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Toronto • Giles Barnes scored in the first half and Tyler Deric made a series of big saves to help the 10-man Houston Dynamo' beat Toronto FC 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Barnes scored in the 35th minute, taking a pass from Kofi Sakodie down the flank and beating rookie defender Nick Hagglund and goalkeeper Joe Bendik.
Deric stopped Jermain Defoe's 58th-minute penalty attempt, after defender A.J. Cochran was sent off for dragging down Luke Moore.
Houston improved to 11-14-6, and Toronto dropped to 11-13-7. —
MLS standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
x-D.C. 15 9 7 52 46 34
New England 15 13 3 48 46 43
Sporting K.C. 13 11 7 46 45 37
New York 11 9 11 44 49 46
Columbus 11 10 10 43 44 38
Toronto FC 11 13 7 40 42 49
Philadelphia 9 10 12 39 46 45
Houston 11 14 6 39 36 51
Chicago 5 8 18 33 38 46
Montreal 6 18 7 25 34 54
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
x-Seattle 19 9 3 60 61 47
x-Los Angeles 17 5 9 60 66 31
Real Salt Lake 13 8 10 49 50 39
FC Dallas 14 11 6 48 52 42
Vancouver 10 8 13 43 40 40
Portland 10 9 12 42 56 52
Colorado 8 15 8 32 42 58
San Jose 6 13 11 29 35 44
Chivas USA 7 18 6 27 26 58
x- clinched playoff berth
Wednesday's Games
Houston 1, Toronto FC 0
San Jose at Portland, late
Friday's Games
Chicago at Sporting Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Seattle FC, 8 p.m.
Saturday's Games
New England at Montreal, 2 p.m.
Toronto FC at New York, 5 p.m.
Columbus at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at Chivas USA, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday's Games
D.C. United at Houston, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 5 p.m.