A strong first half and a frustrating second defined what should’ve been another win, as the Blue and Gold snatched a single point from RSL. Purnell breaks it down.

Time to knock certain wannabe monarchists off their golden pedestal- Javi and Paul’s predictions for this week’s match.

The tie against FC Dallas felt like a win.  The one against New England felt like a loss.  This one, for all its missed opportunities, actually felt like a straight-up honest draw. That’s not to say the U couldn’t have won this one.  The main reason they didn’t can be chalked up to (you guessed it) a laughable-if-I-wasn’t-crying defensive error.  Shocking, I know.  But we’ll get to that. First, the good part.  Danny Mwanga- what…
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Last time the Philadelphia Union met Real Salt Lake, it didn’t go too well for our side.  Without even trying to remember that game, I’ll just describe any of the Union’s loses and assume it applies: our boys controlled the ball early, maintained possession, but couldn’t finish their chances.  (Insert opponent here) broke through due to lapses/errors by the Union defense.  Does that cover it? However, RSL is here in the greater Philadelphia area tonight. …
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Photo- Realsaltlake.com This is tempting- in order to describe what exactly happened at the Rio Tinto stadium, one could very easily just cut and paste a description of any one of the Union’s migraine-inducing away performances and replace the opposing players’ names with those of Kyle Beckerman, Jamison Olave, and all the other recipients of this week’s Philadelphia Union charitable game give-away. One can only rephrase this description of our play in so many ways-…
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Philadelphia Union V Real Salt Lake Kick-off 4:oopm Broadcast: 6 ABC This writer is getting a reputation for Union-bashing, but I never set out for it to be that way.  It’s just that the team we happen to be writing about has given us very little to be positive about.  Trust me, I would rather write about sweet goals than accumulating red cards, but so far that’s all we seem to be good at (3…
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Another tough day on the road lies ahead for the Philadelphia Union.  Real Salt Lake, the defending MLS champions, are next on our list.    The good news is that RSL is the current champion despite their talent, not because of it.  They shocked MLS last year by claiming the title in a playoff they had barely qualified for, on PK’s no less. So, our record needs some punching up, and our first ever away win would…
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Philadelphia Union @ LA Galaxy 10:30 pm Home Depot Center – Carson, California The LA Galaxy are the best team in the MLS right now, and the stats back that up.  The Galaxy have given up the fewest amount of goals per game.  They are conceding at a rate of less than one goal per game (0.20 goals per).  LA also has THE in form striker of the league in Edson Buddle. While Buddle may be getting…
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Photo by BruceTurner Having played Thursday night on ESPN, your Philadelphia Union are now off for the weekend. Here’s what we’ll be watching while we wait for New York: The Manchester Derby: Manchester City V. Manchester United ESPN 8:00am Chelsea V Tottenham: 12:30pm FSC Espanyol V Barcelona: 2:00pm GOL TV Bayern Munich V Hannover 96: 4:00pm GOL TV Juventus V Inter Milan: 4:30pm FSC MLS West Coast Game of the week: Real Salt Lake at…
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