Los Angeles Galaxy climb to second with thrashing of DC United

Aug 28, 2014 at 3.30am UK

Gordon (2'), Gonzalez (25'), Husidic (45'), Donovan (75' pen.)

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Los Angeles Galaxy thrash DC United 4-1 to climb to second in the Western Conference.

Published: August 28 2014 | 05:32

Last updated: August 29 2014 | 08:28

Los Angeles Galaxy have climbed to second in the Western Conference thanks to a 4-1 victory over DC United in California.

It was an explosive start to the match for the hosts as Galaxy took full advantage of a couple of defensive mistakes to set up Alan Gordon, who slotted in the opener in the second minute.

The lead was doubled midway through the first half when Omar Gonzalez beat his marker to the ball inside the box to volley home from Landon Donovan's corner.

Galaxy's domination continued, with chances being created with apparent ease, and it was 3-0 moments before the half-time whistle when Baggio Husidic finished off an impressive team move by tapping in AJ Delagarza's cross.

A fairly uneventful start to the second half was quickly forgotten as the visitors pulled a goal back just prior to the hour mark, with Eddie Johnson converting from close range under pressure from two Los Angeles defenders.

Husidic and Robbie Rogers both missed good chances to score a fourth for the hosts, with Bill Hamid denying the latter as DC struggled to build on their goal.

However, there was still time for Galaxy to pile on further misery late on as Steve Birnbaum collided with Gonzalez to gift a penalty to the home side.

Donovan stepped up from 12 yards to complete an emphatic win and keep Galaxy's hopes of winning the Western Conference alive.

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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