Though the opponent wasn’t as glamorous as teams the Union have faced in recent weeks, Saturday’s game at the New England Revolution was the Union’s biggest of the year.
After squandering a 2-0 first-half lead, they delivered a big 3-2 triumph with a game-winning penalty kick by Fafa Picault. The result pushed the Union (9-11-3, 30 points) over the sixth-place Revolution in the standings and sent the Union up to fifth place pending the outcome of the Montreal Impacts game against Real Salt Lake late Saturday night.
Union manager Jim Curtin signaled just how big the game was by making a major change to his lineup.