CHESTER, Pa. — Kai Wagner and Milan Iloski each had a goal and an assist, Tai Baribo also scored a goal and the Philadelphia Union beat the Chicago Fire 4-0 on Saturday night to snap the visitors’ five-game unbeaten streak.
The Union (16-6-6) lead MLS with 54 points and moved past FC Cincinnati (52) into first in the Eastern Conference.
Andrew Rick had two saves in the 19-year-old’s fifth shutout this season.
Baribo gave the Union a 1-0 lead when he scored his 16th goal in the 34th minute. Wagner ran down the left side and played a first-touch entry, off a pass from Quinn Sullivan, to the front post, where Baribo redirected it between the legs of goalkeeper Chris Brady into the net.
Iloski gently tapped a free kick inside the penalty arc, and Wagner slipped a low first-touch shot through a wall of defenders and inside the right post to give the Union a 2-0 lead in the 64th.
Danley Jean Jacques scored in the 73rd minute, and Iloski capped the scoring with a low shot from just outside the penalty arc in the 80th.
Brady finished with three saves for the Fire (11-10-6). Philadelphia outshot the Fire 23-9, including 7-2 on target.