MLS Re-cap:-: Shoot-out win sees Dallas into conference finals, Crew oust Impact

FC Dallas trumped Seattle Sounders on penalties to
reach the Western Conference Finals, while Columbus
Crew needed extra time in the East.

FC Dallas earned a Western Conference Finals appearance for
the first time since 2010 after overcoming Seattle Sounders 4-2
in a penalty shoot-out in the MLS Cup play-offs on Sunday.

Spot-kicks were needed as 120 minutes were not enough to
separate the two teams and a 3-3 aggregate tie following Dallas'
2-1 second-leg win at Toyota Stadium.

And Dallas emerged triumphant in the shoot-out after
goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez made saves to deny Andreas
Ivanschitz and Chad Barrett, and second-half substitute Walker
Zimmerman scored the winning penalty.

The Sounders won the first leg 2-1 and looked set to reach the
conference finals, until the match sparked into life with three
goals during the final six minutes of regulation.

Second-half introduction Tesho Akindele put Dallas ahead on
the night and on aggregate, when he headed the ball past
Sounders keeper Stefan Frei in the 84th minute.

Dallas' joy was short-lived, however, after Chad Marshall rose
highest to nod the Sounders back into the aggregate lead in the
final minute.

But just as Dallas were staring at elimination, they responded
almost instantly, with Zimmerman glancing a header into the
back of the net in the first minute of injury time, forcing extra
time, which yielded no goals.

Portland Timbers are next up for Dallas after seeing off
Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 on aggregate.

Kei Kamara's extra-time goal sent Columbus Crew into the
Eastern Conference Finals at the expense of Montreal Impact.

Extra time was needed in Columbus after the Crew won 2-1 in
regulation time to level the two-legged tie at 3-3.

And Kamara sealed the Crew's progression with a 111th-minute
winner, looping a header into the far corner of the net.

Ethan Finlay had restored the Crew's second-leg lead with 13
minutes remaining in regulation after Dilly Duka cancelled out
Kamara's fourth-minute opener.

The Crew will play New York Red Bulls for a place in the MLS
Cup final.

Bradley Wright-Phillips scored in the 92nd minute to clinch a 2-0
aggregate triumph for the Red Bulls against DC United.