During the Union- LA Galaxy broadcast, the announcers noted that Haris Medunjanin had created the third most chances in MLS this season. Stats like “chances created” are always a bit dubious, as once person’s created chance is another person’s decent corner and another person’s good defensive effort. But the point remains that Medunjanin is a wizard on dead ball situations, putting free kicks and corners into dangerous positions that often go wasted by the Union.
The Philadelphia Union need a target man to take advantage of Medunjanin’s ability from dead-ball situations. Right now, the Union have CJ Sapong and Chris Pontius who are over six feet tall and are decent in the air, but neither of them could be described as a target man.