Soccer

The playoff hopes of the Houston Dynamo continue to slip away as the club gets set to host the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday at Robertson Stadium.

The Columbus Crew signed Peru forward Andres Mendoza on Friday.

The Colorado Rapids will continue their playoff push on Saturday when they host Western Conference cellar-dwellars, Chivas USA at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Landon Donovan and manager Bruce Arena both agreed after last week's loss to the Kansas City Wizards that the Los Angeles Galaxy were "outcompeted."

Red Bull New York travels to take on Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night in Major League Soccer action.

D.C. United interim coach Ben Olsen called Wednesday's loss to the Columbus Crew in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals "cruel," but now the struggling squad will try to bounce back in Major League Soccer on Saturday in a rematch against Columbus.

FC Dallas set a record last weekend after earning a scoreless draw at Columbus, going 10 straight Major League Soccer road fixtures without a loss.

Chicago Fire forward Brian McBride will retire at the end of the 2010 season, the Major League Soccer team announced on Friday.

Kansas City coach Peter Vermes said last week's 2-0 win at the Los Angeles Galaxy was "probably our best 90-minute performance of the whole season," but the surging Wizards still have work to do to qualify for the Major League Soccer playoffs.

Seattle Sounders FC travel to New England to take on the Revolution, hoping to extend their current unbeaten run in Major League Soccer play to nine games.