Late Steve Birnbaum strike earns DC United point against Colorado Rapids

Sep 13, 2015 at 2am UK

FT(HT: 1-0)

DC United earn a point in their clash against the Colorado Rapids thanks to a 87th-minute equaliser from Steve Birnbaum.

Published: September 13 2015 | 04:41

Last updated: September 14 2015 | 16:51

Steve Birnbaum struck at the death to earn DC United a point in their MLS clash against the Colorado Rapids.

The hosts were the first team to threaten when Vicente Sanchez lifted the ball into the box from a free kick and Sean St Ledger latched on to the ball, but his shot went wide of the target.

Colorado took the lead when Bobby Burling was allowed space and time to curl his effort beyond the reach of Bill Hamid into the top corner.

Maynor Figueroa came close to extending his side's advantage in the second half when he drilled a low strike at goal, but Hamid was able to make the stop.

The Rapids continued to push for a second goal when Dominique Badji flicked the ball into the path of Kevin Doyle, who fired his effort towards the bottom corner but Hamid made the save.

Fabian Espindola almost got the equaliser for the visitors as he raced through on goal, but Clint Irwin rushed off his line to make the crucial block.

Hamid kept United in the game when he made a fine save to deny Doyle, and then made another stop on the rebound to frustrate Sanchez.

At the other end of the pitch, DC came close to a leveller when Taylor Kemp's low drive came through a crowd of players, but Irwin blocked the strike.

However, the visitors got their equaliser when Birnbaum headed Espindola's cross into the net to earn his side a share of the spoils.

Share this article now:

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