It was a feisty affair, rife with yellow cards, lacking in precise attacks, but full of John McCarthy heroics.
The preseason's penultimate exhibition saw the Union roll out one version of a potential regular season starting lineup against one of their bitter division rivals Wednesday night. What it lacked in chemistry, it made up for in combustion. The Union experimented with the backline by seeing if Joshua Yaro and Keegan Rosenberry could translate their already existing familiarity against an MLS side. Also, they flanked fresh official signing Ilsinho with Chris Pontius and Sebastien Le Toux.