Orlando City, Philadelphia Union play out goalless draw

Aug 9, 2015 at 12.30am UK

Orlando City and the Philadelphia Union share the spoils in their MLS clash as they play out a goalless draw at Citrus Bowl.

Published: August 9 2015 | 02:41

Last updated: August 9 2015 | 12:38

Orlando City and the Philadelphia Union have played out a goalless draw in their MLS clash at Citrus Bowl.

Servando Carrasco had the first opening of the match for the home side when he tried to lift the ball over John McCarthy from distance, but his effort went wide of the post.

The Union came within inches of taking the lead as Sebastien Le Toux carved out space for a strike and his shot clattered off the post and bounced to safety.

City hit back as Kaka beat two challenges to slide a through ball into the feet of Cyle Larin, but his low effort was saved by McCarthy.

Darwin Ceren created an opportunity for himself just before the break when he used a piece of skill to carve out room for an opening, but his shot drifted wide of the target.

In the second half, Orlando won a free kick in a dangerous area and Luke Boden lifted the ball to the back post for Larin, but he guided his headed effort just over the bar.

Philadelphia almost went ahead when Cristian Maidana was afforded space and time on the edge of the box to fire at goal, but Tally Hall produced a fine stop to keep the scores level.

The Union nearly broke the deadlock in the final minutes of the match when Maidana lifted a cross into the box and Richie Marquez headed at goal from close range, but Hall made another save to earn his side a share of the spoils.

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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