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Philadelphia Union surrender two-goal lead and playoff dream

Philadelphia Union surrender their hopes of making the MLS playoffs after spurning a two-goal lead with 12 minutes remaining to lose to Columbus Crew.

By Shane Callaghan, Reporter

Published: October 12 2014 | 02:07

Last updated: October 12 2014 | 14:56

Philadelphia Union will not qualify for the MLS playoffs after conceding three times in the final 12 minutes to lose 3-2 to Columbus Crew at PPL Park this morning.

With New York Red Bulls beating Toronto, defeat for Union would have ended their pursuit of a top-five finish in the Eastern Conference.

Nevertheless, Jim Curtin's side looked well on course for that precious victory when Danny Cruz and Andrew Wenger fired the hosts into a two-goal lead with strikes on 69 and 75 minutes.

However, the hosts did not have long to enjoy their cushion as Ethan Finlay fired a near-immediate reply for Columbus, reducing the arrears on 77 minutes.

It proved to be the foundations from which Crew built a stunning comeback, as Justin Meram equalised two minutes later, before Jairo Arrieta struck soon after to complete the turnaround.

The defeat has left Philadelphia seven points adrift of fifth place with only six left on offer.

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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