A late-game Dwayne De Rosario penalty was all that separated these two teams during their first ever meeting in April. Now, the Union look to avenge early-season defeat as Toronto visits PPL Park for the first time in Philly's short existence.
TFC puts their astounding 11-game unbeaten run on the line against a Philadelphia side that's coming off an impressive 1-0 victory over Celtic midweek. Union fans will look to their leader Sebastien Le Toux who has five goals and two assists in five home matches his year.
A win for Philadelphia propels the Union out of the eastern conference cellar while all three points for the Reds brings them within striking distance of the eastern lead.
If you will be watching the match, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions and play-by-play in the comments section below.
Come on Toronto! Hope Mista plays!
TFC need three points on the round at least 3 times this season. This is one of those games they need to get those points.
I’ve enjoyed watching Philly play this season. They have some good young talent on their team. I hope TFC doesn’t play for a tie today.
Pregame feature on Philly local TV on Danny Mwanga. He is in the process of obtaining US citizenship and wants to play for the USMNT.
How does the crowd look?
I wish this was on FSC or something. Oh well.
Any ETA?
CBC.ca has the game. Not sure if it’s available to Americans…
*cough* atdhe *cough* net *cough*
It wouldn’t be. CBC only streams to Canadians
Also, Mista is not dressed due to some delay in his transfer certificate, apparently.
we get the canadian broadcast in seattle – the crowd looks pretty light but its also 90+ in philly
Good call.
It doesn’t look that light. MLS crowds are notoriously late arriving. It’s never accurate until 20 min in.
Sons of Ben look great…
on first kick. Crowd is not light
HC
Good crowd. Loud too. WatchIng on CBC via mls direct kick. Crappy feed – no HD… Weird.
Anyway, great atmosphere at PPL.
Who else is trying to watch SJ-Spurs and stuck watching boring golf
Classic Philly fans – mocking Frei openly. Great to have them in MLS.
That would be me.
I’m upset that the match isn’t on, but I’m more upset that they can’t provide me with one of their programming updates saying “oh, by the way…”
Okay, now they’ve got a “programming alert” scrolling. Kick is at 4:20 ET. Way to update us five minutes into the timeslot.
The only thing that could be worse is to have Rick Riley have a filler piece on waiting for the match to start. No!!!!
Is the comment box giving anyone else trouble?
I just wanted to know why are the Union home game always in the middle of the day when its hotter than a devils Johnson?
Good to see Seba getting a nice assist.
Anyone else chuckling at the footage the showed of Henry practicing with New York during halftime of the SJ/Tottenham game? The first thing they showed in that footage was Henry embarassing Andrew Boyens.
what were they doing?
Is Garcia always this dumb of a defender Toronto fans?
Glad to see de Guzman in pain. I still remember his vicious pre-season tackle on Juan Pablo Angel
Doop Doop Doop.
That was a good game from the union. Still need to work on cutting down the defensive errors but they certainly play a nice attacking game. I liked what I saw from Okugo. His passing needs work but he made a nice run where both of his options to pass to got knocked down.
Between Okugo, Seitz, Jack Mac, and Mwanga, this team has a lot of good young talent to compete for several years if they all develop correctly.
Omar Bravo to Kansas City, should be playing by the end of the month.
Good signing for KC, even though the Wizards seem like a random choice for him to sign for. I assume he counts as a DP?
Didn’t say that no. But I would assume well before the time where he’s ready to be a factor for the senior side.
But of course the sooner the better. Would be nice to get him with the U-20s though.
not sure, my guess would be yes. The article doesn’t say anything specific though.
yeah man!
it was a heat index of 117 on the field….
two words. TV rates.
can we PLEASE trade Arrieta?
Amen. But who would take him. He’s definitely the weakest link on the backline. Drives me crazy.
Between Okugo, Seitz, Jack Mac, and Mwanga, this team has a lot of good young talent to compete for several years if they all develop correctly.