Original article can be found here.
Milan Iloski, Cavan Sullivan and Neil Pierre each scored goals Saturday night as the visiting Philadelphia Union continued their surge up the East table with a 3-1 decision over Red Bull New York.
Iloski added an assist for Philadelphia (6-10-6, 24 points), which improved to 5-0-2 in its seven matches since the World Cup break. The Union moved within two points of RBNY (7-10-5, 26 points) for eighth in the East.
Philadelphia came within 16 minutes of a clean sheet before Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored in the 74th minute for New York. But it wasn’t enough to keep it from falling to 1-5-1 in its seven matches since the World Cup break.
Despite New York owning possession for 58.7% of the fixture, the Union boasted a 20-13 advantage in shots and put five shots on frame to RBNY’s four.
The prematch storylines concerned the matchup of teenage stars. The 16-year-old Sullivan has fueled Philadelphia’s fine form lately and 18-year-old Julian Hall, who earned a four-year contract extension earlier in the week after scoring 12 goals across all competitions this year, has become the face of RBNY.
Hall made a pair of dangerous runs early, although offsides flags rendered one useless and the other one resulted in a corner kick that RBNY couldn’t cash into the initial goal.
Moments later, Iloski initiated scoring when the Union overloaded the six-yard box. Indiana Vassilev set him up at the goal mouth for a tap-in goal in the 21st minute.
Sullivan upped the margin to 2-0 in the 50th minute. Taking Danley Jean Jacques’ pass, Sullivan dribbled towards the middle of the 18-yard box and wired a shot into the left corner.
Pierre converted off a pretty set piece in the 65th minute. Iloski took a free kick that was headed by Bruno Damiani to the right foot of Pierre, who tapped it into the right corner.
It was Philadelphia’s second 3-1 win over RBNY in just over a month.
–Field Level Media
Original article
Comments