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Houston Houston Dynamo

Diaz (25' pen.), Texeira (51', 93'), Acosta (53')

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David Texeira at the double as Dallas crush Houston Dynamo

David Texeira scores twice as Dallas move top of the Western Conference with a 4-1 win over Texas rivals Houston Dynamo at the Toyota Stadium.

By Shane Callaghan, Reporter

Published: October 5 2015 | 00:20

Last updated: October 5 2015 | 16:14

Dallas produced a rousing second-half display to beat Texas rivals Houston Dynamo 4-1 at the Toyota Stadium and return to the summit of the Western Conference.

Reeling from back-to-back defeats, the hosts moved ahead on 25 minutes when Mauro Diaz converted a penalty after Fabian Castillo was fouled by Rasheed Olabiyi.

It was not enough to earn a half-time lead, however, as Ricardo Clark's long-range effort found the top corner with nine minutes left as Houston earned parity at the break.

Oscar Pareja's men gave themselves a much-needed shot in the arm early in the second period as quickfire goals flipped the contest on its head.

First, David Texeira found the top corner from outside the box on 51 minutes, before Kellyn Acosta fired home from 12 yards two minutes later to put Dallas into a commanding position.

Texeira added a fourth in stoppage time, after Raul Rodriguez saw red for a foul on Michael Barrios, as Dallas closed in on an MLS Cup spot with four games to play and a six-point cushion from sixth-placed San Jose Earthquakes.

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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