Even though both teams made it through the Group Stage in the MLS is Back Tournament, the New England Revolution and the Philadelphia Union lacked creativity and discipline in the attacking third. Fitness appeared to play a role in that as both teams faded about 20 minutes into the second half, foreshadowing an ultimately scoreless game.
Let's look at the starting 11...
Headshots from revolutionsoccer.net.
Matt Polster
Kelyn Rowe
Gustavo Bou
Cristian Penilla
Teal Bunbury
Alexander Buttner
Henry Kessler
Andrew Farrell
Brandon Bye
Adam Buksa
Matt Turner
TAKEAWAYS
Set pieces
Gustavo Bou
Brandon Bye
Kelyn Rowe
Adam Buksa
Andrew Farrell
Teal Bunbury
Brandon Bye
Matt Polster
The crossing game
Gustavo Bou
Alexander Buttner
THREE UP
Andrew Farrell:
Matt Turner:
Matt Polster:
THREE DOWN
Brandon Bye:
Tajon Buchanan:
Kelyn Rowe:
PLAYER RATINGS
Note: The WhoScored.com ratings were not available for this match, so my ratings are all we have for this game.
PARTING THOUGHT
Tommy McNamara
Kekuta Manneh
Diego Fagundez