In both matches against Chicago this season, Philadelphia Union have struggled against a strange defensive setup until a moment of brilliance opened the match up. The first time it was Ilsinho’s impossiblisto to round Bastian Schweinsteiger and Brandon Vincent, and on Wednesday it was Haris Medunjanin’s supremely cool tackle-touch-finish.
The Bosnian’s excellent situational read to press high with Cory Burke created the disrupted moment that the Union needed to break through a Fire team that refused to commit players forward. Although Chicago surged back to tie the match three times, once Philly broke their defense and they had to come out of their deep defense and play soccer, it was clear who the better team was.