Ten-man Montreal Impact hold San Jose Earthquakes

Sep 17, 2015 at 3.30am UK

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The San Jose Earthquakes play out a 1-1 draw with Montreal Impact, who recover from Ambroise Oyongo's red card to earn a point.

Published: September 17 2015 | 05:29

Last updated: September 17 2015 | 19:19

Montreal Impact fought back with 10 men to claim a 1-1 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes at the Buck Shaw Stadium this morning.

The home side started brightly and were on the front foot for most of the early stages, with Anibal Godoy coming close to breaking the deadlock when his long-range strike drifted just wide of the post.

Despite dominating possession for long spells, San Jose struggled to pick the right pass in the final third and wasted a great chance to take the lead when Marc Pelosi failed to find Quincy Amarikwa in space inside the box.

The Earthquakes were gifted the opening goal 10 minutes before the break when Montreal lost possession on the edge of the box, which allowed Chris Wondolowski to fire home after Amarikwa's path to goal had been blocked.

Montreal were dealt another blow early in the second half when Ambroise Oyongo was shown a straight red card for catching Wondolowski with a high foot.

However, the visitors were back on level terms when they equalised against the run of play thanks to Kyle Bekker, who surprised David Bingham by beating him at the near post with a curled effort.

San Jose piled the pressure on as they searched for a second goal, with Wondolowski sending a shot just wide of the post before Shea Salinas cleared the crossbar with a powerful strike.

Chances were difficult to come by in the closing stages, though, as San Jose missed the chance to climb up to fourth in the Western 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