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San Jose Earthquakes edge out Chicago Fire

San Jose Earthquakes beat Chicago Fire 2-1 to move into second place in the MLS Western Conference standings.

By Chris O'Keefe, Reporter

Published: March 23 2015 | 01:10

Last updated: March 23 2015 | 22:05

San Jose Earthquakes have moved into second place in the Western Conference courtesy of a 2-1 victory over the Eastern Conference's bottom club Chicago Fire.

The visitors almost forced a breakthrough in the fourth minute when Harrison Shipp's strike brought an early save out of David Bingham.

However, San Jose broke up the other end and took the lead when Mattias Perez Garcia's pinpoint corner allowed Abdul-Fatai Alashe to head home for the hosts.

Chicago then fell further behind on 21 minutes when they failed to clear another Garcia cross before Ty Harden pounced on the loose ball to score San Jose's second.

The Fire pulled a goal back before the half-hour mark, however, thanks to Shipp's well-placed effort.

Midway through the second half, San Jose almost managed to restore their two-goal advantage when yet another tantalising ball into the box from Garcia allowed Chris Wondolowski the chance to score, but his strike was deflected away from danger.

However, the home side were able to hold on for a victory that moves them three points behind Dallas in the Western Conference rankings.

The result also leaves Chicago without a point from their first three games this season.

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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