Late Lamar Neagle strike secures Seattle Sounders win over Vancouver Whitecaps

Jun 9, 2013 at 3.30am UK

Seattle Sounders come from behind to beat Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2 at home, thanks to a late strike from Lamar Neagle in their MLS clash at CenturyLink Field.

Published: June 9 2013 | 06:09

Last updated: June 9 2013 | 15:53

Lamar Neagle scored a late winner to seal a comeback win for Seattle Sounders over Vancouver Whitecaps in the MLS.

The hosts had the perfect start to the game when they took the lead in the eighth minute when Andy Rose beat the offside trap and fired a shot past Brad Knighton into the net.

Vancouver were level immediately as Russell Teibert lifted a cross into the penalty area and Camilo Sanvezzo powered a header past Michael Gspuring.

The Whitecaps duo combined with great success again in the 25th minute when Teibert curled a free kick into the box and Sanvezzo met the cross with a diving header that flew into the bottom corner to give his side the lead.

After the break, the visitors could have had a third but both Sanvezzo and Nigel Reo-Coker were denied within seconds of each other by Gspurning, who made two great stops to keep his team in the game.

Seattle were handed a way back into the game in the 69th minute when Neagle was fouled in the penalty area by Greg Klazura. The referee pointed to the spot and Servando Carrasco made no mistake in firing his effort into the top corner.

The Sounders pushed on from their equaliser and found a winner in the 81st minute when Obafemi Martins fired a ball across the face of goal where Neagle turned it home to complete his side's comeback.

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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