CHESTER, Pa. — It took until the 96th minute but the Philadelphia Union finally got a second goal and moved into first place in the Eastern Conference with a late 2-1 win over NYCFC on Sunday night.
Mikael Uhre opened the scoring in the 9th minute when he was able to slip a ball past Sean Johnson on a pass from Alejandro Bedoya. Jack Elliott’s long ball played Bedoya in to start the scoring play. The goal was Uhre’s third of the season.
A familiar thing happened after the Union took the early lead — something that has plagued them in a string of seven draws in their last eight games — when the Union created chances to stretch the lead but couldn’t bury them.