LOVED the energy in this packed house tonight
You take any videos at the match tonight?? Send ’em our way!#DOOP pic.twitter.com/mnUqhux2Yx
— Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) August 12, 2019
Photo: Paul Rudderow
Philadelphia Union
It wasn’t pretty, but the Union earned a 2-1 win over the Houston Dynamo Sunday night.
A view from Houston about last night.
National coverage of the match.
On Saturday night, the Bethlehem Steel played to a 0-0 draw on the road in Nashville.
MLS
Mike Petke is no longer coaching Real Salt Lake.
A tie would have been nice, but Atlanta United defeated NYCFC 2-1 Sunday afternoon.
Are D.C United better without Wayne Rooney and Luciano Acosta? They beat the LA Galaxy 2-1 without both stars.
Credit to Minnesota United being disgusted by their own teammate, Mason Toye.
What has Ernst Tanner done that makes the Union so good?
Speaking of change, was Brad Friedel really that bad for the Revs?
World
If you somehow missed it, Christian Pulisic made his Premier League debut for Chelsea.
All of the Premier League action from the weekend here.
Some PSG fans want Neymar out.
FIFA is attacking Iran’s stance on female fans in soccer stadiums.
A NWSL record crowd took in Portland vs North Carolina on Sunday.
Philly Unity Cup
The second weekend of the competition came to an end. Here were the matchups.
And here are how the groups looked after week 1.
MLS Sunday fun day marathon was quite enjoyable with packed crowds in the stadium and games filled with drama. It’s amazing how much more enjoyable MLS is when your team is in the hunt for dare I say…..the playoff push.
Good team… good weather… I’m very happy people came out. It translated pretty well on TV too
This is true. It’s much better when my shouts at the TV have a positive result. Winning is good.
I’ll never understand why people get so worked up about spitting, but leg breaking tackles are “just part of the game” or “getting stuck in.” I know I’d rather have got spit on a few years ago instead of losing half a year to a broken ankle because of a cheap tackle.
Because the latter can sometimes be excused as “poor timing” or “he didn’t realize he was going in that hard” — sometimes true, sometimes not — but you have no excuse whatsoever for spitting. Kinda like, y’know, biting someone.
MLS wrote about Bedoya’s shirt:
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/08/11/unions-kacper-przybylko-salutes-alejandro-bedoya-goal-celebration
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I was in Guadelajara over the weekend. In our hotel the whole Chivas team stayed. Seems it is customary to stay in that hotel before HOME games. On Friday night ended up with 6 Chivas players in the elevator (pretty cool!). Then on Saturday night ended up in the elevator with 3 Chivas fans who were super happy after Chivas had won 3-0. Think they do the same in the EPL (staying in a hotel before a home game); interesting concept.