Major League Soccer; 7/4/2013

Thursday Night's Matches:
FC Dallas 0:0 Chivas USA
Colorado Rapids 2:0 New York Red Bulls
Los Angeles Galaxy 2:1 Columbus Crew

Major League Soccer Rankings (Updated thru 7/4)
Portland Timbers (7-9-1) 5.043
Real Salt Lake (10-4-5) 4.662
Los Angeles Galaxy (8-3-7) 3.360
Montreal Impact (9-3-4) 3.247
New England Revolution (5-6-5) 2.830
Sporting Kansas City (7-6-5) 2.516
FC Dallas (8-7-3) 2.422
Seattle Sounders FC (7-3-5) 1.637
Colorado Rapids (7-5-7) 0.588
Vancouver Whitecaps (7-5-5) 0.506
Philadelphia Union (7-6-5) 0.494
New York Red Bulls (8-4-7) 0.165
Houston Dynamo (6-5-6) -0.523
Columbus Crew (5-5-8) -1.931
Chicago Fire (6-3-7) -3.387
Toronto FC (2-7-8) -3.539
San Jose Earthquakes (5-6-8) -4.153
Chivas USA (3-4-10) -6.450
DC United (2-3-13) -10.172

This Weekend's Matches:
Saturday
#5 New England Revolution vs. #17 San Jose Earthquakes, 4:30 pm PDT (MLS Live)
#13 Houston Dynamo vs. #11 Philadelphia Union, 6 pm PDT (MLS Live)
#10 Vancouver Whitecaps vs. #8 Seattle Sounders FC, 8 pm PDT (NBC Sports Network)

Sunday
#15 Chicago Fire vs. #6 Sporting Kansas City, 12 pm PDT (ESPN)
#14 Columbus Crew vs. #1 Portland Timbers, 2 pm PDT (MLS Live)
#4 Montreal Impact vs. #18 Chivas USA, 4 pm PDT (MLS Live)
#9 Colorado Rapids vs. #19 DC United, 6:30 pm PDT (MLS Live)
#3 Los Angeles Galaxy vs. #7 FC Dallas, 7:30 pm PDT (MLS Live)

Shoutouts, Greetings and Other Business:
I'd like to send a shoutout to my first MLS player follower of the @EvansRankings twitter handle, Houston Dynamo defender #6 Mike Chabala (@MikeChabala). Thank you Mike, I hope you enjoy the blog.