Lamar Neagle brace fires Seattle Sounders to victory

Apr 19, 2015 at 2am UK

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A brace from Lamar Neagle and a strike from Obafemi Martins earn the Seattle Sounders a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids in their MLS clash.

Published: April 19 2015 | 04:17

Last updated: April 19 2015 | 11:04

The Seattle Sounders bounced back from their defeat last week to claim a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids in their MLS clash.

The Rapids could have taken the lead in the third minute when Dillon Powers raided through the middle of the Sounders defence, but the midfielder's chipped effort came back off the post.

Seattle responded to the threat as they went up the field and took the lead when Lamar Neagle raided down the flank and cut back onto his right foot to drill his effort into the top corner.

Colorado nearly drew level when Powers escaped the attentions of his marker in the box to power a header at goal, but he was denied by an strong save by Stefan Frei.

The Rapids did equalise when they worked the ball well in the final third to create an opening for Gabriel Torres, and the forward maintained his composure to beat Frei from close range.

The visitors hit back immediately to retake the lead as Neagle played the ball out wide to Marco Pappa, who fired the ball into the middle and it bounced into the path of Neagle for him to finish past Clint Irwin.

Seattle pressed before the break in search of a third goal, but Pappa and Clint Dempsey were both denied by Irwin, who kept his side in the match.

In the second half, the Sounders put the game beyond the reach of the visitors as Obafemi Martins turned Bobby Burling with a smart piece of skill before firing home.

Colorado pushed late in the game, but Powers and Nick LaBrocca were both unable to hit the target as the Sounders held out for the three points.

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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