Former Seattle Sounder Steve Zakuani reviewed all 26 MLS teams recently and came away impressed with the Philadelphia Union.
“What they’ve done at the attacking end has taken a lot of the plaudits and rightly so,” Zakuani said. “But in the past two games they also showed how stubborn they can be defensively.”
The Union’s defensive record is all the more impressive given how many times Jim Curtin has been forced to rotate his back line due to injuries and a congested fixture schedule. Ray Gaddis is the latest member of the defensive unit to miss time, and Kai Wagner has battled minor knocks all season.