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In Pictures: Union 2-1 Impact

PSP photographer Paul Rudderow was on hand for Saturday night as Philadelphia Union defeated the Montreal Impact 2-1 with Sebastien Le Toux netting a pair of goals. Here’s a look at what he saw.

MO001aUnion starting XI with a familiar face back in the line up

MO002aVincent Nogueira got an early shot at the goal

MO003aMaurice Edu and Ethan White push into the offense

MO004aSheanon Williams beats former Union player Jack McInerney to the ball

MO005aFelipe Martins works around Edu

MO006aI’m not saying McInerney took a dive but White sure has strong fingers

MO007aSebastien Le Toux, with help from the Impact defense, gets past Troy Perkins…

MO008a…finds the net for goal number one…

MO009a…and celebrates with the fans.

MO010aEven Zac MacMath got acknowledgement for his quick release up field to send Le Toux on goal

MO011aCarlos Valdés brings one out of the back field

MO012aDanny Cruz powers through the defense

MO013aA familiar gesture from the former Union man

MO014aValdés shields off McInerney

MO015aJustin Mapp works into the eighteen

MO016aValdés gets just enough toe on the ball to make Martins miss

MO017aBrian Carroll collects the loose ball and clears

MO018aRay Gaddis settles in the corner

MO019aConor Casey settles under pressure

MO020aMapp tries to work past Edu and Gaddis

MO021aPerkins clears under pressure from White

MO022aNogueira cuts back against the flow

MO023aCruz works into the middle and fires

MO024aAndrew Wenger comes in and works up field with speed

MO025aLe Toux and the Sons of Ben celebrate the Frenchman’s second goal of the night

MO026aEdu joints in on the celebration

MO027aMatteo Ferrari was among many that couldn’t believe that one didn’t go in

MO028aMaxim Tissot makes sure he doesn’t miss

MO029aWenger couldn’t get back to his feet but almost volleyed one back into play

MO030aFred and Brian Brown substituted in with fresh legs

MO031aMacMath with a nice late save

For more photos, check out Paul’s Flickr page and feel free to leave comments.

4 Comments

  1. OneManWolfpack says:

    The Cruz picture is great cause it looks so cool, but man did he SHANK that shot. Haha. Awesome pics all round tho!!

  2. JediLos117 says:

    You may or may not see me in two of these pics…by may or may not I mean…may

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