Edson Buddle, Dillon Powers strikes secure Colorado Rapids win

Colorado Rapids secure a 2-0 win over Columbus Crew thanks to strikes from Edson Buddle and Dillon Powers to maintain their strong position in the MLS Western Conference.

By Simon Sinclair, Reporter

Published: May 12 2013 | 02:50

Last updated: April 9 2015 | 14:46

Colorado Rapids secured a vital 2-0 win over Columbus Crew at the Columbus Crew Stadium to strengthen their place in the MLS Western Conference.

The hosts could have been ahead in the sixth minute when Jairo Arrieta raced onto a through-ball and lobbed it over the on-rushing Clinton Irwin, but his shot landed on the wrong side of the post.

Colorado took the lead in the ninth minute when Atiba Harris laid the ball back to Edson Buddle inside the six-yard box and he made no mistake in firing his effort into the bottom corner.

The home side nearly equalised within a minute but Dominic Oduro's header went just over the bar from Tyson Wahl's cross with Irwin beaten. Minutes later Arrieta did well to find space in the area but his shot went wide of the target.

After the break, Arrieta was presented with another golden chance to get his side level after being played behind the Rapids defence, but he couldn't direct his left-footed shot on target.

Dillon Powers made Columbus rue their missed chances when he doubled his side's lead firing a shot past Andy Gruenebaum, which took a deflection on its way into the net and sealed the win for the Rapids.

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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