Good teams decide games in the key energy minutes—the first and last five minutes of each half.
The Philadelphia Union scored goals in two of those time periods to break the shorthanded Montreal Impact on Sunday night despite not playing like the team with an advantage throughout a majority of the first half.
The timing of the goals was significant as the Union face another difficult stretch of games while battling injuries, managing core players’ minutes, and relying on younger players to maintain the high standard that has elevated them into the MLS elite.