Player ratings: FC Cincinnati 0-2 Philadelphia Union
Individual grades from a great team performance in Cincinnati.
Individual grades from a great team performance in Cincinnati.
David Accam scored twice and Ilsinho added a third as the Union cruised to their first victory of the season.
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Brenden Aaronson scored a goal in his Union debut, but Ezequiel Barco’s response ensured that Philadelphia left Atlanta with just one point.
PSP hands out grades after a frustrating, unlucky performance on the road.
Lineup choices, the end of the right-side tilt, the 3-5-2, and the foibles of Haris Medunjanin. PSP’s Peter Andrews breaks down the good and the bad from a disappointing loss in the season opener.
PSP photographer Paul Rudderow was on hand Saturday afternoon as the Philadelphia Union dropped the home opener 1 – 3 to the Toronto FC. Take a look.
With a scoreline like that, there were obviously significant problems. But it wasn’t all bad news as far as individual performances go.
Have the Union traded one European GM’s tactical dogmatism for another’s? Can their fullbacks pull off a 4-4-2 diamond? Where do Picault, Accam and Ilsinho fit in? And what’s with the guys from Germanic lower divisions? PSP’s Dan Walsh poses eight key questions, plus a theory about how the Union ripped off Chicago in the Sapong trade.
They’re short on years, but with the experience under their belts they can be held to a higher standard.
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