Contributions across the back line, goalkeeping, discipline and a timely pass and finish off a bad New England giveaway near midfield saw the Philadelphia Union through to the quarterfinals of the MLS is Back Tournament early Sunday morning.
Though it wasn’t quite the complete performance he was looking for heading into the knockout round of the competition, Union head coach Jim Curtin did call the 1-0 win over the New England Revolution a “professional performance.”
“I thought overall we handled it very well in terms of how we defended as a team for 90 minutes,” he said.