New York Red Bulls hammer Montreal Impact to go top

Jul 14, 2013 at 12am UK

Alexander (10'), Henry (16'), Cahill (63'), Luyindula (88')

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New York Red Bulls thrash Montreal Impact 4-0 to move above them at the top of the MLS Eastern Conference.

Published: July 14 2013 | 02:03

Last updated: July 14 2013 | 12:00

New York Red Bulls have beaten Montreal Impact 4-0 to move ahead of their opponents at the top of the MLS Eastern Conference.

The Red Bulls were on top throughout the match, thanks largely to Thierry Henry, and the scoreline could have been even wider.

Eric Alexander wasted the game's first half-chance, smashing over from the edge of the penalty area, but made up for it moments later when he fired past the goalkeeper after Henry had found him on the right of the box.

They doubled their lead just five minutes later, with Henry getting on the scoresheet himself, finishing well from Fabian Espindola's cross.

The hosts continued to push forward and almost went further in front around the half-hour mark when Alexander was found in space once again just inside the box; this time, though, he smashed his effort against the crossbar.

At the beginning of the second half, Montreal finally threatened at the other end. First Justin Mapp was denied by Luis Robles in goal and then Marco Di Vaio was thwarted by the goalkeeper from the edge of the box.

They were made to pay shortly after when Tim Cahill met Henry's corner and headed the ball into the top corner.

Cahill almost got his second in identical circumstances towards the end of the game, but he headed against the bar.

The Red Bulls were not done yet, though, and added a fourth from the penalty spot with two minutes remaining. Jeb Brovsky brought down Lloyd Sam and Peguy Luyindula calmly dispatched the spot kick.

That was the final action of the game and it was Red Bulls who took the points as well as the lead in the Eastern Conference.

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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