Wednesday Dec. 7 marked the one year anniversary Chris Pontius was acquired by Philadelphia Union via trade with D.C. United. Pontius spent the first seven years of his career in D.C. but injuries in his final years in D.C. had prevented Pontius from taking the pitch on a consistent basis, and a change of scenery was needed.
For Philadelphia, the trade was a home run. Pontius had a career year, setting personal bests in games played (33), games started (32), minutes played (2,571), goals scored on the road (7), assists (6) and shots on goal (35). He matched his career goal total with 12.