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CHESTER, Pa. — Tai Baribo scored two second-half goals, including the winner in stoppage time, and the Philadelphia Union rallied to beat the Galaxy for the first time at home with a 3-2 victory on Wednesday night.

The Galaxy (0-9-4) continued the worst start by a defending champion in MLS history despite Diego Fagúndez becoming the eighth player in league history to reach 75 goals and 75 assists in a career.

Baribo scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time after tying the match 2-2 with a goal in the 50th for the Union (8-3-2), who are on a five-match unbeaten run. Baribo has a league-leading 10 goals this season.

Defender Mauricio Cuevas scored for the first time this season and the second time in 31 career appearances to give the Galaxy the lead in the 31st minute. Fagúndez scored his second goal this season for a 2-0 lead in the 37th. Marco Reus collected assists on both scores.

Philadelphia tied it in the first five minutes of the second half. Jacob Glesnes headed in a goal off a corner kick by Kai Wagner in the 48th minute.

Homegrown goalkeeper Andrew Rick made the 10th start of his career and did not have a save for the Union.

John McCarthy had four saves as the Galaxy built a 2-0 lead in the first half and finished with seven.

Philadelphia improved to 1-3-2 all time at home in the Galaxy’s first visit since 2018.

The Union travel to play Atlanta United on Saturday. The Galaxy will host rival LAFC on Sunday.

May 12 (UPI) — Three rock climbers were killed over the weekend in a climbing accident in the North Cascade mountains in Washington state, as investigators look into equipment failure.

“A party of four climbers from Renton, Wash., were involved in a fall while descending a steep gully, ” according to a statement Monday from the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office.

“The presumed cause of the accident is anchor failure while rappelling, with more investigation still ongoing,” the sheriff’s office added.

The four men, who have not been identified, fell nearly 200 feet at around 11:30 a.m. PDT, on Sunday, in the area of North Early Winters Spire off of State Route 20 in the North Cascades.

Three of the climbers, ages 36, 47 and 63, were pronounced dead at the site of the fall. The fourth member of the group survived and hiked back to a car, before driving 60 miles to find a pay phone and call for help.

“There was a long time delay before he got to Newhalem,” said Undersheriff David Yarnell of the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office.

The climber was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where his condition is unknown. According to Yarnell, he walked out not knowing “he had as significant of internal injuries as he did.”

Yarnell blamed equipment failure for the fall, saying that all four climbers were tied to the same anchor point, which is “not preferred.”

“Investigators will try to determine whether the climbers were using a pre-existing anchor point, or their own gear … All we know is that the anchor point that they were all tied off to failed,” he said.

The Snohomish County Helicopter Rescue Team was able to retrieve the remains of the three climbers killed in the “technical, mountainous terrain.”

“Our thoughts are with the family members and friends of those involved.”