Late Patrick Mullins strike seals second ever New York City FC win

Jun 7, 2015 at 12am UK

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New York City FC secure their second win as a MLS club by beating Philadelphia Union 2-1 late on.

Published: June 7 2015 | 01:59

Last updated: June 7 2015 | 13:39

Patrick Mullins netted an 87th-minute winner as New York City FC snatched a dramatic 2-1 win at Philadelphia Union this morning.

Having travelled to Philadelphia with an 11-match winless streak in tow, Jason Kreis will have wanted his side - in their inaugural season as an MLS outfit - to enjoy a fast start.

The visiting coach almost got his wish when David Villa's dangerous cross was headed wide by Adam Nemec on 11 minutes.

Unperturbed, City carried on in the same vein and ex-Barcelona hitman Villa missed two fine chances to open the scoring - the first of which was saved by Brian Sylvestre.

Union, who have won three of their last four outings, began growing into the contest but visiting goalkeeper Josh Saunders kept out Sebastien Le Toux and Cristian Maidana before the break.

Their breakthrough came within a minute of the restart, as CJ Sapong netted his fourth goal of the season by converting Le Toux's teasing cross.

Philadelphia's advantage lasted less than six minutes, however, as Thomas McNamara's effort from outside the box left Sylvestre with no chance.

Both sides looked poised to share the spoils, but second-half substitute Mullins came off the bench to snatch the win with three minutes remaining as City secured their second victory as an MLS club.

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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