Portland, Ore. • Bright Dike scored just before halftime and the Portland Timbers beat the Colorado Rapids 1-0 Friday night to get consecutive wins for the first time this season.

Dike broke free, took a beautiful cross from Sal Zizzo and blasted the ball into the net in the 45th minute.

The Timbers (7-13-6) moved out of the Western Conference basement with the win, moving one point ahead of Colorado for eighth place.

The Associated Press MLS standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Sporting KC 14 7 5 47 32 23

New York 13 7 7 46 46 39

Houston 11 6 9 42 38 30

D.C. 12 9 5 41 43 37

Chicago 12 8 5 41 32 30

Columbus 11 8 6 39 31 29

Montreal 12 13 3 39 42 44

Philadelphia 7 13 4 25 25 30

New England 6 14 6 24 33 38

Toronto FC 5 15 6 21 29 46

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

San Jose 15 6 5 50 52 33

Real Salt Lake 13 10 4 43 37 32

Seattle 12 6 7 43 40 26

Los Angeles 12 11 4 40 46 40

Vancouver 10 10 7 37 29 35

FC Dallas 8 12 8 32 33 37

Chivas USA 7 10 7 28 20 35

Portland 7 13 6 27 27 43

Colorado 8 17 2 26 33 41

Saturday's games

Philadelphia at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at Sporting K.C, 6:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Real Salt Lake, 7p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Sunday's games

Seattle FC at FC Dallas, 5 p.m.

Houston at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Chivas USA at San Jose, 7 p.m.