Besides seven points not being enough to win the group, there were very few surprises in the group stage of the MLS is Back Tournament for the Philadelphia Union.
While teams like Atlanta United, New York Red Bulls and LA Galaxy surprised by not advancing, the Union did more or less what was expected of them when the pairings were announced. They got results in all three matches and were good if not overwhelmingly so.
“We haven’t hit our full stride yet and I think that if we keep playing we’re going to hit that stride at some point,” Brenden Aaronson said in a Zoom conference with media on Thursday.