Columbus Crew ease to win over Montreal Impact

Sep 28, 2014 at 12.30am UK

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The Columbus Crew ease to a comfortable 2-0 win over the Montreal Impact in their MLS clash as goals from Ethan Finlay and Federico Higuain secure the victory.

Published: September 28 2014 | 02:51

Last updated: September 30 2014 | 17:58

Goals from Ethan Finlay and Federico Higuain fired Columbus Crew to a 2-0 victory over the Montreal Impact in their MLS clash.

The home side took the lead in the second minute when Will Trapp picked out the run of Finlay with an inch-perfect pass and the forward fired the ball into the top corner of the net from a tight angle.

Aaron Schoenfeld slipped behind the Impact defence minutes later and fired a shot across the face of goal which went just past the post.

The Crew were dominating the game and only a good stop from Evan Bush denied Finlay his second of the game when he latched onto Justin Meram's pass, but the keeper made a good block with his feet.

An error from Matteo Ferrari almost ended in disaster for Montreal as Schoenfeld released the run of Higuain, but his chipped effort went just the wrong side of the post.

In the second half, the Crew were handed the chance to double their lead when they were awarded a penalty. Higuain took the spot kick and fired his effort past the outstretched hand of Bush.

Calum Mallace nearly brought the Impact back into the match when he smashed a volley at goal from 25 yards, but Steve Clark was on hand to turn his effort over the bar.

Columbus somehow didn't secure the three points in the 86th minute when Tony Tchani raided forward and fired a shot at goal only to see his effort hit the woodwork.

The ball fell kindly to Bernardo Anor two yards from the empty net, but he incredibly struck the post as well, although his side were able to see out victory at Columbus Crew Stadium.

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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