Columbus Crew ease to win over Chicago Fire

May 25, 2014 at 12.30am UK

FT(HT: 2-0)

Columbus Crew ease to a comfortable 2-0 win over the Chicago Fire thanks to goals from Ethan Finlay and Jairo Arrieta.

Published: May 25 2014 | 03:17

Last updated: May 25 2014 | 13:03

Columbus Crew earned their fourth win of the MLS season as they defeated the Chicago Fire 2-0 in their clash on Saturday.

The Crew took the lead in the 10th minute when Federico Higuain played Ethan Finlay behind the Fire defence and he rounded Sean Johnson before slotting the ball into the net.

Quincy Amarikwa tried to get his side level minutes later, but his shot from the edge of the area was well held by Steve Clark.

Columbus doubled their lead as Higuain turned provider again this time releasing the run of Jairo Arrieta who beat his man and then fired past Johnson from inside the box.

The Fire almost got a goal back immediately when Harry Shipp lifted a cross into the area for Juan Luis Anangono who headed at goal, but his effort clattered off the post.

After the break, Justin Meram could have added a third after Dominic Oduro raided down the right and cut the ball back for the midfielder, but his shot was beaten away by Johnson.

Chicago pressed in their search for a lifeline and almost got it when Amarikwa won the ball in the Crew half only to see his powerful shot saved by Clark.

The home side nearly wrapped the game up in style when Oduro headed a cross from a corner at goal, but Shipp was on the line to head the ball away.

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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