MLS Re-Cap

Some really exciting games in Major League Soccer this weekend. It's becoming gradually more and more important for the mid-table teams to start picking up points and securing play-off births.
The weekend was kicked off in Carson with the Superclassico. Cobi Jones' L.A. Galaxy (man that sounded good) got a very important point, considering they were 1 minute away from getting nothing from the match. L.A. needs to start picking up the pace if they want to make the playoffs. And no one talks about Chivas USA, but they are slowly but surely dropping out of the playoff race as well.

As far as the rest of this weekend's matches:

New England Revolution 0 - 4 San Jose Earthquakes
Surprise of the weekend by a large margin. If San Jose would have started to play like this at the beginning of the year, they would be up near the top of the Western Conference, easily. New acquisitions plus a little self belief have gone a long way for this club. As for the Revs, its just a small yield sign in the middle of their long and successful year.

Kansas City Wizards 1 - 2 Colorado Rapids
A whole 35 people saw the Rapids pick up a hard earned 3 points as Conor Casey delivered for the crazy waves. Kansas City is the under-performing team in the league this year. Claudio Lopez is wondering more and more what he got himself into...

Real Salt Lake 3 - 4 Houston Dynamo
Game of the Week, and what a game it was. 6, yes, 6 goals in the first half and a lone Dr. Goal tally in the second half. A big game for Houston that sees them leap-frog Salt Lake to the top of the West. Dare I say this is another late season push by the Dynamo?

D.C. United 1 - 0 Chicago Fire
The Brian McBride return was a sour one for the Fire faithful that had been waiting for a good 2 weeks to see the American Messiah return home. A lone Carreiro goal was the difference as D.C. looked dangerous throughout. Chicago had a good couple of scoring chances, but were unable to put them away. For the start that D.C. had, I'd say it's been a hell of a year for the Volkswagens.

F.C. Dallas 1 - 2 Columbus Crew
Not a whole lot in this match as the Crew got 2 late goals to put the Crew atop the Eastern Conference, and the entire MLS for that matter. Dallas was unable to put away chances, and were beat on set-pieces. Dallas is in a good position however, with journeyman goalscorer Jeff Cunningham pairing with Kenny Cooper, this offense will wake up, and in a weaker Western Conference, this bodes well for the Hoops of Dallas.

Toronto F.C. 0 - 2 New York Red Bulls
Team Canada was unable to repeat its gritty performance from last week, I think, I don't really know because the field was covered in grid-iron lines....New York is gaining momentum, but it might be too little too late.