International call-ups, injury and suspensions will make putting together two teams on Saturday for the Philadelphia Union’s friendly against Pumas UNAM and the Bethlehem Steel FC road match against North Carolina FC a challenging task for the technical staff.
On one hand, it’s good news that the Union will be short because it means their players on in demand for international duty. Brenden Aaronson, Mark McKenzie, Auston Trusty and Matt Freese were called up to the United States U23 team, Andre Blake (and UPDATE: Steel FC midfielder Chavany Willis) to the Reggae Boyz, Marco Fabian to El Tri, Olivier Mbaizo to the Cameroon U23 team.