Blas Perez, Tesho Akindele guide Dallas to comeback win

May 10, 2015 at 1.30am UK

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Dallas come from behind to defeat the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 in their MLS clash thanks to goals from Blas Perez and Tesho Akindele.

Published: May 10 2015 | 04:16

Last updated: May 10 2015 | 10:22

Goals from Blas Perez and Tesho Akindele guided FC Dallas to a 2-1 comeback victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy in their MLS clash.

The home side were the first team to threaten as Mauro Diaz lifted a free kick into the box and Je-Vaughn Watson powered a header at goal, but his effort was straight at Jaime Penedo.

Dallas came within inches of taking the lead when Ryan Hollingshead picked up the ball on the edge of the box and drilled a strike towards goal, but his shot crashed off the post and bounced clear.

Fabian Castillo tested the handling ability of Penedo with two powerful efforts from distance before the break, but the keeper was equal to both strikes to keep the score level.

In the second half, the Galaxy took the lead when Gyasi Zardes peeled off his man at the back post from a corner and guided a header past Dan Kennedy.

Dallas almost responded immediately as Perez released the run of Castillo down the flank, and he raced past Tommy Meyer, only to fire his strike across the face of goal and behind for a goal kick.

The home side got their equaliser as Diaz lifted a ball over the static Galaxy defence for Perez to collect and knock around Penedo before slotting into an empty net.

Diaz turned provider for the Dallas winner as he released the run of Akindele with an inch-perfect crossfield pass, and the forward made no mistake in blasting his strike past Penedo to earn his team the three points.

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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