L.A. Galaxy, Philadelphia Union battle to 2-2 tie

CHESTER, Pa. >> Keegan Rosenberry scored his first MLS goal in the 63rd minute and the Philadelphia Union tied the Galaxy 2-2 on Wednesday night.

Galaxy goalkeeper Dan Keedy bobbled a header on a Philadelphia coer kick and Rosenberry put it in the back of the net.

The Galaxy extended their unbeaten streak to eight games.

Philadelphia (4-3-2) ended a three-game losing streak against the Galaxy (5-1-4).

The Union took a 1-0 lead in the 4th minute on Vincent Nogueira’s second-effort goal. His initial shot from the penalty spot was defended away but Nogueira hustled to the ball and poked it home.

The Galaxy tied it in the 15th. Giovani dos Santos cut back a defender at the edge of the box and dropped a pass to an overlapping Robbie Rogers, who found the upper coer of the net.

Mike Magee gave the Galaxy a 2-1 edge two minutes after halftime. Steven Gerrard sent a well-paced ball from dos Santos to an open space and Magee powered a shot past goalkeeper Andre Blake.

With two assists, dos Santos now has five goals and five assists in his last five matches. Gerrard has a goal or assist in four consecutive matches.

• Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena made six changes to the starting lineup from Sunday’s match against New England. Dan Keedy, Leonardo, Ashley Cole, Baggio Husidic, Magee and Gerrard started as Brian Rowe, A.J. DeLaGarza, Daniel Steres, Emmanuel Boateng, Jeff Larentowicz and Sebastian Lletget began on the bench.

Steres is the only player on the roster to have appeared in every MLS match for the Galaxy this year.