D.C. stuns New York with two late goals

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04/26/2009 - East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Luciano Emilio and Chris Pontius scored in closing seconds and D.C. United rallied for a 3-2 win over Red Bull New York on Sunday at Giants Stadium.

Juan Pablo Angel and Dane Richards scored six minutes apart earlier in the half as New York erased a first-half goal by United's Rodney Wallace, but D.C. added the two goals in the 90th and 91st minutes.

D.C. United (2-1-3) moved to third in the Eastern Conference. New York (1-4-2) remained one point ahead of winless Columbus at the bottom of the East.

United grabbed the lead in the 21st minute when Bryan Namoff played a long ball out of the back to Santino Quaranta, who settled well on the edge of the box to pick out Wallace.

Wallace just had to tap the ball into the net at the left post for his first of the season.

New York struggled in the first half, but substitute Macoumba Kandji helped get the offense going in the second half. He set up Angel five minutes after half, but Angel's close-range effort was cleared off the line by Namoff.

Angel didn't miss in the 68th, though. The New York striker met a free kick on the far side of the area, outleaped a D.C. defender and picked out the right side of the net for his second goal of the season.

Angel played a part in the second goal in the 74th, forcing D.C. goalie Louis Crayton to make a save that left a rebound for Richards. Richards ran onto the loose ball and tapped in from just a few yards out for his first of the year.

New York was just seconds away from its second win when Emilio and Pontius gave D.C. a spectacular win. Pontius started the first goal with a looping pass over the area that Quaranta played with a perfect one-time pass into the box. Emilio finished with a one-time shot despite having New York's Alfredo Pacheco on his back.

United added the game-winner in the 91st minute when Thabiso Khumalo played the ball down the left side to Emilio, who made a quick touch to play the ball into the middle of the box away from goalie Jon Conway. Pontius ran onto the ball to place it into an empty net for his second goal of the season.

D.C. will try to build on the win May 2 when it hosts FC Dallas. New York hopes to bounce back when it visits Los Angeles on May 2.

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