Patrick Nyarko strike earns Chicago Fire point against Houston Dynamo

Jul 4, 2015 at 2am UK

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Patrick Nyarko strikes to earn the Chicago Fire a point in their MLS clash against the Houston Dynamo to cancel out Alex's earlier effort at BBVA Compass Stadium.

Published: July 4 2015 | 04:18

Last updated: July 4 2015 | 13:00

A second-half equaliser from Patrick Nyarko earned the Chicago Fire a share of the spoils in their MLS clash against the Houston Dynamo this evening.

The Fire had the chance to take the lead when Razvan Cocis latched on to a corner from Harrison Shipp and fired his effort at goal, but his effort hit the underside of the bar and bounced clear.

Houston hit back as Giles Barnes raided down the right flank and crossed into the box for Will Bruin, but the forward's effort went wide of the post.

Sean Johnson then made a good stop to keep the Fire level as he denied Ricardo Clark from the edge of the area.

In the second half, the home side took the lead as Alex latched on to a loose ball in the box and was able to bury the ball past Johnson into the net.

Chicago pressed to get back into the match as Nyarko got on the end of a cross by Mike Magee, but he could only guide his header over the bar.

Lovel Palmer then went close again for the visitors as he was afforded space and time to line up a strike from distance, only to see his strike sail narrowly over the bar.

The Fire got their equaliser when Greg Cochrane lifted the ball into the box and Nyarko fired at goal. Joe Willis managed to keep the first effort out, but the forward pounced on the rebound to earn his side a point.

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	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

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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