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Vancouver Whitecaps reach the top of Western Conference

Goals from Octavio Rivero and Cristian Techera take the Vancouver Whitecaps to the top of the Western Conference with a 2-0 win over the Colorado Rapids.

By Callum Mulvihill, Reporter

Published: September 10 2015 | 05:01

Last updated: September 10 2015 | 07:02

The Vancouver Whitecaps scored twice in four second-half minutes to beat the Colorado Rapids 2-0 and move two points clear at the top of the Western Conference on Wednesday evening.

Octavio Rivero created the first opportunity of the match for the hosts with a clever pass to find Kekuta Manneh, whose deflected strike drifted wide of the post.

The Whitecaps dominated for much of the first half, but chances were difficult to come by and they almost fell behind against the run of play when David Ousted was forced off his line to deny Marcelo Sarvas.

Space started to be found by the Vancouver attacking players after the break, and they twice threatened to break the deadlock as Manneh fired straight at Clint Irwin before the Colorado goalkeeper kept out a header from Rivero.

Vancouver finally took the lead with just under 20 minutes remaining when Cristian Techera found the space to deliver an inviting cross which Rivero headed home powerfully.

Any hopes of a Colorado comeback were quickly dashed as the Whitecaps added a second through Techera, who secured the win by firing in an emphatic finish after his initial effort was blocked.

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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