Dallas edge past New York City FC in MLS clash

Sep 13, 2015 at 1.30am UK

FT(HT: 2-0)

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Goals from Tesho Akindele and Michel guide Dallas to a 2-1 victory over New York City FC in their MLS clash.

Published: September 13 2015 | 03:57

Last updated: September 14 2015 | 16:41

Dallas have secured a 2-1 victory over New York City FC in their MLS clash this evening.

The home side came close to take the lead when Lucas Barrios was afforded space and time on the edge of the box to fire at goal, but his effort was saved by Josh Saunders.

Andrea Pirlo had the opportunity to put the visitors ahead when City won a free kick on the edge of the box. The Italian curled his effort over the wall, but his strike was saved by Jesse Gonzalez.

Fabian Castillo came close to breaking the deadlock for Dallas when he raided down the left and weaved his way through two defenders before seeing his strike well saved by Saunders.

The hosts took the lead just before the break when Tesho Akindele found space down the right and unleashed a rocket of a strike into the top corner, leaving Saunders with no chance.

Dallas doubled their lead in the third minute of stoppage time before the half-time whistle when Michel managed to curl the ball directly into the net from a right-wing corner.

New York were handed a chance to get back into the game in the second half when Atiba Harris was adjudged to have elbowed Ned Grabavoy in the face, resulting in a penalty being awarded. Patrick Mullins took the spot kick and curled his strike into the bottom corner.

The visitors put the pressure on late in the game to push for an equaliser, but Dallas held out for the win.

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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