With less than a week until Philadelphia Union kicks off against New York City FC on Thursday, July 9th at 9 a.m. ET for the MLS is Back Tournament, MLSSoccer.com senior writer Matthew Doyle divided the 26 teams competing into tiers of who could win the whole thing. As its been since the Union's place in Group A was unveiled, the team is listed as one of the top contenders.
"The Union finally won a playoff game last year, and then went to Atlanta and went toe-to-toe with the Five Stripes before eventually bowing out," Doyle writes.