P/I/P Season 30 Game 13 - LA Galaxy at Philadelphia, 5/14/25, 4:30 p.m. PDT - Apple TV

This!!

 

I didn't have the heart to watch the last game or even the "highlights", knowing the result. But I'm going to try to take @Benny Dargle 's attitude and watch out of interest for the little things. That said, I'll be out at a meeting Wednesday evening, so I'll be watching later. Maybe.

 

We are not the only ones with injuries!

Per Bradley Carnell, Andre Blake is still questionable for tomorrow against LA Galaxy.

"He has some fluid build up in the knee."

📷: MLS
cc: @huitdepique#doop #reggaeboyz pic.twitter.com/CQiGc7Eb9D

— José Roberto Nuñez (@JoserNunez91) May 13, 2025

 

To be fair, with the way we’re playing, they can play without a GK, and we’d still find a way to lose.

 

A 19 year-old kid - Andrew Rick - will probably be playing in goal if Blake can't play. Rick's a promising young player who played the full 90 on Saturday as the Union tied the Crew 2-2.

 

No Pec, just in case you still had hope

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-player-status-report-matchday-13-wednesday-may-14

LA Galaxy
Joseph Paintsil - Thigh (Out)
Gabriel Pec - Hip (Out)
Riqui Puig - Knee (Out)

Philadelphia Union
Ian Glavinovich - Knee (Out)
Neil Pierre - Knee (Out)
Andre Blake - Knee (Questionable)

 

The Broken Ps.

 

At least Parente still works, as far as I know.

 

In the words of Ed Sheeran, "If this is too end in fire,then we shall all burn together."
A tell of two seasons indeed.

I See Fire cover by "Boyce Avenue"

 

I guess we don't play the Union very often

From the vault:

According to Transfermarkt, the only time Philadelphia have defeated the LA Galaxy was back in 2012—featuring a lineup that included Michael Lahoud (@MikeLahoud), Freddy Adu (@FreddyAdu), the Farfan twins, Amobi Okugo (@amobisays), and Zach MacMath.

The Union… pic.twitter.com/dDTVcBJhH3

— José Roberto Nuñez (@JoserNunez91) May 14, 2025

 

Another positive - we probably won’t lose as badly as last game! Even if we lose 6-0 we can take it as evidence we are improving - I’m sure Vanney will!

 

last time #LAGalaxy played in Philly was 2018
3-1 winners
goals by Kamara, Ibra and Ciani

— Damian Calhoun (@DamianCalhoun) May 14, 2025

 

If this is our lineup, it could be rough

Looks like 5 in the back (Cuevas, Yamane, Garces, Yoshida, Nelson), Parente, Wynder, and Sanabria, and Fagundez and Reus I guess playing in the forward positions.

 

Is that line up a white flag??

 

Our SXI in PHI.

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— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) May 14, 2025

 

Kind of surprised they just didn't start all three goalkeepers

 

So little ability to make runs/ create space with speed with Reus and Fagundez. Oof.

And if I’m Micovic and I can’t see the field on a midweek game after McCarthy let in 7 including one he passed to the other team, I’m on the phone to my agent because I know I’m never seeing the field again.

But happy to see minutes for Cuevas and Aude. EDIT:make that just Cuevas.

 

You know Vanney—quite the “tinkerer”.

 

Ruiz thinks Cuevas is playing wing, making it Vanney's traditional 4-3-3 (although with a bunch of players playing out of position)

The LA Galaxy running a lineup with no natural striker in Philadelphia.

- No Cerrillo, Wynder, Parente, and Sanabria make the XI
- Reus False 9?
- Cuevas getting a run at winger most likely#LAGalaxy pic.twitter.com/6yHqDMonL8

— Alex Ruiz (@AlxRuiz15) May 14, 2025

 

Why aren’t we playing Christian? He has 4X as many goals as anyone else in the team.

 

This definitely has trap game written all over it. Who wouldn’t be confident playing us let alone given our relative positions.

 

Okay, what line-up would you use? The majority of last year's stating lineup: Dejan, Paintsil, Puig, Pec, Cerrillo, and Delgado are gone or not available. Fagundez and Rues were part time bench players last year and haven't played nearly as well this year.