Dallas secure comfortable win over Houston Dynamo

May 2, 2015 at 1am UK

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Hollingshead (9'), Texeira (21'), Diaz (52'), Castillo (55')

Goals from Ryan Hollingshead, David Texeira, Mauro Diaz and Fabian Castillo fire Dallas to a 4-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo.

Published: May 2 2015 | 03:36

Last updated: May 2 2015 | 11:40

FC Dallas have extended their unbeaten run in the MLS to three matches courtesy of a 4-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo.

The visitors took the lead in the ninth minute when Ryan Hollingshead raided upfield to the edge of the box before he rifled an effort past Tyler Deric into the bottom corner.

Dallas doubled their lead when Fabian Castillo released the run of David Texeira and the forward maintained his composure to bury an effort past Deric from inside the box.

The Dynamo got back into the game in the 32nd minute when they were awarded a free kick just outside the area and Giles Barnes curled an effort over the wall and into the top corner, leaving Dan Kennedy with no chance.

In the second half, Dallas restored their two-goal advantage when Mauro Diaz collected the ball on the edge of the box and beat two tackles before lifting a strike over Deric into the net.

The visitors secured their victory in the 55th minute when Diaz turned provider as he found Castillo in the box and the winger struck with the outside of his boot which beat the outstretched hand of Deric to find the bottom corner.

Dallas pushed for further goals and although Dynamo were able to keep the scoreline down, they still fell to a heavy defeat at the BBVA Compass Stadium.

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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