He will learn from this game.ģ) Carranza and Uhre excel at hold up plays, and that is what makes the Union so dangerous. The Union’s second goal was a goalie blunder–he needed to tip the ball over the net for a corner. They thrive off Gazdag’s and Flach’s ballhawking on defense.Ģ) Gaga Slonina may well be the USMNT’s goalkeeper at the 2026 World Cup, but he is not ready for prime time yet. Here are my takeaways from Section 105:ġ) The Union have a lot of skilled players who play the counterattack very well. Yes, the Union are a good team and Chicago is a bad team (though not so bad as Houston or San Jose) and the Union did what good teams are supposed to do to bad teams playing them at home–beat them badly. There was lots to like about the Union’s solid win tonight. PHI: Olivier Mbaizo - 90 + 1′ (foul) Statistics PHI PHI: Julian Carranza - 86′ (time wasting) PHI: Cory Burke - 82′ (Olivier Mbaizo, Daniel Gazdag) Discipline Summary PHI: Daniel Gazdag - 16′ (Julian Carranza, Mikael Uhre)ĬHI: Chris Mueller - 49′ (Xherdan Shaqiri, Federico Navarro) Unused subs: Spencer Richey, Jonathan Bornstein, Victor Bezerra Scoring Summary Gaga Slonina, Miguel Navarro, Rafael Czichos, Mauricio Pineda, Boris Sekulic (Andre Reynolds 89′), Gaston Gimenez (Fabian Herbers 66′), Federico Navarro, Xherdan Shaqiri (Javier Casas 79′), Chris Mueller, Jairo Torres (Brian Gutierrez 66′), Kacper Przybylko (Jhon Duran 66′) Unused subs: Matt Freese, Matt Real, Nathan Harriel, Brandan Craig, Chris Donovan
LineupsĪndre Blake, Kai Wagner, Jack Elliott, Jakob Glesnes, Olivier Mbaizo, Leon Flach, Alejandro Bedoya, Jack McGlynn (Jose Martinez 72′), Daniel Gazdag (Paxten Aaronson 86′), Mikael Uhre (Cory Burke 72′), Julian Carranza (Quinn Sullivan 86′) Kickoff from Toyota Stadium is at 9:00 p.m on Wednesday, August 17. It’s a short turnaround for the Union, who travel to Frisco, Texas for a midweek match against FC Dallas. The fullback’s cross toward the six-yard box was collected by Burke, who controlled and fired past Slonina. Once again, Gazdag got the move started, playing Mbaizo in down the wing. Substitute Cory Burke added a nice finish for the Union’s fourth in the 82nd minute. The rebound, though, fell kindly to Carranza, who looped his follow-up over Slonina and into the Fire’s net.
Gazdag played Uhre one-on-one with the keeper, who stoned the Dane’s initial shot. Mueller’s shot from the side of the box found the far corner, and suddenly the visitors were just one goal down.īut Carranza put any thoughts of a comeback to bed just four minutes later. In the 49th minute, Elliott gave the ball away trying to play out of the back, and the Fire pounced. The looping shot forced Slonina to try to grab it below the crossbar, but the keeper couldn’t hold on, and the ball fell right into Elliott’s lap, who scored one of the easiest tap-ins you’ll ever see.Įzra Hendrickson’s side tried to make a game of it after the halftime whistle. Off a recycled corner, Olivier Mbaizo popped a long-distance header toward Chicago’s goal. Jack Elliott doubled the advantage with a 37th minute goal. Carranza found Gazdag in the box, who pulled the ball back, settled, and chipped keeper Gaga Slonina to put his side on the board. It was an excellent counterattacking goal: Mikael Uhre played an excellent ball near the midfield line to spring Julian Carranza toward the Chicago defense. On a pleasant August evening in Chester, Daniel Gazdag opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Homegrown midfielder Jack McGlynn replaced Jose Martinez in midfield, with Leon Flach sliding back to take Martinez’s typical No. Philadelphia Union got back to winning ways against Chicago Fire on Saturday night at Subaru Park, with goals from Daniel Gazdag, Jack Elliott, Julian Carranza, and Cory Burke keeping the Union atop the Eastern Conference.Īfter a performance to forget against FC Cincinnati last weekend, Jim Curtin made one change to his starting lineup.