Real Salt Lake saw two leads disappear and looked destined to settle for a point against FC Dallas on Saturday.

Then Nat Borchers delivered a stoppage-time finish any forward, let alone centerback, would be proud off.

Borchers struck a close-range shot into the top corner of the net in the third minute of second-half stoppage time to give Real Salt Lake a 3-2 victory at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night.

*MacMath is listed as out according to yesterday's MLS Injury Report, but is questionable in the Union's game preview. is out, Konopka starting.

A blow to the head in practice and multiple run-ins with opposing players has left the Philadelphia Union with only one option in goal heading into today's game against Toronto FC.

I have to give it up to the Chicago Fire and their digital crew. They produced two crafty commercials for this weekend's game against the Crew.

One is Dominic Oduro running fast through the grocery store, celebrating an orange going into a bag like a goal and just well, being fast.

The other is keeper Sean Johnson in the same grocery story.

Article by Pedro Gomes
Midweek MLS action was plentiful. Among all the chatter about US Open Cup and the Canadian Championship, the league held some exciting matches. New York fans honored Juan Pablo Angel with a deserved banner and Columbus stunned Seattle with a 2-0 win.

With the international break nearly here, MLS teams are cramming in games before World Cup qualifiers begin, and the result is a numerous mid-week matches.

Four MLS games and a friendly accompany the Canadian championship on the docket Wednesday night, highlighted by the New York Red Bulls' five-game winning streak being put to the test by recent trade partner Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy looking to end their struggles against the San Jose Earthquakes in the California Clasico.

Photo: Earl Gardner

Chase Harrison could have given up on pro soccer long ago.

It could have been after the 2006 season, when Real Salt Lake drafted him, loaned him out to a USL team that folded at season's end, and then waived him before he appeared in a single match. (The club drafted Chris Seitz a few months later.

Photo: Earl Gardner

Chase Harrison could have given up on pro soccer long ago.

It could have been after the 2006 season, when Real Salt Lake drafted him, loaned him out to a USL team that folded at season's end, and then waived him before he appeared in a single match. (The club drafted Chris Seitz a few months later.

FC Dallas and the Philadelphia Union's respective winless runs continue.

Panamanians Blas Perez and Gabriel Gomez each found the back of the net for their teams, as FC Dallas and the Union played to a 1-1 draw at FC Dallas Stadium on Saturday. The result leaves FC Dallas without a victory in their last seven games, while the Union have not won in their last four.

It wasn't pretty, but it counts.

In the 56th minute, Gabriel Gomez lowered his head and, with Philadelphia's first shot of the match, tied the score at one. As he scored, Gomez collided with Dallas goalie Kevin Hartman and had to leave the match, but the Union held on for the point in front of 13,272 at FC Dallas Park in Frisco, Texas.

In this past week, a new stadium opened, a new leader emerged in the East, and there were a number of beautiful goals. I considered just posting highlights of goals, but there was much more than goals happening. Also, I need to reach a minimum word count to post a story. Let's run down the action, shall we?

Another amazing stadium opens this weekend. (Wilf Thorne / Houston Dynamo)

All eyes this weekend will be on Houston. Major League Soccer get to open up yet another soccer specific stadium and BBVA Compass Stadium will certainly be a proud one to display to the world. The bright orange seats and the oven-like feeling inside will almost certainly give the Dynamo a tough home environment to deal with.

Summer friendly season gets an early start, as Schalke visits PPL Park to take on the Philadelphia Union tonight at 7:30.

The match gives U.S. national team fans a chance to check out Jermaine Jones' before his expected call into May training camp in addition to seeing Bundesliga-leading scorer Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and star Spanish striker Raul, who will not be returning to Schalke after this season and is entertaining transfer moves to other leagues.

At one point the path to Western Conference victory was assumed to include FC Dallas. Their slow start puts the Toros in 6th, but their struggles are deeper than the 12 points in 10 played indicate. Similar to the Seattle Sounders, Dallas lost a player to injury last year. David Ferriera is still out after his ankle injury last year.

Colorado played like the better team for 34 minutes when facing Dallas 11 on 11, then suddenly they were 11 on 9 and the game was essentially over. In the 25th minute Daniel "Real Championship" Hernandez was given a yellow card for dissent after complaining to the ref for not calling a foul on the Rapids.

On Sunday night, the Colorado Rapids defeated FC Dallas 2-0 in a penalty-filled affair at FC Dallas Stadium.

FC Dallas lost two men to red cards in the first half, forcing the club to play with nine men for 54 minutes of the match.

Midfielder Daniel Hernandez was the first to be shown a red, after picking up his second yellow card in only the 34th minute.

Rapids in Colorado punish the unprepared and the undermanned. On Sunday, the Colorado Rapids went on the road and did the same as their namesake white water, knocking off a nine-man FC Dallas squad 2-0.

Jaime Castrillon scored in the 61st minute with a header off a Brian Mullan cross and Martin Rivero netted his first MLS goal with assists from Mullan and Kamani Hill in the 74th minute.

When FC Dallas started Sunday's match against the Colorado Rapids, they were already facing the prospect of trying to win without Brek Shea, sidelined by turf toe. Two red cards later, Dallas' task went from difficult to impossible.

First-half red cards to Daniel Hernandez and Blas Perez gave the visiting Rapids a two-man edge.

It's Monday. So along with the other usual suspects (posts) around here, I think I may try a new one as the MLS Discipline Committee continues to hand down weekly suspensions and fines. Its a new game of guess who gets fined or suspended this week!

Here are some nominees:

Sanny Nyassi for his boot to the face of Troy Perkins

What about someone in the scuffle between Chicago and Seattle?

Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Galaxy

It had been six years since Bill Gaudette had started a game in Major League Soccer. His start Saturday proved an eventful one.

Gaudette filled in for starter Josh Saunders and held Dallas to one goal in a 1-1 draw with Dallas. He faced his first shots in the game's first minute and stopped four shots on the day.

Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Galaxy

It had been six years since Bill Gaudette had started a game in Major League Soccer. His start Saturday proved an eventful one.

Gaudette filled in for starter Josh Saunders and held Dallas to one goal in a 1-1 draw with Dallas. He faced his first shots in the game's first minute and stopped four shots on the day.

Herculez Gomez and Santos Laguna have a two-goal hill to climb in Torreon, Mexico, when they take on Monterrey with the CONCACAF Champions League title on the line (8 p.m., Fox Soccer Channel/Telefutura).

Monterrey will try to defend their 2-0 lead after the first leg and finish off their second consecutive run to the CCL title, but in order to do so they'll have to fend off an explosive Santos Laguna team in a brutal place to play for opponents all while playing without their suspended star striker Humberto Suazo.

Photo: Paul Rudderow

Big thanks to the Philadelphia Union players, coaches and fans who attended Tuesday night's Team Dinner event for a wonderful time. Great people doing great things.

Philadelphia Union

Michael Farfan and Carlos Valdes were named to MLSsoccer.

Blas Perez will sit out tonight's game due to suspension. (Getty Images)

FC Dallas forward Blas Perez.

Yes, this news came down yesterday afternoon and honestly many here in Dallas were stunned by the news. Perez was given a one game suspension for an elbow on Whitecaps defender Jordan Harvey in the first half of Saturday's game with Vancouver.

Blas Perez will sit out tonight's game due to suspension. (Getty Images)

FC Dallas forward Blas Perez.

Yes, this news came down yesterday afternoon and honestly many here in Dallas were stunned by the news. Perez was given a one game suspension for an elbow on Whitecaps defender Jordan Harvey in the first half of Saturday's game with Vancouver.

Blas Perez has been on the wrong end of a challenge deemed suspension-worthy by the MLS Disciplinary Committee. Now he's the one being suspended.

The FC Dallas striker has been suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount for his elbow to Vancouver defender Jordan Harvey in their matchup Saturday night.

Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo de 2014, foi realizado no dia 15/11/2011, na cidade de Panama City-PAN, onde jogaram as seleções do Panamá (53º no tanking da FIFA) e a seleção de Dominca (152º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
2014Roseau 07/10/2011 DMA0:5 (0:2)PAN Second round
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Terry Vaughn-USA
Scout:
Rolando Blackburn (7.

D.C. United aims to end one dubious streak Wednesday night, while Sporting Kansas City looks to keep their impressive one intact.

That is what's on the line in two mid-week MLS matches, as D.C. hosts the Montreal Impact and Sporting Kansas City leaves the confines of Livestrong Sporting Park, heading north to face the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Brek Shea picked a good time to come out of his early-season slump.

Shea scored his first goal of the season on an 88th-minute effort that saw FC Dallas complete their comeback to top the Montreal Impact, 2-1, at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas on Saturday night. The result improved FC Dallas to 3-2-1 while it dropped Montreal to 1-5-1.

Benny Feilhaber put in a solid performance off the bench in a losing effort. (Photo: Chris Aduama/aduama.com)

After each match the contributors to New England Soccer Today will rate the performances of the New England Revolution players who made an appearance on a 1 to 10 scale (1 horrendous, 5 average, 10 perfection).

I think we can all agree that this was a game to forget. There are no excuses this time. No narrow pitch or early red card to blame. This one was a winnable game, for the most part, but I do not think that the Revs deserved to win it. To be fair, I don't think Dallas did either; a point a piece would have been a just end to this match.

One of the biggest surprises of the young MLS season has been the play of the San Jose Earthquakes, who moved into a tie for first place in the Western Conference with their recent 1-0 win against the Seattle Sounders.

San Jose's impressive 3-1 start has been due in part to the standout performances of a handful of players who have played some of the best soccer in the league, a reason why the Earthquakes boast a league-high three selections on SBI's MLS Best XI for March.

Ugo Ihemelu scored a dramatic game-winning goal almost five minutes into second-half stoppage time as the New England Revolution suffered a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to FC Dallas on Thursday night at FC Dallas Stadium.

The Revs (2-3-0, 6 pts.) were just moments away from grinding out a scoreless draw and finishing their two-game road trip with four well-earned points before Ihemelu buried a header from Zach Loyd's free kick in the 95th minute.

Seconds away from heading back to Foxboro with four points from a two-game road trip, the New England Revolution saw a scoreless draw turn into a 1-0 defeat to FC Dallas with a series of errors. The kickoff to final whistle effort that had been so prevalent in the Revs two game winning streak disappeared late in stoppage time as an unnecessary foul and lackadaisical marking allowed Ugo Ihemelu to head in the game-winner.

It was A.J. Soares' only foul of the match that cost the Revs any points in Frisco, TX Thursday night. A late stoppage-time goal by Ugo Ihemelu from a set piece in the Dallas attacking third was the dagger in the heart for the Revs, who played a mostly uninspired and sluggish match until the dwindling moments.

The New England Revolution are about to take on FC Dallas in Frisco tonight. This game will close out a two-match road trip that began this past weekend with a surprise 3-1 upset of Los Angeles. Dallas has plenty to play for as well, including pride after DC smacked them like twice-rented mules on the weekend, winning by a stunning 4-1 score line.

The New England Revolution is looking to win three in a row for the first time since 2009 when they take on FC Dallas in Frisco tonight. The Revs handily dispatched the Galaxy in Los Angeles last weekend by a 3-1 score line, bolstered by goals from Kelyn Rowe, Chris Tierney and Saer Sene. Dallas, meanwhile, is 1-2-1 and just got resoundingly smashed 4-1 by DC.

The New England Revolution is preparing to close out a two-match extended road trip (they never returned to Foxboro after the LA game) against FC Dallas in Frisco. The Revs are brimming with confidence and enthusiasm after dominating the Galaxy 3-1 in LA. Dallas, meanwhile, was just spanked 4-1 by D.

The MLS disciplinary committee is bringing down the hammer.

After reviewing the past weekend's matches, the league's disciplinary arm has suspended FC Dallas' Jair Benitez, D.C. United's Brandon McDonald and Vancouver Whitecaps' Atiba Harris a game apiece and fined them for violent conduct, and fined D.

Week 4 of MLS action saw two league leaders fall and one come back on the road. The Revolution handed the Galaxy a defeat to put them in last place of the Western Conference while Real Salt Lake climbed back to win against Portland. San Jose gave Seattle all they can handle and suddenly out of nowhere the New York Red Bulls impressed.

Maicon Santos had two goals and an assist in D.C. United's first win of the season, a 4-1 win over visiting FC Dallas last night at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Rookie Nick De Leon pitched in a goal and ...