Columbus Crew edge past Seattle Sounders

May 10, 2015 at 12.30am UK

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Dempsey (24', 75')

Kei Kamara nets a brace to guide the Columbus Crew to a narrow 3-2 victory over the Seattle Sounders in their MLS clash.

Published: May 10 2015 | 02:48

Last updated: May 10 2015 | 10:24

Columbus Crew edged out the Seattle Sounders to claim a 3-2 victory in their MLS clash.

The game started in an end-to-end fashion as the visitors broke upfield when Obafemi Martins found the run of Andy Rose who fired at goal, only to see his effort saved by Steve Clark.

Columbus hit back with a chance of their own as Kei Kamara spread the ball to Federico Higuain, who carved out space for a strike but was denied by Stefan Frei.

The Crew did take the lead minutes later when Waylon Francis raided down the right and lifted a cross into the box for Kamara to power a header past Frei.

Seattle got back into the match as Marco Pappa picked out Clint Dempsey on the edge of the area, and the forward lined up a strike which found the net after cannoning off the underside of the crossbar.

In the second half, Columbus regained their advantage as the Sounders failed to clear their lines and Higuain weaved his way through their defence before dispatching a strike past Frei.

The Crew should have netted a third goal when Higuain found the run of Ethan Finlay, who sped past Chad Marshall into the box only to fire his strike over the crossbar.

However, Columbus did add a third one minute later as Justin Meram found space in the box to tee up Kamara to slot the ball past Frei from close range.

Seattle got a goal back in the 75th minute when Pappa sent an arcing ball over the top of the Colombus defence for Martins, whose headed effort was saved, but Dempsey was on hand to fire in the rebound.

The visitors pushed for an equaliser late in the match, but the hosts held out to claim a narrow win at the MAPFRE 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