Late Ethan Finlay strike hands Columbus Crew win

Jul 27, 2014 at 12.30am UK

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Columbus Crew secure a late victory over the New England Revolution as Ethan Finlay scores in the 84th minute to condemn the home side to defeat at Gillette Stadium.

Published: July 27 2014 | 03:36

Last updated: July 27 2014 | 21:17

A late strike from Ethan Finlay hand the Columbus Crew a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium.

New England threatened early on and Steve Clark had to be at his best to tip Teal Bunbury's powerful shot over the bar after the forward had weaved his way into the box.

The home side were playing neat football and Diego Fagundez and Kelyn Rowe combined well to set up a shooting chance for the former, but he bent his effort just past the post, with Clark scrambling.

Columbus responded to this threat with a well-worked move and Federico Higuain could only blast his volley from inside the penalty area straight into the chest of Bobby Shuttleworth.

Just before the break, Higuain did find his range and he smashed a free kick beyond the reach of Shuttleworth into the top corner.

In the second half, the Revolution came within inches of an equaliser as Rowe was played in behind the Crew defence, but his left-footed volley was diverted past the post by Clark.

However, from the resulting corner, Rowe found AJ Soares at the near post and he powered a header past Clark to draw his side level.

Both sides had chances to win the game but the scores stayed the same until the 84th minute when Justin Meram lifted a ball over the top for Finlay, and he kept his composure to fire past Shuttleworth and earn his side victory.

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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