One can only hope that D.C. United’s trip up I-95 to play the Philadelphia Union tomorrow goes differently than the last two such trips. Both games ended 1-0 to the Union, and both times the goal came in second half stoppage time. Both goals were avoidable for United, who in each case had been outplayed but appeared to have done just enough to walk out of what is now called Talen Energy Stadium with a point.
The Union are a better team than they’ve ever been, which is to say they are a competent, stable team run with some semblance of a plan.