Philadelphia Union midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta missed the first three games of the season with a left knee injury, so it only made sense that a reporter asked how he was feeling following Friday night’s game vs. Orlando City SC.
“Right now,” Barnetta said with a wide smile, “I feel really good.”
Of course he does.
In one of the most dramatic moments of this young MLS season, the Swiss midfielder came on in the second half and scored a stunning free-kick winner to lift the Union to a 2-1 victory -- and into first place in the Eastern Conference.