Philadelphia Union 3-1 New York City: Three goals in 11 minutes seal the MLS Eastern Conference title

 Julian Carranza and Daniel Gazdag scored within two minutes of each other in the second half as the Philadelphia Union advanced to their first MLS Cup final with a 3-1 victory over New York City FC on Sunday night.

The Union will head to Los Angeles and face Supporters Shield winner LAFC in the league title game on Saturday.

Top-seeded LAFC advanced to its first MLS Cup championship game with a 3-0 win over Austin FC in the Western Conference final earlier Sunday. It is the first time since Toronto in 2017 that the winner of the Supporters Shield has made it to the championship game.

The Philadelphia Union was crowned the MLS Eastern Conference champions after a 3-1 victory on Sunday.

Julián Carranza scores the equalizer for the Philadelphia Union in the 65th minute against NYCFC

Daniel Gazdag put the hosts ahead just two minutes later in the MLS Eastern Conference final

Cory Burke also scored in the conference final for the Union, who were unbeaten in 19 home games this season.

Gazdag appeared to score for the Union in the 16th minute, but was offside. He was scoreless at half-time before Maxi Moralez’s sublime strike past goalkeeper Andre Blake to put NYCFC ahead 1-0 in the 57th minute.

The Union tied it at 65 with Carranza’s first career playoff goal. Moments later, Carranza directed a header to Gazdag, who scored to give Philadelphia the lead. Burke added a goal in the 76th.

The Union saw the return of Alejandro Bedoya, who sat out the team’s conference semifinal victory over FC Cincinnati due to a nagging hip injury.... Read more....