Sporting Kansas City secure dramatic win thanks to Benny Feilhaber strike

Jul 17, 2014 at 12.30am UK

Juliao (69' og.), Feilhaber (90')
Trapp (89')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Benny Feilhaber's stoppage-time strike hands Sporting Kansas City a 2-1 victory over Columbus Crew.

Published: July 17 2014 | 02:33

Last updated: July 17 2014 | 08:19

Benny Feilhaber scored in stoppage time to hand Sporting Kansas City a 2-1 victory over Columbus Crew.

The best of the early chances fell to Lawrence Olum, but the Kansas midfielder could head straight at Steve Clark following good work by Benny Feilhaber on the wing.

Both sides wrestled for control throughout the first half, and it was Columbus who then came agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock in the 26th minute when Tony Tchani headed wide from just a few yards out.

The visitors were ahead just three minutes before the break when Feilhaber caused problems on the wing once again before picking out CJ Sapong, who had the simple task of heading home from close range.

Kansas were dealt a blow in the early stages of the second half as they were reduced to 10 men when Aurelien Collin was shown a straight red card after colliding with Adam Bedell in the air.

Much to their frustration, Kansas were immediately put on the back foot, with Bedell and Tchani going close with efforts within the space of a couple of minutes.

Columbus were gifted an equaliser in the 69th minute when Chad Barson's inviting deliver was inadvertently put into the net by Igor Juliao.

The hosts grew in confidence after drawing level, but were unable to find a late winner as Federico Higuain curled the best of their opportunities wide from the edge of the box, before their numerical advantage was wiped off when Will Trapp was forced off the pitch due to a second bookable offence on Feilhaber.

Kansas took control in stoppage time, and the victory was secured in the third added minute when Feilhaber fired into the top corner from 25 yards out to leave Steve Clark helpless.

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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