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Chicago Fire overcome resilient San Jose Earthquakes

Chris Rolfe's late strike sees Chicago Fire defeat San Jose Earthquakes 3-2 at Toyota Park.

By Michael Penkman, Reporter

Published: July 4 2013 | 04:01

Last updated: July 5 2013 | 10:37

Chicago Fire have jumped above Columbus Crew in the MLS Eastern Conference with a 3-2 win over San Jose Earthquakes at Toyota Park.

The visitors took the lead through Alan Gordon's close-range header in the 14th minute, but Dilly Duka's left-footed effort levelled the scores in the 36th minute.

It stayed that way until half time but Patrick Nyarko put the hosts ahead for the first time just two minutes after the restart, with Duka this time turning provider.

However, Joel Lindpere turned the ball past Paolo Tornaghi in the 72nd minute to see parity restored.

With six minutes left on the clock, it was left to Chris Rolfe to slot home from yards out to secure all three points for Frank Klopas's men, who now go to seventh place.

Meanwhile, the Earthquakes remain eighth in the Western Conference, nine points above Chivas USA having played three games more.

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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