Adam Jahn fires San Jose Earthquakes to win over Houston Dynamo

May 6, 2015 at 1.30am UK

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Adam Jahn scores the winner as the San Jose Earthquakes battle to a 1-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo at the BBVA Compass Stadium.

Published: May 6 2015 | 03:32

Last updated: May 6 2015 | 15:47

Adam Jahn scored the only goal of the game as the San Jose Earthquakes moved three points clear of the Houston Dynamo with a 1-0 victory at the BBVA Compass Stadium.

A bright start from San Jose almost brought an early goal for Chris Wondolowski, who could only head just wide of the target from a Shea Salinas cross.

The Earthquakes dominated for much of the first half as Houston settled for soaking up pressure, but the hosts were left thanking goalkeeper Tyler Deric when he kept out Matias Perez Garcia's free kick.

Houston could have broken the deadlock just after the break had Ricardo Clark's low strike not given David Bingham the chance to get a strong hand to the ball.

They were made to regret the miss less than 10 minutes later as San Jose took the lead through Jahn, who headed home after a quick free kick from Perez Garcia.

Houston were then gifted the chance to get back on level terms when Boniek Garcia evaded a couple of challenges before eventually being brought down by Bingham in the box.

However, Bingham quickly atoned for his error by pushing away the penalty from Giles Barnes as the Dynamo missed their best opportunity of the night from 12 yards.

Wondolowski could have doubled his side's advantage to make it a comfortable finish, but he could only send a header over from a corner.

Houston applied pressure late on, with Will Bruin striking the outside of the post from the edge of the box as San Jose secured all three points.

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	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

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	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