Andres Perea pressured his former team into an own goal in the 87th minute and Alonso Martinez scored the winner in second-half stoppage time as visiting New York City FC rallied to a stunning 2-1 win over Orlando City on Wednesday night.

Martinez’s winner on the counter sealed only the second road win of the season for NYCFC (10-8-4, 34 points) and extended a winless run for Orlando (9-6-8, 35 points) to four matches.

It was his ninth goal of the season, tying Hannes Wolf for the team lead and sealing an improbable victory after Orlando dominated the first half and early portions of the second.

Matt Freese made six saves to keep NYCFC in the match despite struggling early.

Robin Jansson scored his first goal of the season and sixth in his seven-year MLS career for wasteful Orlando, which outshot NYCFC 14-3 overall and 4-0 in shots on target in the first half.

NYCFC finally crawled into the game in the final half-hour, showing the potential to punish the hosts’ inefficiency.

In the 63rd minute, Martinez reached Perea’s excellent cross from the left, but with Orlando City goalkeeper Pedro Gallese beaten, he struck the left post with his first-time effort.

Twenty-four minutes later, Perea’s powerful corner kick header forced Gallese into an exceptional sprawling denial to his right.

But as defender Rodrigo Schlegel tried to clear the danger, he instead hammered a half-volley off teammate Kyle Smith and into his own goal.

Then, as Orlando tried to regain their advantage, it was caught with too many numbers forward following a corner kick.

The ball eventually fell to Martinez on the break, and he finished low and hard past Gallese, who could only charge off his line and hope for the best.

Jansson opened the scoring in the 36th minute. David Brekalo won the initial header from Martin Ojeda’s corner to the back post and found Jansson in the middle of the box.

Jansson deftly took the ball off his chest, then fired in a low finish past Freese from about nine yards.

–Field Level Media

Olwethu Makhanya scored the go-ahead goal early in the second half to lift the host Philadelphia Union to a 2-1 win over CF Montreal on Wednesday.

The victory kept the Union (14-5-4, 46 points), who have won two straight after losing two in a row, atop the MLS standings.

Montreal (3-14-6, 15 points) is winless in its past three after winning two of three.

Makhanya’s first career MLS goal came off a corner in the 50th minute. With Kai Wagner serving from the right side, the South African defender jumped and headed the ball down off the pitch, leading the ball to bounce back up past the outstretched arm of goalkeeper Sebastian Breza.

Montreal then pressed hard for the equalizer. In the 58th minute, Prince Owusu had an opportunity on a 2-on-1 with Hennadii Synchuk but just missed the target. Two minutes later, Dante Sealy missed just wide left on a feed from Owusu.

Owusu came within inches of tying the game in the 77th minute, only to hit the post. And in the 84th minute, Owusu slipped as he took a feed from Sealy but managed to get his foot on the ball to lift a shot on target, but Union goalkeeper Andre Blake, off his line, got across to get his hands on it and deflect it away.

Tai Baribo gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead in the 37th minute. Danley Jean Jacques managed the ball from near midfield to inside the box. Montreal midfielder Samuel Piette knocked the ball loose and defender Joel Waterman tried to push it away, but it rolled to Quinn Sullivan, who centered it for Baribo at the top of the goalmouth for a quick right-foot strike past Breza.

Owusu’s team-leading 10th tally of the season pulled Montreal level just before halftime. Waterman volleyed a pass for Owusu heading into the box. The German striker got his right foot on the ball in the air to send it into the far side in the second minute of first-half stoppage time.

–Field Level Media

Down 2-0 through 55 minutes, the New York Red Bulls erupted for five second-half goals and a 5-3 comeback win over the visiting New England Revolution on Wednesday in Harrison, N.J.

Emil Forsberg had two goals and an assist, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored two goals and Daniel Edelman had New York’s other tally. Ronald Donkor also had three assists to help the Red Bulls end their five-match winless streak.

The Red Bulls (9-8-6, 33 points) are 8-1-2 at home this season, including an unbeaten 5-0-1 run in their last six regular-season home dates.

Leo Campana scored twice for the Revolution (6-9-7, 25 points), including a goal just five minutes into the match. An own goal from New York defender Kyle Duncan then gave New England a seemingly strong 2-0 lead before the second-half collapse.

The Revolution are 0-5-2 in their last seven matches, and have just one victory (1-5-6) in their last 12 regular-season outings.

The Red Bulls’ attack started to come alive after Duncan’s own goal, and the increased pressure paid off with a goal in the 56th minute. Edelman recorded his first goal since the 2023 season when his shot from outside the box went through a lot of traffic and beat goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic.

If Edelman was an unlikely scorer, New York’s stars put the club ahead. Choupo-Moting equalized in the 70th minute, set up in the box from a pass from Forsberg.

Only two minutes later, Forsberg followed up his assist with a goal of his own. The midfielder delivered a tremendous left-footed strike from outside the box for the go-ahead marker.

The two stars earned their braces on another pair of quick scores to seal New York’s victory. Choupo-Moting struck again in the 83rd minute for his team-leading 13th goal, and Forsberg converted a penalty kick in the 88th minute.

Campana collected his own brace with a goal three minutes into second-half stoppage time.

–Field Level Media

All-Star midfielder Evander set an FC Cincinnati record with a goal in his fifth consecutive match in a 3-0 win over visiting Inter Miami Wednesday night.

Evander’s left-footed shot from the center of the box found the bottom right corner of the net to double Cincinnati’s lead early in the second half.

It was the first of two goals Evander scored in the half, after coming up empty on multiple shot attempts in the first half. The two goals bring his goal total to 15 in MLS regular-season competition.

Miami’s offensive struggles combined with Cincinnati’s stellar back line spelled the end of the Herons’ five-match winning streak. They were handed their first regular-season loss since May 18.

Cincinnati striker Gerardo Valenzuela drew first blood in the 16th minute when his left-footed shot from the left side of the box found the lower-right corner of the net for a 1-0 lead. It was Valenzuela’s fourth goal of the season.

It was a first half Cincinnati (14-6-3, 45 points) controlled for most of the 45 minutes and six minutes of extra time, frequently entering the box and unleashing shots on goal. Cincinnati had seven shots, four on goal, in the first half and finished the night with 11 and six, respectively.

FC Cincinnati’s defense also kept superstar Lionel Messi and the rest of the Herons (11-4-5, 38 points) in check throughout the first half. Every opportunity Miami had was thwarted by Cincinnati’s strong back line.

Messi had two shot attempts late in the first half, but neither of them were converted to tie the match. His first shot was blocked by Cincinnati defender Lukas Engel, and Messi’s second attempt was saved by diving Cincinnati goalkeeper Roman Celentano.

Celentano made two saves for Cincinnati, his seventh clean sheet of the season. His goalkeeper counterparts, Oscar Ustari and Rocco Rios Novo, combined for four saves for Miami.

–Field Level Media