Philadelphia Union proved they were up to the biggest challenge MLS has to offer on Saturday night, drawing 1-1 with LAFC in front of over 19,000 people in Talen Energy Stadium. The visitors put out their best eleven and the Union were unbowed.
If anybody doubted whether the Union were able to hang with the league leaders, there was a swift answer. In the third minute, Alejandro Bedoya rolled up the right wing and tucked Fafa Picault in behind. Picault had laid in a spectacular cross from the left a week prior against Pumas, and he did the same from the right, dropping a pass onto Kacper Przybylko’s head for the striker to nod home.