New England Revolution cruise past Philadelphia Union

May 18, 2014 at 12am UK

Nogueira (36'), Williams (76'), Le Toux (90' pen.)
Maidana (82')

FT(HT: 1-2)

Soares (13'), Fagundez (27'), Nguyen (49'), Tierney (57'), Mullins (68')

New England Revolution move clear in the Eastern Conference after beating Philadelphia Union 5-2.

Published: May 18 2014 | 02:00

Last updated: May 21 2014 | 00:28

New England Revolution moved to the top of the Eastern Conference standings with a comfortable win against the struggling Philadelphia Union.

The visitors were ahead as early as the 13th minute when AJ Soares was played in by Chris Tierney before sending his effort beyond the reach of keeper Zac MacMath.

Midway through the first period, the Revolution doubled their lead when good build-up play between Lee Nguyen and Teal Bunbury saw Diego Fagundez in on goal and the Uruguayan forward netted with aplomb.

Just before the interval, Philadelphia had pulled a goal back when midfielder Vincent Noguiera converted a Danny Cruz cross to give the hosts hope of a comeback.

However, those hopes were extinguished soon after the break when Nguyen was played in by Daigo Kobayashi and the midfielder cut in from the left before wrong-footing MacMath as he found the bottom corner.

A fourth goal soon arrived when Tierney netted again for New England and they had scored their fifth by the 68th minute after Fagundez set up Patrick Mullins to get in on the act, with the final score threatening to become embarrassing for their opponents.

Sheanon Williams pulled a goal back for the Union, but it proved a mere consolation as the Revolution moved three points clear at the top of the Eastern Conference.

For Union, who finished with 10 men after Cristian Maidana's late red card, a third from a Sebastien Le Toux injury time penalty was too late as they stay third from bottom.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21