Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Union
CHESTER, Pa. (April 26, 2025) – The Philadelphia Union earned its second consecutive win with a 3-0 victory against D.C. United at Subaru Park on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Union ranks second place in the Eastern Conference with 19 points. In the 15th minute, defender Jakob Glesnes opened the scoring with his first goal of the season. In the 52nd minute, midfielder Danley Jean Jacques scored his second goal in consecutive games to double the Union’s lead. In the 77th minute, forward Bruno Damiani scored to seal the Union’s 3-0 victory. Goalkeeper Andre Blake registered five saves to become the second fastest player to reach 80 regular season shutouts in MLS history.
The Union will travel to Stade Saputo to play CF Montréal on Saturday, May 3 (7:30 p.m. ET/ Apple TV).
GOALS/ASSISTS
PHI – Jakob Glesnes (Westfield, Vassilev) 15’
PHI – Danley Jean Jacques (Q. Sullivan) 52’
PHI – Bruno Damiani (Uhre, Glesnes) 77’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
DC – Kye Rowles (caution) 4’
PHI – Jakob Glesnes (caution) 7’
PHI – Frankie Westfield (caution) 34’
DC – Hakim Karamoko (caution) 72’
DC – Luis Barraza (caution) 77’
PHI – Danley Jean Jacques (caution) 90+6’
Lineups
Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Kai Wagner (Olwethu Makhanya 81’), Jakob Glesnes, Nathan Harriel, Frankie Westfield; Jesús Bueno (Cavan Sullivan 62’ ), Danley Jean Jacques, Quinn Sullivan, Indiana Vassilev (Jeremy Rafanello 90’); Tai Baribo (Bruno Damiani 62’), Mikael Uhre (Chris Donovan 81’).
Substitutes not used: Andrew Rick, Olivier Mbaizo, Neil Pierre, David Vazquez.
D.C. United: Luis Barraza; Jacob Murrell ( Rida Zouhir 71’), Lucas Bartlett, Lukas MacNaughton, Kye Rowles, Jared Stroud (Gabriel Pirani 66’) ; David Schnegg (Conner Antley 82’), Brandon Servania, Hosei Kijima ( Boris Enow 66’), Aaron Herrera; Dominique Badji (Hakim Karamoko 71’) .
Substitutes not used: Joonhong Kim, Matti Peltola, Randall Leal, Derek Dodson.
PSP’s Three Points
- Back to back – This was the second consecutive 3-0 win at home for the Union, dismantling Atlanta United and DC United and sending them packing.
- Danley shines again – With Jovan Lukic was out serving his suspension, Danley held down the fort in the middle of the park – scoring his second goal for the Club after potting his first last week. His box-to-box presence was immense again.
- Cavan sees his most minutes – Cavan Sullivan entered along with Bruno Damiani in the 62nd minute. In his 28+ minutes of run, he was active – throwing his body around and getting involved in breaks. Ultimately, Sullivan was held off the scoresheet, but was on the field for the Union’s third goal scored by Bruno Damiani.
Anyone know where bedoya was?
Hard to argue with 3 gols for and a clean sheet.
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But aside from the few moments when patterned play with proper technical skill moved the ball through the 3rds it’s really just ugly.
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Ball’s in the air constantly or being turned over as the sides just sprint back and forth.
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“It wears me out. It wears me out.”
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It ain’t gonna change. So, carry on.
Agreed, it’s tough to watch car crash soccer for 90 min. While it’s been effective, it’s definitely not my cup of tea.
IMHO, this was not a case of our team was better than your team. Rather, it was a clear case of our GK is better than your GK.
Cavan looked comfortable playing yesterday and not out of place. Jakob only scores bangers. Danley is finding a groove. Indiana just goes to work. Bruno went beast mode for that goal. Andre…. Just Andre as you all understand. Tanner ten games in has the team he wants.
All of these things.
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The silly giveaways while kicking it forward are still frustrating, always will be. The payoff for that kind of play comes in the form of Bruno’s goal though – a method to the madness, even if it’s objectively madness.
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Another chance to rack up points. They all count the same.
Agree with everything above. Have to call out the 2-3 bad lapses in the back however. If DC converts any of those, it’s a different game. Better teams put those opportunities away. Dre bailed us out as we are accustomed to.
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Wouldn’t mind seeing what Pierre can do.
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Still a great win, and it was a fun day.
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Onward!