Late Jason Johnson goal earns Chicago Fire point

May 23, 2015 at 1am UK

Kamara (8', 55')

FT(HT: 1-0)

The Chicago Fire battle back from a two-goal deficit to earn a point in their MLS clash against the Columbus Crew at the MAPFRE Stadium.

Published: May 23 2015 | 03:37

Last updated: May 23 2015 | 07:56

Jason Johnson scored a stoppage-time equaliser to earn the Chicago Fire a point in their MLS clash against the Columbus Crew.

The home side took the lead in the eighth minute when Kei Kamara latched on to a low cross into the box and fired the ball past Jon Busch from close range.

The Fire almost hit back as Kennedy Igboananike teed up David Accam on the edge of the box, who drilled a volley at goal, but Steve Clark was on hand to make the save.

In the second half, the Crew pushed for a second goal and Justin Meram came close as he picked up the ball on the edge of the box and fired his effort over the bar.

Columbus doubled their lead when Kamara latched on to a cross into the box from Kevan George and powered a header past Busch.

However, the Fire got a goal back immediately as Igboananike raided down the flank and his cross was deflected into the path of Accam, who found the net with a low strike.

Chicago pushed for a leveller in the dying minutes and came within inches as Quincy Amarikwa beat his man, but his shot cannoned off the post and bounced clear.

The visitors got their equaliser in stoppage time when Eric Gehrig lifted the ball in from the right and Johnson rose to guide a header into the corner to earn his side a share of the spoils.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21