Obafemi Martins scores twice as Seattle Sounders thrash Colorado Rapids

Oct 5, 2014 at 8pm UK

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Dempsey (11' pen.), Martins (28', 70'), Pappa (33')

Seattle Sounders continue their bid to take the Western Conference top spot with a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids.

Published: October 5 2014 | 21:59

Last updated: October 8 2014 | 17:10

Seattle Sounders have moved level on points with Western Conference leaders the Los Angeles Galaxy after thrashing the Colorado Rapids 4-1.

The visitors were gifted the chance to break the deadlock in just the 11th minute when Marvell Wynne handled inside the box to allow Clint Dempsey to fire home the opener from the spot.

Colorado responded well to falling behind, but saw their task made twice as difficult later in the first half when Obafemi Martins latched onto an inch-perfect pass from Marco Pappa before slotting home.

Pappa continued to be influential in the final third of the pitch as he extended his side's lead even further by drilling into the bottom corner after linking with Dempsey.

Some hesitant defending from Seattle raised hopes of a Colorado fightback before the break as Deshorn Brown hammered home to reduce the deficit.

Despite dominating possession for long spells in the second half, the Rapids struggled to build any momentum as Seattle's defence fought to retain their advantage.

The Sounders wrapped up the win in style when Martins arrived at the back post to score his second with the easiest of finishes from Lamar Neagle's cross.

Dempsey could have made it five late on when his powerful strike hit the post, but it would prove to be a very successful day for Sigi Schmid's side.

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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