VS. DATE / TIME: Saturday, August 29, 2015 7:00 PM EDT MATCH PREVIEW: MLS Match Preview VENUE: PPL Park Chester, PA Tickets GAMETIME FORECAST: Partly Sunny Temp: 82 Feels Like: 79 TELEVISION BROADCAST: TCN - The Comcast Network COMCAST: Channel 846 HD, 8 SD Verizon FiOS: Channel 580 HD, 99 SD CURRENT MLS STANDINGS MLS INJURY REPORT MLS DISCIPLINE REPORT LAST MEETING: Sunday, April 19, 2015 PPL Park / Chester, PA Philadelphia Union 1 – New England 2 Game Recap Highlights
Every game is a must-win at this point. Especially true this weekend, though with TFC vs. MON and CHI vs. OCSC. Good results and we could be sitting in spot #6, bad results and we are further adrift. Definitely need these 3, and NE is Jekyll & Hyde enough to give us those 3 points.
As long as no one gets hurt, it's a win in my book. That reminds me, I still need to get my USOC tix.
Union - Revolution games at PPL tend to have decent drama: 2015 * 1-2 loss: Maidana free kick goal, Revs score 2 in 2nd half to demonstrate Union's uncanny ability to drop points 2014 * 2-0 win in USOC Quarter Final: dust storm halts game - Casey and Letoux score * 3-5 loss: Revs holding mutiple goal leads through most of game, Nogueira with a bomb from outside the box, Williams and LeToux also score * 1-0 win: LeToux scores lone goal in home opener 2013 * 1-0 win: late McInerney game-winner 2012 * 2-1 win: McInerney 90th minute game winner coupled with Adu goal * 1-0 win: late McInerney game-winner 2011 * 4-4: 3 goal comeback tie - LeToux with 2 including final goal in stoppage time, Adu and Torres with the others 2010 *1-1: LeToux scores a good one early, Revs score late
Damn, that made me miss the 2010 Le Toux. Let's be honest, best finish now is #7. Can't see MTL getting nothing from all those games in hand. I'd like to see something different being tried - second striker, being at home and all.
I wouldn't mind seeing a 4-5-2 with Wenger and Maidana on the wings. I feel like Wenger, Barnetta, and Fabinho could do some damage on the left.
Loss. I wonder if a loss will shut down the strangely positive playoff chatter on Reddit. Seriously, I think the Union Reddit is sunniest place on Reddit.
ur gonna feel so silly when they win mls cup lol and do a double with the open cup. but yeah i dont get it really. like unless we win every match from here on out i don't see how it's possible we get the 6th spot unless we're absurdly lucky.
/r/phillyunion is extremely optimistic and here is extremely pessimistic most of the time. It's always interesting, haha.
The sad part of that game was that we should have rolled over that NE squad. They were 100% awful on form entering that match.
Man, I miss Roger Torres who scored a beauty there. He was one of the most exciting players this team ever had until Hackworth decided to doghouse him in favor of Michael"Defensive Workrate" Farfan and Keon "Practice" Daniel.
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Actually a pretty solid line up tbh. Like we should be better than we are if we trot this lineup out. Our back 4 could use some work but still.
I'd be ok with Wenger - Barnetta - Maidana too, but we gotta get SLT some assists so he can hit 50/50 on top of his Open Cup domination.