When the Philadelphia Union opened the season with two straight losses, plenty of fans who have seen seasons start in a similar fashion before were ready to hit the panic button.
I was not one of those people.
Sure, losing at home to Toronto FC and failing to get a point against Sporting Kansas City on the road was not an ideal way to start a season going into a visit to the defending MLS Cup champions. But it also wasn’t exactly a shock to lose on the road to a very good SKC team and fail to score from the run of play in a new system the first two times out.