Game Thread: Philadelphia Union 3 vs Sporting KC 1, Final

Game Updates

90+5 – Final Whistle. Union move on to the semi finals.

90+2’ – Sporting Kansas City has a corner here and ended with a clean grab by Blake.

90’ – 5 minutes of stoppage time

86’ – Union making a double switch here… Matt Real and Anthony Fontana replace Aaronson and Monteiro

84’ – Roger Espinoza comes off and Cameron Duke comes on for Kc’s final sub of the night.

75’ – Vermes with the fair point about having this stoppage be the hydration break. Weird since you would think he would want to talk with his players.

73’ – an unmarked Roger Espinozaat the top of the box goes high above the goal.

71’ – Gerso enters the ref book with a foul on Martinez.

70’ – Union sub: Wooten on for Pryzbylko

Side: I have a feeling that the scoring isn’t donw in this game.

68’ – Runs Runs Runs… Kacper Przybylko misses a chance. Free kick from close range but his hit directly into the wall.

66’ – Sporting Kc’s 6th corner. Is a cross over the Union’s cross bar

64’ – Union earn a free kick off. Played short and amounts to nothing.

61’ – Wagner crosses it into the center of the box… but Kacper Przybylko header was high.

58’ – Veremes with more foul langauage on the sidelines and the audio gets clipped.

57’ – Amazing save by Blake, on the rebound Russell puts it into the back of the net. However he was offsides.

54’ – Pulido uses the free kick and hits it directly into the wall

53’ – Yellow card issued to Jack Elliott

53’ – Ilsinho comes on for Santos

52’ – Santos goes down on the pitch.

49’ – Alan Pulido with a nasty shot hits the left post.

46’ – Second half underway at 9:13

Halftime subs made by Vermes
Gadi Kinda comes in for Gianluca Busio
Amadou Dia on for Luis Martins

Halftime Stats
Philadelphia Union
Shots: 5
On Target: 3
Blocked: 1
Possesion: 50.8%
Fouls: 10
Yellow Card: 1

Sporting Kansas City
Shots: 8
On Target: 4
Blocked: 3
Possesion: 49.2%
Fouls: 6
Yellow Card: 0

45+2’ – Halftime. Whistle blown at 8:56

45+1’ – KC’s Pulido heads a ball into the back of the net. Putting Sporting KC on the board before half

45’ – 2 minutes of stoppage time added

39’ – GOAAAALLLL. Santos gets yet a second goal. Aaronson recognizes Santos’ run.

33’ – Aaronson upset at himself because he just missed putting the U up by another goal.

Side: For the Final, I’d love to see ESPN do a coaches feed and have them looking at the drone feed the entire time. Would love to see the breakdown of runs. Thoughts?

30’ – First Hydration Break, and Peter Vermes dropped a few F bombs during that break

28’ – Shot attempt by Sporting KC and it is easily caught by Blake

26’ – Santos Scores. From defense to attack and a nice run from Santos.

25’ – José Martínez earns his Yellow Card very early in this match. Team already has 8 fouls

24’ – GOOOOOOOOOOOAAALLLLL Jamiro Monteir! This was truly a team effort and a beautiful exchange.

22’ – Kansas City’s corner goes past the far post and eventually pushed out of play.

21’ – I can’t figure out who is talking… but they want the ball to be passed NOW.

18’ – Blake stretches out for the first time tonight after a shot by Alan Pulido from outside the box.

16’ – Santos goes down in the box. Clearly this should be a VAR decision it was no doubt a scoring chance.

13’ – Short kick on the right side of goal for the Union leads to nothing.

12’ – Aaronson’s shot is deflected and the U end up with a corner kick.

9’ – Santos was not ready for that ball as the nice counter attack comes to a close at mid field.

5’ – Union already have been called for three fouls. Strap in as Philly is getting scrappy in Orlando tonight.

1’ – Kickoff, and there was no coffee needed for this game. Game got underway at 8:10

Pregame Chat with The Blue Testament

Starting Lineup
Philadelphia Union

Sporting Kansas City

Availability Report

Philadelphia Union
QUESTIONABLE: Warren Creavalle (M) – upper leg strain

Sporting KC
OUT: Felipe Gutierrez (M) – knee surgery
Andreu Fontas (D) – quad strain
QUESTIONABLE: Khiry Shelton (F) – adductor injury

Series Matchup
Union: 6 wins, 22 goals
Sporting KC: 6 wins, 20 goals
5 draws

Officials
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Assistant Referees: Micheal Barwegen, Jeremy Kieso
4th Official: Allen Chapman
VAR: Robert Sibiga

How to Watch
Where: ESPN Wide World of Sports, Orlando, Florida
When: 8 p.m., Thursday, July 30
TV: ESPN 2, ESPN Deportes
Streaming: WatchESPN
Radio: Fox Sports The Gambler 1480 AM and 105.3 HD2
Audio Streaming: IHeart Radio App, Fox Sports The Gambler

Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan is an Associate Editor for Philadelphia Soccer Now/Brotherly Game, where he has spent the past few years covering game day events for the Philadelphia Union. In his day job, he oversees creative and studio production for a corporate event streaming company based in the Philadelphia region.

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