Je-Vaughn Watson brace secures FC Dallas win

Apr 6, 2014 at 1am UK

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Michel (31'), Watson (61', 70'), Barnes (68')

A brace from Je-Vaughn Watson guides FC Dallas to a comfortable 4-1 win over 10-man Houston Dynamo as David Horst saw red for the home side in their MLS clash.

Published: April 6 2014 | 03:23

Last updated: April 7 2014 | 23:20

FC Dallas cruised to a 4-1 victory over 10-man Houston Dynamo as Je-Vaughn Watson notched a brace in their MLS clash.

The Dynamo began well and could have taken the lead early on when Giles Barnes fired an effort at goal from close range, but his shot was well saved by Chris Seitz.

Dallas took the lead when Ricardo Clark brought down Mauro Diaz in the penalty area, and Michel fired the spot kick past Tally Hall low into the bottom corner.

Just before the break Houston got their equaliser. Brad Davis lifted a cross into the area and Clark rose highest in the area to head the ball past Seitz.

After half time, the Dynamo were reduced to 10 men when David Horst was given a straight red card for a challenge on Fabio Castillo.

From the resulting free kick, Dallas retook the lead in the 61st minute. Diaz whipped a dangerous ball into the box and Watson beat his man and headed the ball low past Hall.

The visitors were beginning to up the ante to kill the game and got their third goal when Michel's corner was headed into his own net by Barnes as he jostled with Watson in the area.

Dallas sealed their win when Diaz threaded a through-ball for Watson to put him one-on-one with Hall and he made no mistake in slotting the ball past the keeper for his second of the match.

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	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

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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