Alex fires Houston Dynamo to victory over 10-man San Jose Earthquakes

Aug 9, 2015 at 2am UK

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The Houston Dynamo record a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes thanks to second-half goals from DaMarcus Beasley and Alex.

Published: August 9 2015 | 04:28

Last updated: August 9 2015 | 11:36

Alex scored a late winner to fire the Houston Dynamo to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes in their MLS clash.

The visitors carved out the first opportunity of the game when Quincy Amarikwa found Marc Pelosi in the box, but he pulled his effort wide of the post.

Houston hit back with a good chance as Miranda released the run of Will Bruin down the right, who fired the ball across the face of goal, but Brad Davis was unable to convert the cross in the middle.

San Jose threatened when Chris Wondolowski collected a through ball and fired at goal from close range, but he drilled his shot straight at Joe Willis.

In the second half, Houston took the lead when DaMarcus Beasley raided past two defenders into the box and slotted the ball past David Bingham at his near post.

The visitors were then reduced to 10 men as Fatai Alashe was sent off for his second bookable offence for a challenge on Giles Barnes.

However, the Earthquakes did find an equaliser when Sanna Nyassi lifted a ball to the back post for the run of Amarikwa, who tapped the ball home on the goalline.

The Dynamo rallied and secured the victory as Oscar Boniek played Sheanon Williams down the flank and the winger fired at goal, and Alex was there to turn the ball past Bingham into the net.

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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