Hugo Cuypers’ brace within the remaining eight-plus minutes Wednesday night time enabled the Chicago Hearth to erase a two-goal deficit and beat the visiting Philadelphia Union 4-3.
Cuypers’ header off a Chris Mueller help within the 82nd minute drew Chicago (5-10-6, 21 factors) inside a aim. Gaston Gimenez tied the rating seven minutes later when he buried Rafael Czichos’ feed.
A minute into stoppage time, Cuypers used Maren Haile-Selassie’s service and delivered the match-winning tally. The help capped an enormous recreation for Haile-Selassie, who scored the Hearth’s first aim and likewise picked up the secondary helper on Cuypers’ first tally.
Chris Donovan, Daniel Gazdag and Jack McGlynn scored in an 11-minute span bridging the halves that supplied a 3-1 cushion for Philadelphia (4-9-8, 20 factors). However a second straight late collapse — the Union conceded two markers after the 88th minute in a 4-2 loss at CF Montreal on Saturday — despatched Philadelphia to its fifth consecutive defeat.
The Union are 0-5-3 of their previous eight fixtures.
In a matchup of sides desperately looking for wins to maneuver up the Jap playoff desk, the Hearth made the Union concede first by way of an authoritative run down the appropriate facet from Allan Arigoni.
His go into the field was deflected by a defender and Haile-Selassie claimed it at point-blank vary, chipping it over susceptible goalie Oliver Semmle within the thirtieth minute. It was Haile-Selassie’s fourth straight match with a aim.
Nonetheless, Chicago’s leaky protection could not defend the lead for lengthy. Leon Flach teed up Donovan for the equalizer within the thirty eighth minute by way of service into the field. Donovan’s deflection to the appropriate put up left goalie Chris Brady helpless.
The Union took the lead within the seventh minute of first-half stoppage time. Brady was proven a yellow card after committing a foul within the field, and Gazdag transformed from the spot for a 2-1 halftime benefit.
McGlynn made it 3-1 within the forty ninth minute when he blistered a left-footed shot previous a diving Brady that banged off the left put up, then the appropriate earlier than crossing the aim line.
–Area Degree Media