Seattle Sounders secure comfortable win over Dallas

Jun 14, 2015 at 3am UK

Neagle (55'), Martins (73'), Gonzalez (92')

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Goals from Lamar Neagle, Obafemi Martins and Leonardo Gonzalez fire the Seattle Sounders to a 3-0 victory over Dallas in their MLS clash.

Published: June 14 2015 | 05:17

Last updated: June 14 2015 | 13:25

The Seattle Sounders have extended their lead at the top of the MLS Western Conference courtesy of a 3-0 win over Dallas.

The home side threatened first as they won a free kick on the edge of the box and Clint Dempsey curled an effort towards goal, but his strike went just wide of the target.

Dallas came close to an opener when Fabian Castillo picked up the ball and raced towards goal. He unleashed a powerful strike from 25 yards, but his effort sailed over the crossbar.

The visitors had another opportunity just before the break as Castillo found Mauro Diaz in the box, but the forward lifted his effort over the bar.

In the second half, Seattle took the lead as a loose ball fell into the path of Lamar Neagle on the edge of the box and he drilled his strike past Dan Kennedy.

Dallas almost hit back when Castillo raced onto a through ball, but Stefan Frei raced off his line to make a crucial block and keep his side ahead.

The Sounders doubled their advantage in the 72nd minute as Andy Rose found the run of Obafemi Martins in the box, and the striker held his composure to bury the ball into the back of the net.

The home side secured their victory in the dying second as Neagle laid the ball into the path of Leonardo Gonzalez, who smashed the ball past Kennedy.

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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