New York Red Bulls held to draw by Colorado Rapids

Apr 30, 2015 at 12.30am UK

FT(HT: 1-1)

The New York Red Bulls miss the chance to reach the top of the Eastern Conference following a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids.

Published: April 30 2015 | 02:29

Last updated: April 30 2015 | 15:07

The New York Red Bulls have missed the chance to reach the top of the Eastern Conference after playing out a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids.

It took some 12 minutes for the contest to throw up a chance, and it was Sacha Kljestan whose effort was tipped past the post by Clint Irwin.

Mike Grella headed narrowly wide shortly after, before Dominique Badji forced Luis Robles to parry away his effort in the visitors' first chance of the encounter.

It was a sign of things to come for the Rapids, who moved ahead on 25 minutes when Dillion Powers's teasing free kick was headed home by Gabriel Torres.

The lead only lasted five minutes, however, as Ben Newnam conceded a penalty before Bradley Wright-Phillips converted with aplomb to level matters - the first away goal that Colorado had conceded this season.

Unperturbed, the visitors carried on in the same vein and almost went ahead again through Badji, whose effort clipped Robles and trickled against the post.

Red Bulls finished the half strongly and nearly moved ahead when former Leeds United man Lloyd Sam flashed agonisingly wide of Irwin's post.

Irwin was called into action early in the second half to make a save from Matt Miazga, who had been gifted space to meet a free kick with a firm header, and he came to the rescue once again to deny the lively Sam.

The Red Bulls continued to look the most threatening, with Felipe poking the ball just past the post before Irwin tipped away a dangerous cross aimed at Wright-Phillips.

A clever through-ball from Kljestan handed New York the chance to clinch the win late on, but Wright-Phillips could only shoot wide from a tight angle.

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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