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New England Revolution edge out 10-man Columbus Crew to move second

Goals from Lee Nguyen and Jermaine Jones help New England Revolution beat 10-man Columbus Crew at the Gillette Stadium to move second.

By Shane Callaghan, Reporter

Published: October 5 2014 | 02:38

Last updated: October 7 2014 | 16:08

New England Revolution moved second in the MLS Eastern Conference this morning after beating Columbus Crew 2-1 at the Gillette Stadium.

Sporting Kansas City's stalemate with leaders DC United on Saturday handed Jay Heaps's side an opportunity to leapfrog them in the standings if they could get past Columbus.

The hosts took a big step toward capitalising on that slip-up on 20 minutes when Lee Nguyen fired Revolution ahead.

It lasted less than five minutes, however, as Ethan Finlay struck shortly after to restore parity as both sides went in level at the break.

Both outfits cancelled each other out for much of the second half, but New England moved ahead again on 67 minutes through Jermaine Jones.

The prospect of protecting their lead improved dramatically when Columbus Crew were reduced to 10 men after Waylon Francis saw red for a second yellow card.

Indeed, the numerical advantage was enough to preserve the one-goal lead as Heaps's men held on to move four points behind United in the standings.

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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