Game Thread: Philadelphia Union 1 vs Charlotte 0, Final

Game Thread

90+7′- After a hard tackle on the Union near center field, the ref whistled for the end of the game. Union are now unbeaten in 8 matches.

90+6′- For the second time tonight, Gazdag gets a goal but is called for offsides. That will also be his last play of the match as he gets subbed out for Harriel.

90+1′- The fourth official shows there will be at least 7 minutes of stoppage time.

88′- Charlotte has back-to-back corners from the far flag and neither change amounted to anything special.

83′- Curtin making another change here bringing on Bueno for Carranza.

77′- Right off the restart, Carranza goes down and play is stopped. He is back up and messaging his backside. Meanwhile, Charlotte is making their final subs of the night.

76′- Curtin making his first change of the night with Donovan replacing Uhre.

72′- While we still have not seen subs from the Union, Charlotte is making their third change bringing Mora on for Afful.

Who else but Daniel Gazdag to break the deadlock?

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71′- Gazdag with a header and sends it between the near post and the goalkeeper to make it 1-nil. The replay shows it goes off the post and then off the goalkeeper if you are into those technical details.

68′- Union corner from the near flag is sent to the far post. But the set piece ends with the Union committing a foul.

59′- A Yellow card has been issued to Lowe. Charlotte is also making a double switch here bringing on Agyemang for Vargas, as well as Corujo for Meram.

56′- Play resumes and Vargas comes back on the pitch.

53′- The game is stopped after Charlotte’s Vargas collides with Elliott. He is now going through concussion tests and is being evaluated. P

48′- Another Union corner and it amounted to nothing special.

46′- The game is back underway.

HALF

45+1′- We will see just one minute of stoppage time here in the first half.

42′- Wagner sets up for a corner kick from the far flag. His service is sent towards the post and the ball is sent out for a second corner. This one is also defended and it falls to the foot of Martinez who shoots the long distance shot. That shot goes over the crossbar, but it was closer than it normally is.

33′- Uhre gets behind the defense and is unmarked and puts the ball into the back of the net. But the AR raises his flag up for offsides. Still, VAR is taking a look at it and after a while, it is ruled offside. The game is still 0-0.

22′- Another deep running counter-attack, this time it’s Uhre who is the attacker that gets a nice run and slips behind Charlotte’s defense. He is met at the top right of the penalty box by two defenders and his shot gets blocked before it even gets close to the goalie.

20′- Carranza gets behind the defenders and starts running toward the goal. However, one of Charlotte’s defenders turns on the jets to put himself between the ball and Carranza as they entered the box and the play ends with Carranza committing the foul. The attacker tried to push off the defender, who ended up going down.

12′- An early yellow card is shown to Charlotte’s Westwood for what some would say was a little bit of time-wasting and not allowing the Union to get the game restarted.

8′- The corner is from the near flag. The out-swinging ball is cleared out and out of danger for the Union.

7′- Free kick for Charlotte from the right side of the penalty area and the cross is cleared out by Mbaizo for a corner.

1′- Soccer is now underway in Chester. The boys are in the dark blues and have three in the back as they defend the river end. 30 seconds into the game and the player of Saturday’s matchday, Carranza, gets the ball near the penalty spot and his shot hits right off the woodwork.

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Injuries/Absences

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How to Watch

Where: Subaru Park; Chester
When: 7:39 p.m.; Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Streaming: Apple TV – Free
English Announcers: Steve Cangialosi, Danny Higginbotham
Spanish Announcers: Jose Hernandez, Pablo Marino
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic (Dave Leno, Sheanon Williams)
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