Will Bruin goal leads Houston Dynamo past Sporting Kansas City

Sep 24, 2015 at 1.30am UK

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Will Bruin leads the Houston Dynamo to a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City as they pull further clear of the bottom of the Western Conference.

Published: September 24 2015 | 03:31

Last updated: September 24 2015 | 08:40

Will Bruin scored the only goal of the game as Houston Dynamo recorded a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City, who missed an opportunity to climb up to second in the Western Conference.

The Dynamo were the brighter of the two sides in the early stages of the match, but chances were difficult to come by as the hosts looked to recover from successive defeats.

In a first half which ended with neither side creating a clear opportunity, Giles Barnes threatened to break the deadlock with a speculative long-range strike which drifted over the crossbar.

Houston asked more of the questions after the break, but there was more frustration for the home fans when Barnes delivered a cross which was just too strong for the sliding Bruin.

However, the pressure was piled on the hosts a few moments later when Boniek Garcia picked up a second yellow card for a late tackle on Dom Dwyer.

Predictably, a spell of Kansas dominance did arrive as they searched for a late equaliser but their best opportunity was wasted when Paulo Nagamura sent a free header over the crossbar.

Their luck changed with just over 20 minutes remaining when Brad Davis and Damarcus Beasley combined, before the latter's cross was tipped away by Tim Melia, which allowed Bruin to tap in from close range.

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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