SOCCER: Iloski scores winner as Union beat Sounders

Milan Iloski scored the match's only goal just past the half-hour mark, and the Philadelphia Union defeated the visiting Seattle Sounders 1-0 on Saturday night in Chester, Pa.

Frankie Westfield and Neil Pierre added assists as the Union (3-10-4, 13 points) won back-to-back matches for the first time this season.

The Sounders (7-6-3, 24 points) tied a club record with their fifth straight loss, matching a mark set in 2015.

Iloski opened the scoring for the Union in the 31st minute. He caught up to a pass from Frankie Westfield and, with Sounders goalkeeper Andrew Thomas pulled off his line, chipped it into an open net to make it 1-0. It was Iloski's team-high ninth goal of the season.

In the 64th minute, Iloski thought he'd made it a brace as he caught Thomas off his line once more on a one-versus-one opportunity, but the entry pass from Cavan Sullivan found the striker a hair offside.

But the Union's first-half goal ended up standing up as the match winner as the Sounders managed just one shot on goal, a weakly-headed attempt from Hassani Dotson in the 66th minute that was stopped easily by Union goalkeeper Andre Blake.

Blake kept his third clean sheet of the season thanks to his lone save of the night. Thomas stopped five of the six Philadelphia shots he faced.

The Union claimed consecutive wins for the first time since a three-match winning streak from Sept. 20 to Oct. 4, 2025.

Pierre, making his first MLS start, recorded his second goal contribution in as many matches. He scored his first career goal against the New York Red Bulls during the Union's 3-1 win on Wednesday night.

Westfield's assist was his team-leading fifth of the season.

Seattle has been shut out three times and outscored 12-2 during its losing streak.

-Field Level Media/Reuters