Charlotte FC beats the Union 2-0 to clinch a top 4 seed in the playoffs

CHARLOTTE N C AP Wilfried Zaha and Kerwin Vargas scored six-minutes apart in the first half Kristijan Kahlina recorded his th clean sheet of the season and Charlotte FC beat the Philadelphia Union - on Saturday night to clinch a top four seed in the playoffs for the first time in club history Charlotte - - became the th crew in MLS history to win at least home games in a single season excluding the shootout era Zaha is the fifth first-year contestant since joining Anders Dreyer and Philip Zinckernagel this season to result at least goals and record at least assists Philadelphia - - one of the league s top defenses allowed multiple goals for just the second time since May Union goalkeeper Andre Blake entered with the third-most clean sheets in the Eastern Conference this season with nine AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source