Sporting Kansas City thrash 10-man Dallas in MLS clash

May 30, 2015 at 2am UK

Nemeth (19'), Feilhaber (51'), Ellis (57'), Zusi (64')

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Loyd (43')

Goals from Krisztian Nemeth, Benny Feilhaber, Kevin Ellis and Graham Zusi guide Sporting Kansas City to a 4-0 victory over Dallas in their MLS clash.

Published: May 30 2015 | 04:15

Last updated: May 30 2015 | 07:18

Sporting Kansas City hammered 10-man Dallas 4-0 in their MLS clash at Sporting Park.

The home side were the first to threaten as Graham Zusi lifted a corner from the right which was headed into the path of Benny Feilhaber, but the midfielder put his volley over the bar.

Sporting took the lead when Zusi put another dangerous free kick into the box and Kevin Ellis flicked the ball to the back post where Krisztian Nemeth nodded into the net.

Feilhaber should have doubled his side's advantage as he beat two defenders to raid into the box, but he could only put his effort wide of the target.

Roger Espinoza carved out another opportunity for the hosts as he weaved his way down the flank and picked out Nemeth in the box. The striker turned his man, but his shot went inches past the post.

Just before the break, Dallas were reduced to 10 men when Zach Loyd was given a second yellow card for a poor challenge on Nemeth.

In the second half, Kansas City capitalised on their numerical advantage when Nemeth found the run of Feilhaber in the box, who dispatched the ball past Dan Kennedy.

The home side notched their third goal of the game when Zusi lifted a dangerous corner from the right and Ellis rose highest in the box to power a header into the net.

Sporting sealed their victory in the 64th minute as Connor Hallisey raided through the middle and backheeled the ball into the path of Zusi, who slotted it past Kennedy.

Saad Abdul-Salaam almost added a fifth goal in the dying minutes when he lined up an effort from 25 yards, but his strike was well saved by Kennedy who kept the scoreline down for the visitors.

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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