The Philadelphia Union came into Ohio for the second time in three weeks and were frustrated by an organized defense content with keeping numbers behind the ball and challenging the Union to beat them.
Despite the Union running through the Red Bulls, Revolution, and Impact in successive games, two of those three teams finished the game with 10 men and one had just fired its coach and appeared in shambles defensively.
So should the Union be concerned about a future path through Ohio and did the Crew expose their biggest weakness?
There were questions to be asked about the Union’s ability to break down the defense of.