English
Philadelphia Union defeated St. Louis City SC with a 1-0 scoreline in a tense and card-filled match at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. The only goal of the game came early, in the 8th minute, courtesy of I. Glavinovich, assisted by K. Wagner. The match was characterized by a lack of discipline, with a total of eight yellow cards and one red card shown. St. Louis City accumulated five yellow cards and a red card to E. Lowen, while Philadelphia Union received three yellow cards. Despite St. Louis City having more possession (54%), Union was more effective in attack, registering 18 shots, 9 of them on target, compared to only 1 for the visitors.
Substitutions philadelphia union: at minute 71 J. Rafanello came in and I. Glavinovich went out., at minute 82 C. Donovan came in and M. Uhre went out.
Substitutions st. louis city: at minute 71 J. Yaro came in and K. Hiebert went out., at minute 71 Joao Klauss came in and S. Becher went out., at minute 72 A. Morales came in and C. Durkin went out., at minute 74 C. Pompeu came in and C. Teuchert went out., at minute 86 J. Nilsson came in and C. Wallem went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Philadelphia Union
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