The Philadelphia Union began their road trip to Florida with a match against Orlando City SC on Thursday night, as the Eastern Conference challengers looked to push themselves into a firm second place and three points closer to New England.
Orlando was able to open up the scoring early on, as Benji Michel received a strong pass from Mauricio Pereyra as Michel waltzed past Jose Martinez and Olivier Mbaizo, and put a solid shot past Matt Freese.
After Michel’s goal, Philadelphia seemed to be out of pace with the flow of the game.