Sounders thump Galaxy

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6 August 2012-PA Sport

Winner... Seattle Sounders star Fredy Montero celebrates his goal against Los Angeles Galaxy. (Getty)

Seattle Sounders closed the gap on the top two in Major League Soccer's Western Conference with a 4-0 defeat of Los Angeles Galaxy.

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Eddie Johnson gave host Seattle a sixth-minute lead and second-half strikes from Fredy Montero (52), Alex Caskey (61) and Andy Rose (90) sealed a comprehensive win over Galaxy.

The victory lifts in-form Seattle onto 37 points, seven behind Western Conference leader San Jose Earthquakes and five behind second-placed Real Salt Lake, but with games still in hand on both teams.

Galaxy, which had star players David Beckham, Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane in its line-up, remains in fifth place after suffering its first league defeat in six matches.

In the other match, Portland Timbers brought to an end a run of five successive defeats with a 1-1 home draw against an FC Dallas side which was reduced to 10 men in the second half.

Dallas took a 51st-minute lead through Scott Sealy but went down to 10 men when Zach Lloyd was handed his marching orders. Portland took advantage to snatch a 79th-minute equaliser through Jack Jewsbury.

There was a minute's silence before both MLS matches in tribute to Columbus Crew midfielder Kirk Urso, who died on Sunday at the age of 22.