Matias Sanchez, Dominic Oduro strikes earn Columbus Crew win

Jun 16, 2013 at 12.30am UK

Columbus Crew earn win over MLS Eastern Conference leaders Montreal Impact, thanks to goals from Matias Sanchez and Dominic Oduro.

Published: June 16 2013 | 03:07

Last updated: June 16 2013 | 10:24

Columbus Crew earned an impressive 2-0 win over MLS Eastern Conference leaders Montreal Impact in their clash at Columbus Crew Stadium.

The home side took the lead in the sixth minute when Matias Sanchez collected the ball just outside the penalty area and fired at goal, and his effort was deflected past Troy Perkins into the net.

Columbus could have doubled their advantage as Federico Higuain whipped a cross in from the right and Montreal defender Hassoun Camara got a touch and nearly turned the ball into his own goal, but Perkins made an excellent fingertip save.

The Impact should have been level when Andrew Wenger was played behind the hosts' defence, but he could only drill his effort straight at Andy Gruenebaum.

Montreal were to rue the miss as Dominic Oduro doubled the home side's lead as he won the ball off Collen Warner and drove into the penalty area before slotting his shot past Perkins.

Wenger should have got a goal back for the visitors but he somehow lifted his shot over the bar with only Gruenebaum to beat after he won the ball from Chad Marshall.

Columbus were cruising and almost made it three when Oduro latched onto Higuain's lofted cross but Perkins did well to beat his effort away. However, the Crew closed out the win to earn the three points.

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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