After a disastrous first 25 minutes, the Philadelphia Union rallied to make their loss to D.C. United look a bit more respectable.
DCU stormed the Union defense early on, finding goals through Patrick Nyarko, Jared Jeffrey, and Patrick Mullins in a span of just 10 minutes.
Nyarko opened up the scoring in the 14th minute, taking advantage of two sloppy turnovers by Oguchi Onyewu to slip into a dangerous position. His curled effort brushed the hand of Andre Blake just before it hit the back of the net.
United doubled their lead in the 21st thanks in large part to the work of Luciano Acosta.