Three games in and the optimism is tangible...but don't worry, we're still the Union.
Alexander Pope wrote that "Hope springs eternal in the human breast," and so that hope springs in the collective breast of the Philadelphia Union faithful. I too found myself shattering the Sunday afternoon peace of my house - when CJ Sapong swung his left foot and found the back of the net - with a loud yelp. This is what sports is all about, right?
But there is also a thing called wisdom, which often is at odds with the flight of the heart.