Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 Colorado Rapids

Sep 15, 2012 at 4am UK

Los Angeles Galaxy defeat Colorado Rapids 2-0 at home in the MLS, thanks to goals from Robbie Keane and Christian Wilhelmsson.

Published: September 15 2012 | 06:05

Last updated: September 15 2012 | 11:40

Los Angeles Galaxy have defeated Colorado Rapids 2-0 at home in their Major League Soccer clash.

Galaxy started the game the brighter of the two sides and created their first chance after just three minutes.

Robbie Keane released Sean Franklin with a through ball but his right-footed shot from the right side of the Rapids' penalty box was off target.

The hosts had another good chance in the 13th minute Mike Magee saw his shot saved by Matt Pickens between the Rapids posts.

Two minutes later Galaxy went ahead when Keane latched onto Landon Donovan's pass and slotted home from close range.

The visitors could have restored parity moments later had Andre Akpan's shot from outside the area been on target.

With the remainder of the first half and the beginning of the second period seeing chances fall to both sides. Galaxy made the most of them when they doubled their lead in the 58th minute.

Christian Wilhelmsson was on target for Bruce Arena's team, as he shot home from outside the box after being fed by Marcelo Sarvas.

Rapids crafted a number of chances thereafter in an effort to stage a comeback but failed to manufacture anything productive, as Galaxy wrapped up a 2-0 win at the Home Depot Centre.

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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