With Tuesday night’s second leg quarterfinal of the Concacaf Champions League on tap, Saturday night was always going to be a challenge for a Philadelphia Union squad fighting on two fronts.
Then Jose Martinez made that challenge even harder when he was sent off in the 16th minute with an elbow to the head of Taty Castellanos. Already down a goal, hopes of getting three points were pretty much out but the bend but not break Union defense did hold the one-goal deficit in place for almost 50 minutes.
A rare mix-up in the back between Jakob Glesnes and Andre Blake put the game all but out of reach in the 65th minute when Castellanos pounced and made it 2-0 to the visitors.