Philadelphia Union only allowed five shots – and only a single, soft volley on goal – against Columbus Crew last weekend. Despite missing multiple key players through injury, Philly’s strong showing gave Jim Curtin even more evidence that when his team shows discipline they can compete with anyone in Major League Soccer.
Structure and scoring
“Just talked about this with Ernst, those are two of the exact types of goals that he preaches in terms of taking away the opposing team’s strength,” Curtin explained. “You can see us really shadow and do a good job tracking Higuain, turning him over, playing forward first and in two passes be picking the ball out of their own net.