Russell Teibert double helps Vancouver Whitecaps beat Los Angeles Galaxy

May 12, 2013 at 12am UK

Vancouver Whitecaps beat Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1 thanks to two Russell Teibert goals to move off the bottom of the MLS Western Conference.

Published: May 12 2013 | 02:01

Last updated: May 12 2013 | 06:06

Vancouver Whitecaps have beaten Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1 to move off the bottom of the MLS Western Conference.

Two goals from substitute Russell Teibert helped the home side secure the win.

After an early delay for an injury to Jose Villarreal, Galaxy created a couple of good chances. First Villarreal himself headed straight into the goalkeeper's arms and then Mike Magee fired wide from the edge of the box.

Darren Mattocks missed the target with a couple of long-range efforts for the home side, before Magee saw another shot from just outside the box well saved.

The Whitecaps started to gain a foothold in the game after that but didn't test the Galaxy defence before half time.

Two early Teibert corners in the second half found Gershon Koffie unmarked in the middle of the box, but on both occasions the Whitecaps midfielder failed to hit the target.

Midway through the half, though, they did take the lead when Nigel Reo-Coker found Teibert in space on the edge of the penalty box and the forward fired into the bottom corner.

Mattocks had a chance to double the lead 10 minutes later, but couldn't hit the target when the ball fell kindly to him in the middle of the penalty area.

Fifteen minutes from the end, the home side did make it 2-0 as Teibert got his second, collecting Koffie's through-ball and firing past the goalkeeper with his left foot.

Gyasi Zardes headed in Villarreal's cross five minutes from the end but just as the visitors were pushing for an equaliser, Mattocks scored on the counter-attack, finishing a neat passing move to confirm 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