For more than an hour, it looked like the Philadelphia Union were going to outlast a swarming Atlanta United side desperate for an equalizing goal. Even after Josh Yaro’s 52nd-minute red card left his side shorthanded for the remainder of the second half, the Union held strong. Until the first minute of second-half stoppage time, that is.
With the Union just moments away from claiming their first win in their last four games, Tyrone Mears struck. The right back, who had come on 15 minutes earlier, saw Andre Blake parry a save right into his path. Rather than gather and shoot, Mears attempted an audacious, 16-yard header that looped over a scrambling Blake.