“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”
Though proverb has been linked to British educational writer W.E. Hickson and American educator Thomas H. Palmer from the mid-1800s, and scholars believe Robert the Bruce shouted the phrase over 500 years earlier before battling the English, the Philadelphia Union followed the advice in their season-opening draw against Minnesota United Saturday afternoon.
The game was fairly even statistically (possession, shots on target, duels won), the Union had eleven corners to Minnesota’s two. In all but three, the Union targeted the front six and/or front post with low-driven balls to be redirected into traffic.