Seattle Sounders fire four goals past Chivas USA

Sep 4, 2014 at 3.30am UK

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Martins (11', 16'), Rose (38', 42')

Obafemi Martins and Andy Rose both score twice as the Seattle Sounders beat Chivas USA 4-2 to extend their advantage at the top of the Western Conference.

Published: September 4 2014 | 05:37

Last updated: September 5 2014 | 15:02

Seattle Sounders scored four times before the half-time interval on their way to a 4-2 victory over Chivas USA in Los Angeles.

The Western Conference leaders took control of the contest from the first whistle, breaking the deadlock in the 11th minute when Obafemi Martins met a Chad Marshall header with a powerful finish.

Chivas found it difficult to handle the threat posed by Seattle's attacking players, and were two goals behind five minutes later as Martins linked with Lamar Neagle before firing past a helpless Dan Kennedy.

It was 3-0 to the visitors later in the first half when Andy Rose arrived at the back post unmarked to convert an inviting corner from Brad Evans.

However, the misery was not over for Chivas as Rose scored his second, and Seattle's fourth, by heading home another delivery from the influential Evans.

The hosts produced an impressive response after recovering during the break, with Marco Delgado finding the back of the net in the 51st minute with a free header.

Seattle reduced the deficit further on the hour mark when Ryan Finley slotted home from the penalty spot after being brought down inside the box by Zach Scott.

Chivas continued their improvement throughout the second half, but they missed the chance to set up a dramatic finish when Andrew Jean-Baptiste somehow missed the target with his header from close range.

Seattle held off the challenge from the hosts, and took another step closer to claiming the Western Conference title with the win.

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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