The Philadelphia Union hosted Major League Soccer’s latest expansion side, FC Cincinnati, on Wednesday night with a unique chance to move top of the Eastern Conference prior to many of their rivals playing this weekend. They did not waste it.
Two neatly worked second-half goals were enough for the Union to see past FCC, with Jim Curtin’s side putting in an extremely complete performance, even without Marco Fabian, that makes a statement of intent for the remainder of the year.
Here are three things we learned from the 2-0 victory.
