Philadelphia Philadelphia Union
1-1
Chicago Fire

Okugo (88')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Earnshaw (92')

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Philadelphia Union held by Chicago Fire

Robert Earnshaw rescues a point for the Chicago Fire in a 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union.

By Callum Mulvihill, Reporter

Published: October 3 2014 | 03:05

Last updated: October 3 2014 | 08:33

The Philadelphia Union have missed the chance to put pressure on the teams above them in the Eastern Conference following a 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire.

It would be the hosts who created the most opportunities at PPL Park, but a lack of quality in the final third of the pitch meant the drama did not arrive until the closing stages.

The closest the hosts came to breaking the deadlock in the first half was in the opening minute, when Cristian Maidana curled an effort just wide from the edge of the box.

However, the lead should have belonged to Chicago just before the break when Sanna Nyassi headed straight at Rais M'Bolhi from close range.

The second half would follow a similar pattern to the opening 45 minutes, with Vincent Nogueira and Maidana both wasting good chances to put Philadelphia ahead.

It looked like all three points were going to Philadelphia in the 88th minute when Brian Brown picked out Amobi Okugo, who slotted home the opening goal for his side.

However, there would be a late twist in the second minute of stoppage time when Robert Earnshaw collected the ball 25 yards from goal before powering his shot past M'Bolhi.

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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