MLS: Philadelphia Union break winless streak

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Kansas City, Kan. • Cristian Maidana capped a back-and-forth scoring sequence with his first goal of the season, and the Philadelphia Union broke a nine-match winless streak with a 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday.

Danny Cruz also scored for Philadelphia (2-5-5), which won for the first time since a 2-1 victory March 15. Sporting (5-3-2) missed a chance to assume the outright Eastern Conference lead.

Dom Dwyer scored in the 80th minute for Sporting, tying the score at 1-all, but Maidana answered in the 81st with his game-winner.

Cruz scored in the 49th minute on a putback of Maidana's saved shot.

Philadelphia had to play a man down in second-half stoppage time, after Corben Bone — who had entered the match only seconds earlier — was issued a straight red card for a serious foul on Sporting's Jacob Peterson. —

MLS standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Sporting KC 5 3 2 17 15 8

New England 5 3 2 17 14 10

D.C. 4 3 2 14 13 11

Houston 4 5 2 14 15 19

New York 3 3 5 14 18 17

Columbus 3 4 3 12 10 11

Philadelphia 2 5 5 11 12 15

Toronto FC 3 4 0 9 7 9

Chicago 1 2 6 9 17 18

Montreal 1 5 3 6 7 17

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Seattle 7 3 1 22 22 19

Real Salt Lake 5 0 5 20 21 12

FC Dallas 5 5 1 16 20 19

Vancouver 4 2 4 16 16 12

Colorado 4 3 3 15 11 12

San Jose 2 3 4 10 10 11

Los Angeles 2 2 3 9 8 6

Chivas USA 2 5 3 9 12 19

Portland 1 3 6 9 13 16

Wednesday's game

Philadelphia 2, Sporting Kansas City 1

Saturday's games

New York at Toronto FC, 2:30 p.m.

New England at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Montreal at D.C. United, 5 p.m.

Chivas USA at FC Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Seattle FC, 8 p.m.

Columbus at Portland, 8:30 p.m.