Toronto snatch late point against Chicago Fire

Sep 14, 2014 at 1.30am UK

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Dwayne De Rosario scores a late equaliser to earn Toronto a point in their MLS clash with the Chicago Fire, as he cancels out Lovel Palmer's early strike.

Published: September 14 2014 | 03:55

Last updated: September 14 2014 | 14:26

A late equaliser from Dwayne De Rosario earned Toronto FC a 1-1 draw in their MLS clash with the Chicago Fire.

The Fire pressed early on and Matt Watson came close to opening the scoring as he latched onto a low cross into the box, but his shot went inches past the post.

Chicago were dominating the game and they should have taken the lead when Grant Ward crossed for the run of Quincy Amarikwa, but he hit a tame shot straight at Joe Bendik, with only the keeper to beat.

However, the home side did take the lead when Sanna Nyassi's cross from the left was headed in at the near post by Lovel Palmer with the aid of the woodwork.

The Fire could have doubled their lead just before the break when Amarikwa released the run of Alex down the left, but his low shot was well saved by Bendik.

In the second half, Chicago were given the chance to press further ahead when Ward was brought down in the area by Bendik and a penalty was awarded.

Jeff Larentowicz stepped to take the spot kick, but saw his effort well saved by the Toronto keeper, who then sprang to his feet to produce a remarkable reaction stop to deny Amarikwa on the rebound.

The home side continued to threaten the Toronto goal as Nyassi drove at his man and found space for a shot on the edge of the area, but his effort drifted wide of the post.

Chicago's inability to find the second goal cost them the three points as Toronto found an equaliser in the 89th minute when De Rosario fired in his first goal of the season to snatch a draw for his side.

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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