Frustrated but not forlorn
Orlando City succeeded in frustrating the Union Saturday night, but the Union had their share of opportunities, even without their leading chance creator.
Orlando City succeeded in frustrating the Union Saturday night, but the Union had their share of opportunities, even without their leading chance creator.
Off Roster Homegrown Frank Westfield has almost used up his allotment of short term roster agreements. Five of the six are gone.
Bradley Carnell deployed his depth in an interesting fashion, and the manager was rewarded by his players for the risks he tooks.
A look at Nashville’s suffocation of a red-hot Union, who will look to rebound Saturday against Bradley Carnell’s previous employer.
A new posting of MLS’s Spring Roster Profiles includes remains amounts of of General Allocation Money which suggest whether more deals remain in each club’s future this year.
Other teams keep spending outrageous sums of money for star players. The Union keep not doing that, but winning anyway.
Assigning credit to certain factions of the team that have been instrumental to the results in an “under the radar” fashion these first two matches.
New ideas from the new gaffer and key performances from some new and old faces, led to the Union to victory in the season opener on Saturday night in Orlando.
While the result in Orlando may have been a surprise, how it was achieved was thoroughly telegraphed by 2025’s Union preseason and 2023’s St. Louis CITY SC performance.
The evidence from St. Louis in 2023 suggests coach Carnell’s Philadelphia Union will display greater tactical adjustment to conditions than Jim Curtin’s usually did.
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