MLS Wednesday: Sapong carries Union past nine-man Crew

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Jul 27, 2017

CJ Sapong scored one goal and added two assists to give the Philadelphia Union a 3-0 win over the Columbus Crew, which finished the game with nine players after red cards to Ghanaians Jonathan Mensah (his second of the season) and Lalas Abubakar.



MLS RESULTS, WEEK 21:
Wednesday, July 26
Philadelphia 3 Columbus 0.
PHI: Ilsinho (C.J. Sapong) 20
PHI: C.J. Sapong 66
PHI: Marcus Epps (C.J. Sapong, Ilsinho) 81
Philadelphia -- McCarthy; Gaddis, Elliott, Onyewu, Wijnaldum; Medunjanin, Bedoya; Ilsinho (Simpson 84), Alberg (Najem 68), Epps (Davies 88); Sapong.
Columbus -- Steffen; Mensah, Crognale, Abubakar; Jimenez, Artur (Finlay 75), Trapp, Raitala; Meram (Abu 55), O.Kamara, Manneh (Martinez 71).
Red Cards: Columbus -- Mensah 35, Abubakar 76.
Att.: 15,413.

MLS SCHEDULE, WEEK 21:
Saturday, July 29
Atlanta United vs. Orlando City 4:30 pm FOX
New England vs. Philadelphia 7:30 pm
NY Red Bulls vs. Montreal 7:30 pm
FC Dallas vs. Vancouver 8 pm
San Jose vs. Colorado 8 pm
Minn. United vs. D.C. United 8 pm
Sporting KC vs. Chicago 8 pm
Houston vs. Portland 9 pm
LA Galaxy vs. Seattle 10 pm ESPN
Real Salt Lake vs. Columbus 10 pm
Sunday, July 30
Toronto FC vs. New York City 2 pm ESPN

MLS STREAKS:
UNBEATEN
7 Sporting KC (2 wins, 5 ties)
5 FC Dallas (3 wins, 2 ties)
5 Seattle (3 wins, 2 ties)
4 Atlanta United (4 wins)

WINLESS
5 D.C. United (5 losses)
5 LA Galaxy (5 losses)
5 Minnesota United (3 losses, 2 ties)
3 San Jose (3 losses)

MLS STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
40 Toronto FC 11-3-7 37/22
38 Chicago 11-4-5 38/21
37 NYCFC 11-6-4 40/27
33 Atlanta United 10-7-3 40/27
32 NY Red Bulls 10-8-2 28/26
31 Columbus 10-11-1 31/35
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29 Orlando City 8-8-5 22/30
26 Philadelphia 7-9-5 29/24
24 Montreal 6-7-6 30/32
23 New England 6-9-5 33/34
18 D.C. United 5-13-3 18/38
Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
34 FC Dallas 9-3-7 32/19
33 Sporting KC 8-4-9 25/15
32 Houston 9-7-5 37/30
30 Portland 8-8-6 37/36
30 Seattle 8-7-6 32/31
27 Vancouver 8-8-3 26/29
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26 San Jose 7-9-5 23/34
24 Real Salt Lake 7-13-2 28/42
22 LA Galaxy 6-10-4 31/37
20 Colorado 6-11-2 20/28
19 Minn. United 5-12-4 25/45

MLS LEADING SCORERS:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
16 Nemanja Nikolic (Chicago)
14 David Villa (NYCFC)
12 Erick Torres (Houston)
11 Maxi Urruti (FC Dallas)
11 David Accam (Chicago)
10 Fanendo Adi (Portland)
10 Christian Ramirez (Minn. United)
10 CJ Sapong (Philadelphia)
10 Diego Valeri (Portland)
10 Bradley Wright-Phillips (NY Red Bulls)