The Philadelphia Union entered Mercedes Benz Stadium as extreme underdogs for Saturday’s match-up with Atlanta United. Despite the Union coming to Atlanta unbeaten in the last four matches and the home team winless in its past two, nobody gave Philadelphia a chance, and for good reason. Jim Curtin’s side have struggled mightily to score goals up to this point, and Atlanta have what may very easily be the most potent attack in the league. It was a mismatch from minute one.
Josef Martinez had netted nine goals in the team’s first 13 matches prior to Saturday.