Of the five games in the season-defining 15-day stretch that started for the Union Saturday night, the home matchup with the Montreal Impact was the one they could least afford to lose.
Not only did they lose it, they lost it in a 4-1 blowout, carved apart repeatedly on ruthless counter attacks.
Early on, the Union (12-12-4, 40 points) looked in good shape. In the 11th minute, Media native Auston Trusty scored his first professional goal, thundering home a header after some corner kick trickery by Borek Dockal and Haris Medunjanin.
Dockal’s assist was his 15th of the year, giving him the league lead and tying the Union’s single-season record set by Cristian Maidana in 2015.