Eddie Johnson goal earns Seattle Sounders win

Aug 26, 2013 at 3am UK

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Eddie Johnson scores the only goal of the game to guide the Seattle Sounders to victory over the Portland Timbers in the MLS Western Conference clash.

Published: August 26 2013 | 05:55

Last updated: August 26 2013 | 13:41

Eddie Johnson scored the only goal of the game as the Seattle Sounders secured victory in their MLS clash with the Portland Timbers tonight.

The visitors could have taken the lead early on when Jack Jewsbury rose highest in the penalty area to head Diego Valeri's corner at goal but DeAndre Yedlin was on hand to head the ball off the line.

Ryan Johnson should have put Portland ahead minutes later, when Valeri threaded a through-ball to leave him one-on-one with Michael Gspurning but the keeper made himself big for the save.

Valeri himself became the next Timbers player to somehow not find the net as his curling effort from the edge of the box beat Gspurning but clattered off the post and bounced clear.

After the break, Seattle took the lead when Eddie Johnson coasted into the penalty area unmarked to head Mauro Rosales's free kick past Donovan Ricketts into the net.

Eddie Johnson and Clint Dempsey had opportunities to double the home side's lead but they were kept at bay by good stops from Ricketts and Valeri, who headed the former Tottenham Hotspur man's effort off the line.

Late in the game Darlington Nagbe almost found an equaliser for Portland but his powerful effort was tipped over by Gspurning, which sealed the win for the Sounders.

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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