Chicago Fire secure away win over Philadelphia Union

Aug 4, 2013 at 1am UK

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Goals from Patrick Nyarko and Mike Magee earn Chicago Fire a crucial away win over Philadelphia Union in the race for the MLS playoffs.

Published: August 4 2013 | 03:36

Last updated: August 5 2013 | 01:12

Chicago Fire kept their push for MLS playoffs contention alive with a 2-1 away win over Philadelphia Union.

The Fire took the lead in the ninth minute when Patrick Nyarko latched onto Joel Lindpere's cross into the penalty area from the left and fired the ball past Zac MacMath.

Philadelphia almost got back into the game when Conor Casey teed up Danny Cruz on the edge of the area, but his effort was beaten away by Sean Johnson in the Chicago goal.

After the break Johnson was called on again, this time to deny Sebastien Le Toux as he raided into the box, but the keeper managed to stop his low shot with his feet.

However, the Union found an equaliser minutes later when Sheanon Williams somehow bundled the ball into the net from Le Toux's free kick from the right giving Johnson no chance.

This parity did not last long, though, and the Fire regained the lead through Mike Magee as he lofted the ball over MacMath into the net after being played behind the Union defence by Nyarko.

As the game entered the dying minutes, Philadelphia had a great chance to get level once again as Jack McInerney found space inside the penalty area, but he could only fire his effort wide of the target, which condemned his side to a defeat.

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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