Dillon Powers brace fires Colorado Rapids to victory

May 25, 2014 at 2am UK

Powers (5' pen., 84'), Hill (54'), O'Neill (58')

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A brace from Dillon Powers guides the Colorado Rapids to a comprehensive 4-1 win over the Montreal Impact in their MLS clash.

Published: May 25 2014 | 04:55

Last updated: May 25 2014 | 12:08

Colorado Rapids hammered the Montreal Impact 4-1 in their MLS clash on Saturday.

The home side took the lead in the fifth minute when they were awarded a penalty as Sanna Nyassi pulled back Edson Buddle in the box.

Dillon Powers took the spot kick and fired the ball past Troy Perkins, sending his kick straight down the middle of the goal.

The Rapids should have doubled their lead when Deshorn Brown raced through on goal, but with just Perkins to beat his shot clattered off the post and bounced clear.

Perkins kept his side in the game minutes later when Buddle managed to find a path to goal, but the keeper managed to beat away his effort from close range.

After the break, Montreal were inches from equalising as Justin Mapp weaved his way into the area only to see his left-footed shot hit the post.

The misfortune was to cost the visitors as Colorado doubled their lead through Kamani Hill as the midfielder curled the ball past Perkins from the edge of the box.

It got better for the home side minutes later when Shane O'Neill collected a loose ball on the edge of the area and found the top corner with a right-footed shot, after Impact had failed to clear their lines from a corner.

Colorado continued to press and got their fourth goal as Powers got his second of the game when he received the ball inside the box, turned his man and found the bottom corner with a low drive.

Andres Romero got a consolation goal for Montreal, but the home side claimed a thumping win.

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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