Philadelphia Union, meet the best team in the league. The Los Angeles Galaxy have the league’s best record, best player, top scorer, best coach and possibly the best back line. The Union won’t have leading scorer Sebastien Le Toux. We have the game preview.
The Union and the Red Bulls go at it again tonight, except this time it’s a U.S. Open Cup qualifier. It won’t be on TV, and the Red Bulls will sit some starters. Here’s a preview.
Same Le Toux + same Seitz + same brain cramp = same result.
Unfortunately for the hundreds of SoBs and other supporters making their way to the gleaming Red Bull Arena for the first leg of the newly minted I-95 derby, this formula was all too apparent.
An overhyped team named after a bad sports drink playing in a soccer palace in the market Philly loves to hate … Let’s introduce you to Michael “The Meast” Orozco and the Sons of Ben. America’s best new sports rivalry starts Saturday: Philadelphia Union vs. the New York Red Bulls.
All hell’s about to break loose.
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