Teal Bunbury inspires New England Revolution comeback

Apr 19, 2015 at 10pm UK

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Teal Bunbury comes off the bench to give New England Revolution a hard-fought victory against Philadelphia Union.

Published: April 20 2015 | 00:02

Last updated: April 21 2015 | 21:35

New England Revolution have moved level on points with New York Red Bulls and DC United at the top of the Eastern Conference after Teal Bunbury's goal saw them beat Philadelphia Union.

The hosts thought they had taken the lead early on when Fernando Aristeguieta saw his close-range shot turned onto the crossbar by Bobby Shuttleworth, although replays suggest that the Venezuelan forward was in an offside position.

Union took the lead three minutes before half time when Christian Maidana's dipping free kick crept into the net off the right-hand post.

New England almost got back on level terms within moments of falling behind when Kelyn Rowe's sweetly-struck volley drifted wide of John McCarthy's goal.

However, they did equalise midway through the second period when substitute Bunbury teed up Charlie Davies, whose shot proved too much for McCarthy.

Bunbury then gave the Revolution the lead with 14 minutes left as he was allowed to run at the Union goal before his low shot found the back of the net.

New England almost surrendered their advantage within minutes when they needed goalline blocks to keep out efforts from Aristeguieta and Maurice Edu in quick succession.

New England were able to hold on for victory and trail Eastern Conference leaders New York Red Bulls on goal difference.

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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