The headlines will read that Javier Casas scored the only goal in the 101st minute of the extra 25 minutes as the Philadelphia Union fell to the Chicago Fire 1-0 Saturday afternoon at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex in Clearwater, Florida. But the reality is that the Union players earned much needed playing time in a rusty second preseason game that finished 0-0 after 90 minutes.
The Union started the same lineup as in last week’s 1-0 loss to Orlando City with a center back pairing of Jack Elliott and Jakob Glesnes, Anthony Fontana in the number ten role, and Jack De Vries up top alongside Kacper Przybylko while Sergio Santos and Cory Burke recover from injuries.