Daniel Gazdag scored twice because the Philadelphia Union thrashed rivals D.C. United 4-0 in MLS on Sunday, sustaining their push for a playoff berth.

Hungary worldwide Gazdag netted both aspect of half-time and was joined on the scoresheet by Mikael Uhre and Tai Baribo because the Union ran riot at Subaru Park.

Uhre scored for a fourth straight sport simply 13 minutes in, tapping residence after good work from Quinn Sullivan on the precise flank, then Gazdag doubled Philadelphia’s lead three minutes later.

He pounced on a poor clearance from Christopher McVey to lash a shot previous Alex Bono, later doubling up by capping a swift 69th-minute counterattack.

Baribo received in on the motion between Gazdag’s targets by heading residence Sullivan’s cross, with D.C.’s finest alternative for a comfort seeing Boris Enow’s shot deflect off Nathan Harriel and rattle the publish.

Whereas Philadelphia proceed to occupy the Japanese Convention’s ultimate wild-card berth with 4 regular-season video games to play, D.C. are three factors adrift of the playoff image in thirteenth.

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Information Debrief: Gazdag on the double

Gazdag’s brace took him to 17 regular-season targets for 2024, seven greater than every other Philadelphia participant has managed, with Uhre mentioning double figures on Sunday.

Solely D.C. captain Christian Benteke – who was restricted to 2 photographs totalling 0.14 anticipated targets (xG) on Sunday – has outscored him in MLS this time period (19 targets).