FOXBORO (AP) — Tai Baribo scored his sixth objective of the season and Jovan Lukic scored his first profession MLS objective on Saturday evening to assist the Philadelphia Union beat the New England Revolution 2-0.
Philadelphia (3-0-0) is off to its greatest begin in membership historical past. The Union leads MLS with 10 objectives scored this season and their plus-seven objective differential is tied for fourth greatest in league historical past via three video games.
New England (0-2-1) has been shut out in every of its first three video games and has 4 on-target pictures this season.
Baribo scored within the 76th minute to tie Ante Razov (Chicago Hearth, 1999) for probably the most objectives scored via the primary three video games of a season in MLS historical past. Kai Wagner performed an arcing ball-in from the suitable wing to the again put up and Baribo bounced a header off the bottom and into the online give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead.
Lukic, a 23-year-old Serbian midfielder acquired in February, ran onto a ball performed backward by Indiana Vassilev and blasted a one-touch shot from the sting of the realm that bounced off the again put up into the online within the seventh minutes of stoppage time to make it 2-0.
New England had 53% possession however was outshot 18-9, 9-1 on the right track, by the Union. Aljaz Ivacic had six saves for the Revolution.
Leo Campana missed extensive on a one-touch shot from simply inside the realm within the opening minutes, instantly signaled for a substitution and was changed by Maxi Urruti within the the tenth. New England acquired Campana, a 24-year-old striker, from Inter Miami for an MLS-trade document price of $2.5 million in assured Normal Allocation Cash in December.
