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Gyasi Zardes earns Los Angeles Galaxy vital away win

Gyasi Zardes scores the only goal of the game as Los Angeles Galaxy close the gap at the top of the MLS Western Conference

By Simon Sinclair, Reporter

Published: June 24 2013 | 06:10

Last updated: June 24 2013 | 10:22

Los Angeles Galaxy kept the pressure on the MLS Western Conference leaders with a 1-0 win over Chivas USA.

The hosts started brightly and Galaxy keeper Carlo Cudicini had to do well to deny Jose Manuel Rivera as his low volley looked destined for the net, but the former Tottenham Hotspur man got down and made the save.

Los Angeles responded, though, and could have taken the lead in the 36th minute when Gyasi Zardes saw his effort tipped onto the post by Dan Kennedy after he had latched onto Juninho's low shot.

However, Zardes was not to be denied minutes later as he gave his side the lead just before half time when he headed home into the top corner from Landon Donovan's free kick.

After the break, Zardes should have doubled his and the Galaxy's tally but he could only head his effort against the post after Omar Gonzalez had teed him up at the back post.

Zardes yet again could have put the game out of the reach of Chivas but in a one-on-one situation with Kennedy he could only fire the ball straight at the keeper.

Chivas tried to rally late on to get an equaliser but the visitors held firm defensively to win the three points.

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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