by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Jul 2, 2019

MLS Week 17, Results:



Wednesday, June 26

New England 1 Philadelphia 1

Montreal 2 Portland 1

D.C. United 1 Orlando City 0

Toronto FC 3 Atlanta United 2

FC Dallas 2 Vancouver 2

San Jose 1 Houston 0

Friday, June 28

NY Red Bulls 3 Chicago 1

Colorado 1 LAFC 0

Saturday, June 29

Minnesota United 7 FC Cincinnati 1

Atlanta United 2 Montreal 1

NYCFC 4 Philadelphia 2

Columbus 0 Orlando City 2

New England 2 Houston 1

D.C. United 1 Toronto FC 1

Real Salt Lake 2 Sporting KC 0

San Jose 3 LA Galaxy 0

Seattle 1 Vancouver 0

Sunday, June 30

Portland 1 FC Dallas 0



√ San Jose was the big winner, shutting out Houston and the LA Galaxy to climb three spots into eighth place.



√ Colorado knocked off top-ranked LAFC for the biggest win yet in its seven-game unbeaten streak under interim coach Conor Casey.



√ Unbeaten in its last 11 games (6-0-5 record), NYCFC climbed into second place.



√ After starting out 6-1-1, Houston has fallen back down to earth, its troubles resurfacing on the road, where it's lost its last six games.



√ In each team's last six games, Columbus and FC Cincinnati have one point combined.



RANK (PREVIOUS) TEAM (W-L-T)

1. (1) LAFC (11-2-4)

2. (3) NYCFC (6-1-8)

3. (5) Seattle (8-4-5)

4. (2) Philadelphia (9-5-5)

5. (6) NY Red Bulls (8-6-3)

6. (7) Atlanta United (9-6-2)

7. (9) D.C. United (8-4-7)

8. (11) San Jose (7-6-4)

9. (4) Houston (7-6-3)

10. (8) LA Galaxy (10-7-1)

11. (12) Montreal (9-8-3)

12. (10) FC Dallas (7-7-5)

13. (13) Portland (6-8-2)

14. (14) Minn. United (7-7-3)

15. (15) Real Salt Lake (7-8-2)

16. (16) Toronto FC (6-7-5)

17. (17) New England (5-8-5)

18. (19) Colorado (5-9-4)

19. (18) Orlando City (6-8-3)

20. (20) Chicago (4-7-7)

21. (21) Vancouver (4-7-8)

22. (22) Sporting KC (4-5-7)

23. (23) Columbus (5-11-2)

24. (24) FC Cincinnati (3-13-2)

Note: Only MLS results are counted in the Power Rankings.



MLS Schedule, Week 18:



MLS will have its busiest week yet with 19 games -- 10 on Wednesday and Thursday for the July 4 celebrations and nine over the weekend.



Wednesday, July 3

NYCFC vs. Seattle 7 pm.

Orlando City vs. Philadelphia 7:30 pm.

Chicago vs. Atlanta United 8 pm.

Minnesota United vs. San Jose 8 pm.

Sporting KC vs. LAFC 8:30 pm.

Houston vs. NY Red Bulls 9 pm.

Real Salt Lake vs. Columbus 10 pm.

Thursday, July 4

Colorado vs. New England 9 pm.

FC Dallas vs. D.C. United 9 pm.

LA Galaxy vs. Toronto FC 10:30 pm.

Saturday, July 6

Philadelphia vs. Orlando City 7 pm.

FC Cincinnati vs. Houston 7:30 pm.

Columbus vs. Seattle 7:30 pm.

Montreal vs. Minnesota United 7:30 pm.

Sporting KC vs. Chicago 8:30 pm.

LAFC vs. Vancouver 10:30 pm.

San Jose vs. Real Salt Lake 10:30 pm.

Sunday, July 7

Atlanta United vs. NY Red Bulls 2 pm.

NYCFC vs. Portland 6:30 pm.

Note: All times ET.



Photo: Houston Dynamo