FC Dallas 0-2 Colorado

Nine-man FC Dallas fell to a 2-0 home defeat to the Colorado Rapids.

Published: May 7 2012 | 02:23

Last updated: May 7 2012 | 14:48

Colorado Rapids have pulled clear of FC Dallas in the MLS Western Conference with a 2-0 win at the FC Dallas Stadium.

The home side ended the game with nine men after Daniel Hernandez and Blas Perez both saw red in quick succession during the first period.

Tyrone Marshall forced Kevin Hartman into action in the 15th minute after connecting with Martin Rivero's cross, but the Dallas keeper was equal to the task.

Hartman was also on hand to deny Rivero four minutes later after the Argentine let fly from inside the box.

There was plenty of activity within the FC Dallas penalty box during the first 45 as the Rapids threatened to break the deadlock. Dallas's task of repelling the visitors was made all the more difficult in the 34th minute.

Hernandez was given his marching orders after reciving his second yellow card for a foul on Rivero. Perez followed him down the tunnel two minutes after a reckless challenge on Drew Moor.

Despite their two-man disadvantage, Dallas made it to half time on level pegging.

Colorado continued to exert pressure on the Dallas defence and their strength in numbers finally told on the hour mark.

Jaime Castrillon met Brian Mullan's cross from the right to bury a header from close range.

Their lead was doubled after 74 minutes when Rivero latched onto another cross from Mullan to ensure that the Rapids took the points back to Colorado.

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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