Marquee players show up in big matches and if the Philadelphia Union are to have a successful first go of the Concacaf Champions League they’ll be looking to their lone designated player Jamiro Monteiro to do just that.
“He’s kind of the perfect player for a Champions League environment because he raises his level in the biggest games,” head coach Jim Curtin said last week. “He’s maybe a little less known. All the other players and coaches in our league know him and know exactly what he’s about but in this kind of a competition I’ll just say maybe the scouting reports aren’t as dialed in on our players as they are in our own league so he’s the kind of player that could have a big competition for us.