Quakes move up in West

Anibal Godoy slid in a goal early in the second half and the San Jose Earthquakes beat visiting Sporting Kansas City 1-0 on Friday night to move into a fifth-place tie in the Western Conference.

San Jose (13-12-8) is tied with Portland and Seattle with 47 points, while Sporting KC (1310-9) is alone in fourth place with 48 points.

In the 47th minute, Shea Salinas sent a cross to Chris Wondolowski, who one touched it across goal to an open Godoy at the far post.

San Jose is undefeated at home in its past five games and has not lost to Sporting KC at home since Aug. 16, 2000.

David Bingham recorded his 12th shutout of the season to tie Vancouver’s David Ousted for second best in the MLS.

Sporting KC’s best scoring chance came when Benny Feilhaber chipped the ball over the defense, but Mikey Lopez’s header went just over the crossbar in the 71st minute of play. Orlando City 2, New York City FC 1: Cyle Larin scored twice in an eight-minute span in the second half, and host Orlando City beat New York City FC to keep its playoff hopes alive. Orlando City (12-13-8) has won five straight games to move a point behind sixth-place Montreal for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Europe: The German football federation is denying allegations it used bribes to secure the 2006 World Cup. The DFB says news magazine Der Spiegel’s report Friday that a slush fund of about $6 million was used to secure four votes from FIFA’s 24-member executive committee is “completely baseless.”