Four years ago today, the Philadelphia Union played its first ever games as a full-fledged youth development academy in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy league.
Suiting up that Saturday in 2013 at YSC Sports in a triple-header against the Richmond Kickers, were a number of players fans will immediately recognize. In the U14 game, won 3-1 by the Union, Matthew Real started and Anthony Fontana came off the bench while CJ dos Santos started in goal the next day against Richmond Strikers. In the U16 game, a 3-0 win to the Union, Isaiah Young started and scored a goal and Auston Trusty came off the bench in the 74th minute.