Los Angeles Galaxy earn draw thanks to late Rauwshan McKenzie own goal

Jul 5, 2014 at 4am UK

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The Los Angeles Galaxy earn a point from their clash with the Portland Timbers thanks to a late own goal from Rauwshan McKenzie.

Published: July 5 2014 | 06:30

Last updated: July 5 2014 | 16:55

The Los Angeles Galaxy and the Portland Timbers played out an entertaining 2-2 draw in their MLS clash at the StubHub Center.

The Galaxy had the chance to take the lead in the 11th minute when Juninho played a ball over the top of the Portland defence for Robbie Keane to chase. The striker raced into the box but saw his effort well saved by Donovan Ricketts.

The home side continued to press early on and this time only the woodwork prevented them from going ahead as Marcelo Sarvas's shot from 20 yards out rattled the post.

In the second half, Los Angeles threatened again as they produced a good move down the right, which ended as Landon Donovan teed up Keane, but his left-footed volley went just over the bar.

The Galaxy finally took the lead in the 65th minute when Sarvas picked up the ball on the edge of the area and placed a right-footed shot beyond the reach of Ricketts into the net.

However, the Timbers responded and drew level immediately through Diego Valeri as he pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and blasted a volley past Jaime Penedo.

Portland took the lead minutes later when Jorge Villfana got behind the Galaxy defence and laid the ball to Valeri whose shot was blocked, but Villafana latched on to the rebound and drove it home.

The home side rallied and had the chance to draw level as they won a free kick on the edge of the penalty area. However, Juninho's well-struck effort was saved by Ricketts, who turned the ball over the bar.

Los Angeles continued to pressure the Portland goal to get their equaliser and they managed to salvage a point when Rauwshan McKenzie put the ball through his own net with four minutes to play.

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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