So goes Jose Martinez so goes the Philadelphia Union. Or at least that’s how it has seemed this season. When El Brujo is on good things happen.
And that’s what happened on Sunday in a gritty win over NYCFC.
Martinez is generally the focal point when the two Eastern Conference heavyweights meet because of how much he seems to clash with NYCFC players like Taty Castellanos. Martinez’s red card last season in the team’s first meeting was a case of Taty getting the better of him but Sunday was the El Brujo show even before his long-range blast hit Cory Burke’s hip and went in to win the game.