Calls to “play the kids” have been growing louder with each successive disappointing performance in recent weeks for a Philadelphia Union team currently sitting in fourth place in the Eastern Conference and sixth in the Supporters’ Shield race.
For good reason.
The Union are winless in five straight road games and have had a W-L-D record of 1-2-3 in a run of games that saw Matt Freese’s three starts as the only starts from homegrown players. The last homegrown field player to start was Quinn Sullivan on June 26 in Chicago, which was the game where he scored a bicycle kick in an otherwise disappointing 3-3 draw.