Preseason recap: Union 2-4 Fire
The Union fell to Chicago 4-2 in their first preseason match against MLS competition.
The Union fell to Chicago 4-2 in their first preseason match against MLS competition.
The Fire, the Union, Mark Geiger… nobody won on Sunday as the teams at the bottom of the Eastern Conference flashed their potential and their flaws in front of a rightly disappointed PPL Park crowd.
The Chicago goalkeeper’s amazing stretch of saves stole points Sunday from the Union and demonstrated what Philadelphia is missing, PSP’s Dan Walsh writes. Also, notes on the U.S. Open Cup, USL PRO in Bethlehem, and “so Union.”
PSP photographer Paul Rudderow was on hand Sunday night as Philadelphia Union had to settle for a 3-3 tie with Chicago Fire.
Sebastien Le Toux put the Union ahead in the 90th minute, but Chicago equalized in the 92nd as the two worst teams in the Eastern Conference battled to a 3-3 tie at PPL Park Saturday night.
PSP photographer Paul Rudderow’s look at Wednesday night’s US Open Cup semifinal victory.
Philadelphia Union were stout in defense and rode a second half strike from Sebastien Le Toux to the 2015 US Open Cup final.
Chicago defeated the Union 1-0 as Philadelphia finished the match with ten men for the second time in two weeks.
Postgame quotes from Jim Curtin, Sebastien Le Toux, and Zac MacMath. Also, Chicago’s frustration with the penalty kick call.
Missing Maidana and feeling the grind of their third game in eight days, the Union stole a point at the death from the Chicago Fire.
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