Union cough up another late lead, extend winless streak to 10 in loss to Toronto

Another game, another lead blown by the Philadelphia Union.

Tai Baribo’s first-half goal didn’t hold up in the face of two second-half goals from Toronto FC, which ended its nine-game winless streak and extended the Union’s to 10 with a 2-1 win.

Jack Elliott was credited with an own goal in the 74th minute, then coughed up possession that led to Dwayne Kerr’s winner in the 78th.

The Union are winless in 10 games (0-5-5) and have just one win since mid-April, a 1-9-7 stretch through their last 17 games.

The Union had taken the lead with a strong first half, Baribo heading home his third goal of the season off a set-piece delivery from Kai Wagner in the 39th.

But the Union (4-10-9, 21 points) couldn’t keep the zero against a team that, while entering in ninth in the Eastern Conference, hadn’t been shut out at home this year. Jakob Glesnes drifted off the backline to keep Jahkeele Marshall-Ruddy onside. Elliott tried to check Kerr’s run into the six-yard box, but the headed cross bounded off the sliding tangle of bodies, Elliott getting the last touch.

Elliott’s pass was wayward four minutes later, which sprung TFC in. Lorenzo Insigne played it wide, and Kerr confidently finished it past Andrew Rick.

Source: Berkshire mont