PSP photographer Paul Rudderow was on hand Friday night as the Philadelphia Union fell 1-0 to Crystal Palace of the Barclay’s Premier League in a entertaining international friendly. Here’s a look at what he saw.
Some young Crystal Palace fans at the game
The Union survives early pressure from Crystal Palace
Danny Cruz and Fabinho corral Jason Puncheon into the corner
Andre Blake punches the ball clear
Damien Delaney heads one out of danger
Cruz gets a head on the ball
Delaney is kept busy in the air
Fabinho tracks down a loose ball
Ray Gaddis cuts off a dangerous pass
Fred and Maurice Edu battle Marouane Chamakh for possession
Edu keeps the ball moving through the midfield
Chamakh has a hard time following the twisting Vincent Nogueira
Ethan White gets his head on another attempted cross
Julian Speroni had to make some saves throughout the night
Austin Berry and Chamakh reach for the header
White gets just enough of the ball to score the own goal
Fred looks for an opening in the defense
Yannick Bolasie with a well placed bicycle kick
I’m not saying Joel Ward took a dive but…
Fred works through traffic
Gaddis upends Puncheon
Andrew Wenger looks to control in midfield
Fabinho under pressure from Dwight Gayle
Brian Brown collects the ball
Corben Bone weaves through traffic
Brian Carroll knocks one up field
Amobi Okugo fires one up the wing
Blake made a number of nice saves
Sebastien Le Toux with a chance to tie the game
Le Toux continues to press
Aaron Wheeler tries to work pass the defense
Antoine Hoppenot tries to create a late spark
For more photos, check out Paul’s Flickr page and feel free to leave comments.
Good photos, but I think for friendlies you want to make sure that all photos have the most populated sections in the background 🙂
Thanks Andy, and sometimes you just can’t get a good angle with fans in the background. Just look at the Open Cup shots and you’ll see.