Columbus Crew battle back to earn a point against Houston Dynamo

Sep 14, 2014 at 1.30am UK

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Goals from Will Trapp and Ethan Finlay earn the Columbus Crew a point from their clash with the Houston Dynamo, as the visitors battle back from two goals down.

Published: September 14 2014 | 04:39

Last updated: September 14 2014 | 14:20

The Columbus Crew fought back from two goals down to earn a point in their 2-2 MLS draw with Houston Dynamo at the BBVA Compass Stadium.

The home side should have taken the lead when Omar Cummings did well down the right to cut the ball back to Ricardo Clark inside the box, but, with the goal gaping. the midfielder blasted his effort straight Tyson Wahl.

Houston did take the lead in the 12th minute when pressure from AJ Cochran forced Crew's Aaron Schoenfeld to head into his own net.

Tony Tchani had a golden to bring his side level when he raided through the middle of the Houston defence, but he fired his effort wide of the post when left one-on-one with Tyler Deric.

The Dynamo double their lead when Cummings released the run of Giles Barnes in the inside right channel, and the midfielder showed great composure to lift the ball over Steve Clark and into the net.

In the second half, Columbus responded almost immediately when Will Trapp picked up the ball 25 yards from goal and let fly with a powerful shot that beat Deric and nestled in the bottom corner.

The Crew got their equaliser in the 54th minute as a Waylon Francis cross from the left travelled all the way to the back post, where Ethan Finlay was there to power a header past Deric.

Both sides pressed for a winner and Columbus thought that they had won a penalty late in the game when the referee had adjudged Cochran to have handled the ball in the box.

However, after discussion with his assistant, he overruled his decision and the teams settled for a point apiece.

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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