Sanna Nyassi strike hands San Jose Earthquakes victory

Apr 12, 2015 at 3.30am UK

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Sanna Nyassi scores the only goal of the game to fire the San Jose Earthquakes to a 1-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps in their MLS clash.

Published: April 12 2015 | 05:51

Last updated: April 13 2015 | 01:28

A second-half strike from Sanna Nyassi was enough to hand the San Jose Earthquakes a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in a match where both teams finished with 10 men.

The home side had the ball in the net early in the game when Adam Jahn collected Matias Garcia's pass and placed it past David Ousted, only to see the effort disallowed for offside.

Neither side was able to threaten in the remainder of the first half as both lacked quality in the final third of the pitch to create an opening.

At the start of the second half, a cross from Garcia found the run of Chris Wondolowski, but the striker's attempt to fire at goal on the volley failed to hit the target.

Jahn almost found a way through the Whitecaps defence when he turned his man on the edge of the penalty area, but his strike was well saved by Ousted.

San Jose took the lead in the 75th minute as Nyassi latched onto a deep cross from Shea Salinas and fired an effort on the volley past the outstretched hand of Ousted.

The match then turned sour for both teams when Jahn and Pedro Morales were dismissed for fighting, leaving both sides with 10 men.

Vancouver pushed for a late equaliser as Octavio Rivero carved out space for a shot, but his effort was well saved by David Bingham to secure the win for the home side.

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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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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