Portland Portland Timbers
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Seattle Seattle Sounders

Adi (73', 91')

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Martins (18', 76'), Dempsey (34'), Barrett (70')

Seattle Sounders move three points clear at the top of the Western Conference

The Seattle Sounders move three points clear at the top of the MLS Western Conference with a 4-2 away win over the Portland Timbers.

By Christopher Dodd, Reporter

Published: August 25 2014 | 00:06

Last updated: August 26 2014 | 17:11

A brace from Obafemi Martins has helped the Seattle Sounders to move three points clear at the top of the MLS Western Conference, as they defeated Portland Timbers 4-2 away from home.

Martins put Seattle ahead after 16 minutes when he made use of Brad Evans's cross to tap home from close range.

The former Newcastle United frontman was on hand again when the Sounders snatched their second of the night, this time as he broke away with pace on the counter, before squaring to trusted forward partner Clint Dempsey, who made no mistake by firing into the centre of goal.

Portland didn't find themselves with much of the ball, but Gaston Fernandez tried to drag them back into the encounter as he was denied by a standout stop from Stefan Frei.

The visitors confirmed their three points in the 70th minute as Chad Barrett drilled home after being picked out by Dempsey.

The Timbers did pull a mere consolation goal back through Fanendo Adi, but that made no difference at all as Martins grabbed his second with just under 15 minutes to go.

Adi did his best to restore a semblance of pride to his side when he tucked in during injury time to secure a brace, leaving the final score at 4-2.

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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