Philadelphia Philadelphia Union
2-0
Houston Houston Dynamo

Barnetta (3'), Sapong (65')

FT(HT: 1-0)

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Tranquillo Barnetta, CJ Sapong goals down Houston Dynamo

Philadelphia Union beat Houston Dynamo 2-0 thanks to goals in either half from Tranquillo Barnetta and CJ Sapong.

By Shane Callaghan, Reporter

Published: September 21 2015 | 02:06

Last updated: September 21 2015 | 16:40

Goals in both halves from Tranquillo Barnetta and CJ Sapong were enough as Philadelphia Union bounced back from a Columbus Crew defeat to beat Houston Dynamo at PPL Park.

There were only two minutes and 12 seconds on the clock when Philadelphia moved ahead, with Sebastien Le Toux playing in Barnetta who slotted past Tyler Deric.

Houston responded well to the early setback and goalkeeper John McCarthy had to be alert to keep out Will Bruin on the 20-minute mark.

The hosts took the warning and grew on top again, with Maurice Edu and Sapong going close, but Dynamo survived to trail by the solitary goal heading into the second period.

However, Union took a giant step towards the win on 63 minutes when Fabinho capitalised on a defensive mix-up before squaring to Sapong, who made no mistake from close range.

The second goal deflated the visitors, who only managed three shots in the second half, and Philadelphia eased to a comfortable win.

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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

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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