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New York Red Bulls increase lead after Philadelphia Union win

Mike Grella scores twice as New York Red Bulls thrash Philadelphia Union to move six points clear in the MLS Eastern Conference.

By Chris O'Keefe, Reporter

Published: October 18 2015 | 22:00

Last updated: October 19 2015 | 11:57

New York Red Bulls have extended their lead at the top of the Eastern Conference to six points courtesy of a comfortable victory over Philadelphia Union.

The hosts raced into the lead after only eight seconds at the Red Bull Arena as Mike Grella beat keeper Andre Blake.

With only four minutes played, Damien Perrinelle's cross found Bradley Wright-Phillips and the former Southampton forward buried his header past a helpless Blake as New York looked to be running away with proceedings.

With Philadelphia struggling to put together any sort of a passing game, the Red Bulls netted a third on 17 minutes as Grella scored his ninth of the campaign to all but seal victory in the opening stages.

Union's nightmare first half was rounded off when Kemar Lawrence scored New York's fourth on 44 minutes as the visitors' defence failed to contain the home side in attack.

Philadelphia did manage to pull a goal back after the restart as Tranquillo Barnetta's through-ball allowed Sebastien Le Toux to run into space before slotting past Luis Robles.

However, New York were able to hold on move six clear of DC United, who beat Chicago Fire to move into second place.

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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