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.