Left-back Sean McGinty and substitute John Cofie scored on 84 and 86 minutes respectively as United earned their fourth victory of the Elite Group stage of the Under-21 Premier League.
United nearly opened the scoring on 12 minutes when McGinty headed wide of the right-hand post from Adnan Januzaj's corner.
Midway through the first half, Albion teenager Isaiah Brown jinked past two defenders but saw his left-foot shot blocked by central-defender Michele Fornasier.
McGinty struck a powerful left-footed effort over the bar six minutes later before Adil Nabi's 36th-minute shot for Albion flew just wide after a good pass from Aaron Birch.
Kemar Roofe could have put the Baggies ahead seven minutes into the second-half but his weak header fell straight into the arms of Anders Lindegaard from Wesley Atkinson's right-wing cross.
Myhill saved smartly from Larnell Cole before Roofe's 25-yard free-kick flew just over the bar just before the hour-mark.
West Brom (4-2-3-1): Myhill, Smart, D Daniels (Francis, 90+4), C Jones, Atkinson, Allan, Birch; Brown (Wedderburn 53, S Nabi, 84), A Nabi, Roofe, Sawyers. Subs not used: Pace, Lewis (GK).
United: Lindegaard; Vermijl, Blackett (Cofie, 69), Thorpe, Fornasier, McGinty, Cole, Veseli, Januzaj (Lawrence, 87), Ekangamene, Lingard (McCullough, 90). Subs not used: Gollini, Daehli.
Peter Odemwingie was today facing fresh punishment after launching another Twitter tirade against West Brom in which he told a fan he wants to be sacked.
Goalkeeper Ben Foster today urged West Brom to go all out to tie in-form defender Gareth McAuley to a new Hawthorns contract.
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