Both teams had players out for the Gold Cup, making an already odd matchup even stranger. Erik Palmer-Brown got his first start since 2015, Daniel Salloi got the first of his career as well. Palmer-Brown was solid in the back and his performance will likely only fuel more rumors of him going to play in Europe.
For Philadelphia, they’ll gladly take any road points they can, especially without Andre Blake in net. Philadelphia is now five points behind the last playoff spot in the East but still has two games in hand to catch up to Columbus.
Sporting Kansas City were the aggressors the entire match.