Dallas maintain lead at the top with San Jose Earthquakes win

May 26, 2013 at 1.30am UK

A strike from Fabian Castillo secures a home win for FC Dallas over San Jose Earthquakes to maintain their lead at the top of the MLS Western Conference.

Published: May 26 2013 | 04:05

Last updated: May 26 2013 | 11:43

FC Dallas have maintained their lead at the top of the MLS Western Conference with a 1-0 win over San Jose Earthquakes.

The home side could have been ahead in the first 30 seconds of the game as Jackson found space on the edge of the area but his goalbound effort was well blocked by Sam Cronin.

Dallas broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute when David Ferreira raided upfield and fed the ball to Fabian Castillo on the right, the winger took a touch and fired his effort low into the bottom corner past Jon Busch.

San Jose were almost level just before the break as Raul Fernandez punched clear from a Marvin Chavez went only as far as Victor Bernardez who drilled a shot at goal but it clattered the crossbar and went over.

After the break, Castillo and Ferreira almost combined for Dallas's second but this time Busch made a good save to deny the winger as he closed in on goal.

The Earthquakes nearly made Castillo pay for his miss but Fernandez made a great reaction save to deny Chris Wondolowksi at close range as he palmed away his volley.

Fernandez denied Wondowloski yet again in stoppage time as the striker's header looked to be creeping into the bottom corner but the keeper stuck out a hand and turned the ball away, earning his side the 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