ORLANDO, Fla. — Alejandro Bedoya came up with yet another timely goal and Andre Blake robbed NYCFC of two enticing bites of the apple late to preserve the Philadelphia Union’s first win of 2020 in their MLS is Back Tournament opener Thursday morning.
With both teams returning to play for the first time in four months and playing at 9 a.m. in Florida, neither team looked their sharpest — particularly in the final third — but as the game wore on and legs began to tire in the heat it was the Union that grabbed the advantage with a well-taken angled shot from Bedoya in the box that Sean Johnson wasn’t able to keep out of the net.