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Philadelphia Union News

Next Match | Union look to advance against Alianza FC in Concacaf Champions League on Tuesday night
After a scoreless draw in El Salvador, Philadelphia Union need a win on Tuesday night to advance to the Quarterfinals of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. The defending Eastern Conference Champions are hungry for more silverware this season and they feed off your support so don’t miss out on this piece of Union history.

Andre Blake injury: Philadelphia Union goalkeeper hurts groin
“Obviously he’ll get an MRI. With a groin injury, I always fear the worst,” Curtin said. “Again, Andre has been a quick healer in the past. Don’t want to speculate too much until we get pictures, but he’s certainly, as you guys could see with your eyeballs, he felt it, he felt his groin kinda go. So, sometimes these things take a week, sometimes they take four weeks, sometimes they take eight weeks.”

Joaquin Torres showing game-changing ability three games into Union career
Torres produced a special moment in the 90th minute – special enough to beat Chris Brady through traffic from 21 yards on a one-hopper that an MLS-caliber goalie should stop – that gave the Union a 1-0 win over Chicago and cashed in 40 minutes of playing up a man.

MLS News

Atlanta, St. Louis & Cincy win big; LAFC-Revs close Matchday 3
Here’s your recap of the weekend.

Rest of the World

Real Madrid to take legal action against Barcelona for refereeing scandal
Barcelona allegedly paid more than €7.3 million between 2001 and 2018 to firms owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, who was vice president of the refereeing committee of the Spanish football association from 1993-2018.