Seattle Sounders ease to victory over New England Revolution

Mar 9, 2015 at 2.30am UK

Dempsey (25' pen., 67'), Martins (41')

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Clint Dempsey scores twice as the Seattle Sounders start the new season with a 3-0 victory over the New England Revolution.

Published: March 9 2015 | 03:27

Last updated: March 9 2015 | 17:37

Clint Dempsey scored twice as the Seattle Sounders kicked off the new season with a comfortable 3-0 victory over the New England Revolution.

Seattle dominated possession for long spells, but they didn't get the chance to break the deadlock until midway through the first half as the influential Dempsey collected the ball in the box before going down under a challenge from Juan Agudelo.

Dempsey took on the responsibility from 12 yards and the former Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur forward made no mistake as he powered the penalty past Bobby Shuttleworth.

Stefan Frei made a vital save to keep the hosts in front when Kelyn Rowe was gifted the space to unleash a powerful strike from 25 yards.

It was Seattle who finished the first half the stronger of the two sides to double their lead through Obafemi Martins, who met an inch-perfect cross from Tyrone Mears with a powerful header at the near post.

New England enjoyed a spell on top after the break, but last season's beaten finalists struggled to cause problems for the Sounders defence.

As a result, Seattle managed to cruise to the win with another goal from Dempsey when Martins sprinted through before setting up his strike partner for the easiest of finishes from close range to wrap up the victory.

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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