The Athletic released the schedule for group play in the MLS is Back Tournament on Wednesday afternoon and also reported a change to the format that will see three teams from the Philadelphia Union’s six-team Group A advance to the knockouts.
Contrary to what head coach Jim Curtin had said in his press conference last week when he said they were preparing to open against Nashville SC, the Union will open against NYCFC with the first 9 a.m. match on July 9. They’ll follow that up with an 8 p.