Philadelphia Union: Looking to turn offensive domination into goals

Philadelphia Union manager Jim Curtin. Mandatory Credit: Mitchell Leff-USA TODAY Sports

Philadelphia Union dominate, manage just a tie on Sunday

One of the surprises of this past weekend in MLS was the Philadelphia Union settling for a 1-1 home result against the Chicago Fire. The Union, consistently in the top half of the Eastern Conference this season, dominated the lowly Fire on Sunday night but still managed just a tie.

The Union controlled the match despite falling behind just 10 minutes into the match via Przemyslaw Frankowski’s second goal of the season. They held the edge in possession (55.8 percent), shots (25:4) and shots on goal (5:2) and the Union played a man up for the final 57…