It’s hard to underplay the significance of tonight’s Philadelphia Union game in a top-of-the-Eastern-Conference showdown with Atlanta United. The Five Stripes collected two more trophies since the teams last met and have overcome early season fixture congestion and new coach woes to once again take their place at the top of the conference. But there’s a reason the Union are still tied on points with Atlanta and tonight they get to show the league how seriously they should be taken as a contender for MLS Cup.
I caught up with Sydney Hunte at our fellow SB Nation site Dirty South Soccer to get caught on the Five Stripes ahead of tonight’s clash.