It was another big day for Andre Blake in the 2016 Regular Season opener on Sunday. The former No. 1 pick made eight saves – which would have tied a franchise record had he not broken it last year against New England – to keep the Union alive against the defending regular season Western Conference champions FC Dallas.
Amazingly, that brought Blake’s career number of saves to 41. That’s already fourth best in Union franchise history and only 27 behind Chris Seitz for second all-time, which is quite realistic that Blake will reach that by year’s end.