Landon Donovan was the architect for the
The victory put them six points clear at the top of the Western Conference, while at the top of the East,
Teal Bunbury netted a minute from time to earn Sporting Kansas City a 1-1 draw against
Dwayne De Rosario scored both goals as DC United, who later had Andy Najar sent off 20 minutes from the end, beat the
Brian Ching scored twice to lead Houston Dynamo to a 3-1 win over the Seattle Sounders. Ching scored either side of Alvaro Fernandez's response from the penalty spot, after Colin Clark had opened the scoring for Houston.
Peri Marosevic and Danny Koevermans scored in the last 20 minutes as Toronto FC came from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw at the Portland Timbers, who had led through Eddie Johnson's strike and a penalty from Jack Jewsbury.

