After returning from Florida, Philadelphia Union II played its final two announced preseason scrimmages. They defeated Loudoun United FC at home 1-0 and came from behind twice at Hartford Athletic to draw 3 – 3 behind a brace from academy striker Edward Davis.
| Day Date | Opponent | Result | League | Level |
| Su, 25-Feb | Loudon United FC | W 1 – 0 | USL Championship | Division 2 |
| Fr, 01-Mar | Hartford Athletic | D 3 – 3 | USL Championship | Division 2 |
Asterisks are first team players. Italics are academy amateurs. Superscript Gs and As are goals and assists. Francis Westfield scored against Loudoun from a corner kick (served by Kyle Tucker according to coach LeBlanc). We do not have assists for Edward Davis’ goals in Connecticut. Nick Pariano’s was a penalty kick. Substitutes are listed following position 11 except for Neil Pierre, the trialist, and Jonathan Evans all of whom started the Hartford match. Substitutes are listed in the sequence in which they entered.
| Loudoun, Home,
Su, 25-Feb |
Hartford, away,
Fr, 01-Mar |
Total minutes | ||||
| Inferred Shape | 4-2-2-2 | 4-2-2-2 | ||||
| 1 | Andrew Rick | GK | 90 | — | — | 90 |
| 2 | Francis WestfieldG | LB | 90 | LB | 45 | 135 |
| 3 | Carlos Rojas | LCB | 80 | — | — | 80 |
| 4 | Olwethu Makhanya* | RCB | 90 | LCB | 90 | 180 |
| 5 | Jamir Berdecio* | RB | 90 | RB | 90 | 180 |
| 6 | Sanders Ngabo* | LDM | 75 | LDM | 45 | 130 |
| 7 | Nick ParianoG* | RDM | 75 | RDM | 90 | 165 |
| 8 | CJ Olney | LAM | 90 | LAM | 90 | 180 |
| 9 | David Vazquez | RAM | 90 | — | — | 90 |
| 10 | Markus Anderson* | S | 45 | — | — | 45 |
| 11 | Edward Davis | S | 90 | S | 90 | 180 |
| 12 | Sal Olivas | S | 45 | S | 90 | 135 |
| 13 | Kyle TuckerA | DM | 15 | — | — | 15 |
| 14 | Alex Perez | LM | 15 | LDM | 45 | 60 |
| 15 | Trialist | S | 10 | RAM | 90 | 100 |
| 16 | Neil Pierre | — | — | RCB | 90 | 90 |
| 17 | Jonathan Evans | — | — | GK | 90 | 90 |
| 18 | Gavin Wetzel | — | — | LB | 45 | 45 |
Loudoun had three former Union or Union II players on its roster: Cole Turner, Kalil ElMedkhar, and Drew Skundrich.
Hartford is coached by former Bethlehem Steel FC head coach Brendan Burke who is also their general manager. Their roster includes Michee Ngalina, Marcus Epps, and Brooks Thompson all of whom have played for Union II/Bethlehem Steel or the Union itself. Hartford’s tweets credit Thompson with laying out to save a breakaway in the 66th minute. We have no indications who dressed for Union II but did not play in either match.
Union II opens the season at Subaru Park at 3 p.m Sunday March 17 against Toronto FC II.
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