New York escapes from L.A.

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2011 Power Rankings: May 9
 RK (LW)TEAMRECCOMMENT
New York Red Bulls1 (1)New York Red Bulls4-1-3The Red Bulls' titanic clash with L.A. lived up to the hype, and while New York had its chances, some big-time stops by goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul and defender Tim Ream helped the players escape from L.A. with a 1-1 draw.
Real Salt Lake2 (2)Real Salt Lake5-1-0RSL left it late in subduing nine-man Chivas, but a funereal gloom hung over Real's dressing room after seeing Javier Morales stretchered off with a broken leg and ankle.
Los Angeles3 (3)Los Angeles4-2-4The Galaxy may very well have snagged a victory over New York were it not for some woeful finishing by the likes of Juan Pablo Angel.
Portland Timbers4 (8)Portland Timbers4-3-1The Timbers have climbed up the table by feasting on home cooking. Now they'll try to fix their road woes against bitter rival Seattle.
Colorado5 (11)Colorado4-3-2It wasn't always pretty, but given the Rapids' ever lengthening injury list, Gary Smith will take the four points his side garnered from two road matches.
Philadelphia Union6 (4)Philadelphia Union4-2-1The Union is much improved this season, but with a league-worst five goals scored in seven games, they've yet to conjure up the attacking magic of last season.
Seattle Sounders FC7 (5)Seattle Sounders FC3-3-4After stumbling in a midweek loss to D.C. United, the Sounders gained a smidgen of satisfaction by drawing at Columbus.
Columbus8 (7)Columbus3-1-4The Crew are tied for second in the Eastern Conference, but the pop-gun nature of their attack will make it tough for them to stay there.
FC Dallas9 (9)FC Dallas3-3-2FCD still looks like a side trying to find its way in the wake of David Ferreira's long-term injury, but some stellar goalkeeping from Kevin Hartman helped Dallas snag a point on the road against D.C. United.
Chivas USA10 (10)Chivas USA2-3-3Playing for more than half the game with nine men, the Goats nearly stole a point on the road against RSL, only to fall just short. The question now is how many games will Marcos Mondaini be suspended after his leg-breaking tackle on Javier Morales.
Houston11 (6)Houston3-3-3After failing to get any points from two winnable games against Colorado and Toronto, the feel-good factor has been deflated a bit in Houston.
New England12 (12)New England2-3-4Manager Steve Nicol bemoaned his side's lack of creativity in tying Colorado, 0-0. Wasn't Benny Feilhaber supposed to solve that problem?
DC United13 (14)DC United3-4-2DCU will feel they deserved better than a home draw against Dallas, but a victory against Seattle earlier in the week means things are looking up for Ben Olsen's side.
Toronto FC14 (16)Toronto FC2-3-4And a little child shall lead them. Well, 5-foot-3 Joao Plata looks like one, at any rate, and his goal and an assist gave TFC a badly needed win over Houston.
Chicago15 (13)Chicago1-3-4After a home draw against expansion strugglers Vancouver, things are looking bleak for manager Carlos de los Cobos.
Kansas City16 (15)Kansas City1-4-1SKC can only hope that they made their bye week count. The next stop on their season opening slog is an away date with Los Angeles.
Vancouver Whitecaps17 (17)Vancouver Whitecaps1-4-4The Whitecaps will take solace in their first road point of the season, but the fact remains that their winless streak has now reached eight games.
San Jose18 (18)San Jose1-4-2Even during a bye week the Quakes got some bad news, as playmaker Simon Dawkins underwent calf surgery that could keep him out for two months.