The Union’s 2-3-2 start to the season has been disappointing for reasons beyond simply the results.
It’s been clear since the day the team’s schedule was released in January that the Union would have to get as many points as possible from those seven games because of how tough the stretch after that would be.
Well, the future has finally become the present. The Union will play three road games in nine days beginning Friday night, with the first one coming at defending champion Toronto FC (8 p.m., PHL17). After that, they’ll come home briefly before heading to Columbus to face the Crew on Wednesday (7:30 p.