Philly Sports Jabronis
Report From The Philadelphia Union
Chester, Pa. – After Wednesday night´s meet up in the U.S. Open Cup, the Philadelphia Union faced Chicago Fire again in PPL Park Sunday night and tied 3-3. After a sloppy first 20 minutes for the Union, in which Kennedy Igboananike scored for Chicago in the 10th minute, the Philadelphia Union found an equalizer in the 21st minute with Fernando Aristeguieta´s header from Cristián Madiana´s corner kick. Fabinho made the score 2-1 in the 31st minute scoring a stunning goal from Maidana’s second assist of the evening. The Fire tied the game in the 54th minute, and both teams battled to take the lead. Sebastien Le Toux scored his 51st goal in MLS play in the 90th minute giving the Union the 3-2 lead. Maidana´s third assist set Le Toux up on the left side of the area and the Frenchman drove a hard shot into the bottom right hand corner of the goal. The Fire equalized in the second minute of added time with Igboananike´s second goal of the night.
With the three assists tonight, Maidana broke the club record for most assists in a single season with 14. Le Toux previously held the record with 12 assists in the 2013 season. Maidana is now the first in the league for assists in the 2015 season.
The Union will play again this Saturday, Aug. 22, to face the Montreal Impact at 8:00 p.m. in Saputo stadium.
MATCH RECAP
Philadelphia Union 3, Chicago Fire 3
PPL Park
Chester, PA.
SCORING SUMMARY
CHI — Kennedy Igboananike 9´ (Patrick Nyarko, Jason Johnson) HIGHTLIGHT:
PHI— Feranado Aristeguieta 21´ (Cristián Madiana) HIGHTLIGHT: http://bit.ly/1gOIwmE
PHI— Fabinho 31´ (Cristián Madiana) HIGHTLIHGT: http://bit.ly/1Jc6Nhx
CHI— Patrick Nyarko 54´ (Kennedy Igboananike): HIGHLIGHT: http://bit.ly/1PgAcYb
PHI— Sebastien Le Toux 90´ (Cristián Madiana): HIGHLIGHT: http://bit.ly/1IV8Wg6
CHI— Kennedy Igboananike 90+2 (Mike Magee) HIGHTLIGHT: http://bit.ly/1KqrUJC
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
PHI— Warren Creavalle 34´ (Yellow)
PHI— Tranquillo Barnetta 54´ (Yellow)
CHI— Patrick Nyarko 70´ (Yellow)
POST GAME AUDIO
Union head coach Jim Curtin:http://bit.ly/1NzQ0EV
Union midfielder Cristian Maidana: http://bit.ly/1hGRnra
Union midfielder Brian Carroll: http://bit.ly/1EwBKaL
Union forward Fernando Aristeguieta: http://bit.ly/1IV6FBC
AWAY QUOTES
Chicago Fire head coach Frank Yallop: http://bit.ly/1Kqq1N2
Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson: http://bit.ly/1MwhhLq
Chicago Fire forward Kennedy Igboananike: http://bit.ly/1NzPkzh
MATCH DAY STATS
Box score: http://bit.ly/1Nm7wi7
Stats:http://bit.ly/1Ncfs6i
PHILADELPHIA UNION STARTING XI
John McCarthy, Raymon Gaddis, Richie Marquez, Steven Vitoria, Fabinho, Brian Carroll, Warren Creavalle (Mike Lahoud 60´), Eric Ayuk, Cristian Maidana, Tranquillo Barnetta (C.J. Sapong 60´), Fernando Aristeguieta (Sebastien Le Toux74´)
Unused subs: Andre Blake, Ethan White, Vincent Nogueira, , Conor Casey.
CHICAGO FIRE STARTING XI
Sean Johnson, Eric Gehrig, Jeff Larentowicz, Lovel Palmer, Joevin Jones, Michael Stephens, Razvan Cocis (Matt Polser 74´), Shaun Maloney (Harry Shipp 68´), Patrick Nyarko (Mike Magee 84´) , Jason Johnson, Kennedy Igboaanike
Unused subs: David Accam, Jon Busch, Collin Fernandez, Ty Harden
OFFICIALS
Mark Geiger (referee), Matthew Nelson (assistant), Danny Thornberry (assistant), Baldmero Toledo (fourth)
ATTENDANCE
17,608
TEAM NOTES
- Warren Creavalle starts his first game with the Union
- Chaco Maidana is now first in the league for assists in the 2015 season with 14.
- With tonight´s assists, Maidana broke the club record for most assists in a single season. The record was previously held by Sebastien Le Toux, who made 12 assists in 2013.
- Madiana has made the most assists in the league since joining in January 2014.
- The Union return to action this Saturday, August 22 to face the Montreal Impact at 8:00 p.m. in Saputo stadium.
