Seattle Sounders, Sporting Kansas City play out goalless draw

May 24, 2015 at 3am UK

Neither side can find a breakthrough in the MLS clash between the Seattle Sounders and Sporting Kansas City.

Published: May 24 2015 | 06:06

Last updated: May 24 2015 | 18:44

The Seattle Sounders and Sporting Kansas City played out a goalless draw in their MLS clash at CenturyLink Field.

The home side were the first to threaten as Chad Barrett rose highest from a corner to head the ball into the path of Clint Dempsey, but the forward was unable to divert the ball past Tim Melia.

Seattle pressed forward through Dempsey again as he lined up a strike on the half-volley from distance, and Melia was forced into action to keep the ball out of the net.

Barrett should have fired the Sounders ahead when Dylan Remick played him through down the left, but the forward scuffed his shot straight at Melia.

In the second half, the Sounders raided forward and Gonzalo Pineda lifted a cross to the back post for Lamar Neagle, who fired a first-time effort first at goal which went wide of the target.

Dempsey went close again for the home side as he latched onto a cross from the right by Barrett, but his header from close range went wide of the post.

The visitors almost went ahead in the dying minutes when a loose ball into box fell into the path of Krisztian Nemeth, but he could only blast his strike well over the bar.

Sporting could have snatched all three points right at the death as Benny Feilhaber curled a free kick towards the bottom corner, but Stefan Frei got a hand to the ball to make the save and seal a draw for the home 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