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Columbus Crew 1-1 Sporting Kansas City

A vital late equaliser from Eddie Gaven earns Columbus Crew a 1-1 draw against Sporting Kansas City as the regular season draws to a close in Major League Soccer.

By Liam Power, Reporter

Published: October 8 2012 | 00:15

Last updated: October 8 2012 | 00:34

Columbus Crew kept their playoff hopes alive with a late equaliser at home to Sporting Kansas City tonight.

C.J. Sapong got Kansas off to a superb start after just ten minutes when he reacted quickest to slam home a rebound after hitting the post with a header.

Federico Higuain came closest to restoring parity in the first half with a long-range free kick, which was well saved by Jimmy Nielsen.

Jairo Arrieta spurned a series of chances to extend the lead for table-topping Kansas, and they were made to pay for those missed opportunities.

Ten minutes from time veteran midfielder Eddie Gaven headed a pinpoint cross from Emilio Renteria past Nielsen to level the scores.

An important late point keeps Crew within touching distance of Houston Dynamo and New York Red Bulls in the fight for the final playoff places in the Western Conference.

All three sides are separated by four points with just two games left in the regular 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