Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City play out draw in eight-goal thriller

Apr 26, 2015 at 1.30am UK

Barnes (11', 46'), Bruin (45'), Rodriguez (83')
Taylor (79')

FT(HT: 2-1)

Nemeth (2'), Dwyer (74'), Feilhaber (80' pen., 95')

Benny Feilhaber scores a stoppage-time equaliser to earn Sporting Kansas City a 4-4 draw in a thrilling MLS contest against the Houston Dynamo.

Published: April 26 2015 | 04:09

Last updated: April 26 2015 | 07:58

A stoppage-time strike from Benny Feilhaber earned Sporting Kansas City a point as they played out a thrilling 4-4 draw in their MLS clash against the Houston Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium.

The visitors stormed into the lead in the third minute when Krisztian Nemeth was played through on goal and the forward unleashed a powerful strike from outside the box into the bottom corner.

Houston tied the match when Will Bruin lifted a cross into the box and Giles Barnes fired an effort on the volley past the outstretched hand of Luis Marin.

The Dynamo edged ahead just before the break as Bruin rose highest in the penalty to thump a header past Marin from Brad Davis's corner.

In the second half, the home side got their third goal as Barnes picked up the ball and unleashed a strike from 25 yards which found the bottom corner of the net.

Kansas City got back into the match when Dominic Dwyer pounced on a mistake in the Houston defence, latching onto an underhit back-pass before rounding Tyler Deric to slot the ball home into an empty net.

The visitors were handed the chance to get an equaliser when Nemeth coasted into the box and fired at goal, only to see his effort blocked by the hand of Jermaine Taylor. The referee pointed to the spot and sent off Taylor before Feilhaber beat Deric from 12 yards to level the scores.

However, there was another twist in the tale when Houston retook the lead as Davis whipped a pinpoint cross towards the near post, where Raul Rodriguez guided a header past Marin.

Kansas City piled men forward in stoppage time and they earned a point as Feilhaber rifled a volley which sailed past Deric into the top corner.

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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