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Curtin on decision to not award Supporters’ Shield: ‘I thought it was a joke’

Philadelphia Union head coach Jim Curtin was watching MLS games on Saturday when he first heard the news that there may not be a Supporters’ Shield trophy in 2020.

“I was literally sitting on my couch watching MLS games and I saw kind of a weird almost like an Onion-type of article that (the Supporters’ Shield postponement) was happening,” Curtin said after Monday night’s 2-1 Union win at New England.

The Union’s win on Monday night sets up a key match in Chester on Saturday night between the second place Union and the first place Toronto FC.