From time to time, Union manager Jim Curtin says something that not only stands out in the moment, but also lingers for a while.
He did it after last month’s loss to the Galaxy, noting that “in all the games against the teams that maybe are toward the upper echelon and have some star players … we’ve come up just a little bit short.”
Here comes another of those teams in New York City FC, and another of those players in David Villa. They will visit Talen Energy Stadium on Saturday (7 p.m., PHL17), giving the Union a chance to prove their rise to fifth place is no fluke.