Toronto FC’s midweek loss means they can’t catch Philadelphia Union with a home win this Saturday, but Philly is still trying to hold off DC United and Montreal Impact when they take the field at BMO Field at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Lineup questions
Jim Curtin could opt to use Marco Fabián at the tip of a diamond, but given how well Toronto exploited the wide spaces last time these two met, don’t be surprised if Curtin uses Monteiro to attack Bradley from the start while saving Fabián for the latter stages of the match. This would allow the Union to play in a 4-2-3-1 to better use their current crop of fully healthy players, including Fafa Picault and Ilsinho (the mid-match Fabián-for-Ilsinho switch would then seem almost guaranteed if the Mexican is healthy enough to play).