career high with his 9th shutout in Seattle's blowout win over Orlando City. The shutout was Frei's first since Seattle beat Dallas 3-0 on June 13th.