The marquee matchup in MLS this week featured the top two sides in the Eastern Conference facing off, with the winner offered the chance to book a place in the MLS Cup playoffs.
Only Los Angeles FC, the runaway leader in MLS this season, had already locked up a place in the playoffs so far - Bob Bradley's side having clinched a berth in mid-August thanks to a historically good run through the campaign.
LAFC came as little surprise, coming off a first season in the league in which the club looked like a budding power, but for the Union, being the second team in could be seen as something of a shocker.