New England Revolution earn home win over Philadelphia Union

Apr 28, 2013 at 12.30am UK

New England Revolution earn a vital 2-0 win over Philadelphia Union in their MLS Clash at the Gillette Stadium, thanks to goals from Diego Fagundez and Lee Nguyen.

Published: April 28 2013 | 02:59

Last updated: April 28 2013 | 12:10

New England Revolution earned a vital 2-0 win over Philadelphia Union in their MLS Clash at the Gillette Stadium.

The hosts should have been ahead in the ninth minute when Lee Nguyen raided down the right and put a lovely ball across the face of goal, but Kelyn Rowe somehow managed to fire over from yards out.

Revolution midfielder Diego Fagundez capitalised on an error by the Union defence and should have given his side the lead but he fired his shot straight at Zac MacMath.

Philadelphia almost made the home side pay for their missed chances when Michael Farfan found space in the box, but his effort was well saved by Bobby Shuttleworth, who tipped his shot over the bar.

After the break, New England finally took the lead when Fagundez fired in from close range following a lovely move down the right involving Nguyen and Rowe.

The Revolution doubled their lead soon after, as Nguyen found the net after Saer Sene's shot was saved by MacMath but the midfielder was there to fire in the rebound.

Union striker Jack McInerney had a late chance to get his side a goal back but he was denied by a great save by Shuttleworth, who tipped the ball round the post, which was enough to secure the win for his side.

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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