Last-gasp Zach Pfeffer goal downs DC United

May 18, 2015 at 12am UK

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Zach Pfeffer hits a 93rd-minute winner as Philadelphia Union beat DC United 1-0 at PPL Park to end their four-match losing streak.

Published: May 18 2015 | 02:12

Last updated: May 19 2015 | 12:59

Zach Pfeffer struck a 93rd-minute winner as Philadelphia Union beat MLS Eastern Conference leaders DC United 1-0 at PPL Park tonight.

The second-half substitute pounced with a timely goal to bring an end to Union's four-game losing streak - and end United's eight-match unbeaten run in the process.

The best part of half an hour elapsed before either goalkeeper was tested, and it was United's Bill Hamid who had to be alert to keep out Vincent Nogueira.

Unperturbed, Union carried on in the same vein and Conor Casey was the next to test Hamid, but the visiting keeper was equal to it to preserve parity at the break.

It took 50 minutes for DC to fashion a meaningful attempt and the width of the woodwork denied Miguel Aguilar when he struck the post.

Buoyed by the near miss, the visitors came close again five minutes later when Kofi Opare headed Taylor Kemp's inch-perfect cross narrowly over the bar as the capital club grew in control.

The pendulum swung back in Philadelphia's favour, though, as Sheanon Williams forced Hamid into another smart save, before Sebastien Le Toux did the same on 73 minutes.

Hamid was moments away from earning a well deserved clean sheet but Pfeffer tapped home Fabinho's cross in the dying moments to snatch all three points.

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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