Los Angeles Galaxy come from behind to draw with Chicago Fire

Jun 1, 2014 at 9pm UK

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Los Angeles Galaxy come from behind to secure a 1-1 draw with Chicago Fire in the MLS.

Published: June 1 2014 | 23:03

Last updated: June 2 2014 | 23:24

Los Angeles Galaxy had to come from behind to share a 1-1 draw with Chicago Fire in the MLS this evening.

The home side made a strong start to the match as Quincy Amarikwa fired just over inside the opening five minutes, while Grant Ward had an effort saved in the 17th minute.

AJ DeLaGarza tried to set up Robbie Keane for Galaxy, but the Republic or Ireland international drifted offside while rushing into the penalty area.

Juninho tried to opening the scoring for Los Angeles early in the second half, but his long-range effort was blocked on the edge of the box.

The hosts were given the chance to take the lead in the 68th minute when Juninho brought down Amarikwa inside the penalty area, allowing Jeff Larentowicz to fire home from the spot.

The goalscorer came close to setting up a second for Chicago a few minutes later when he crossed the ball in for Juan Luis Anangono, but his finish was just wide.

The miss allowed the visitors to get back on level terms shortly after as Robbie Rogers crossed the ball in for Landon Donovan to tap home from close range.

Larentowicz tried to force a winner inside the final 10 minutes for Fire, but Jaime Penedo saved his drilled effort from outside the box to ensure that Los Angeles came away with a point.

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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