August 16, 2024...Preview: Union II head north for battle at Toronto FC II (from philadelphiaunion.com)
Preview | Union II head north for battle at Toronto FC II
Friday, Aug 16, 2024, 01:01 PM
Philadelphia Union II continues its push to regain the Eastern Conference lead as they hit the road for a showdown
at Toronto FC II on Suday afternoon. Don't miss the action starting at 3PM ET on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
Union II enters the weekend sitting two points behind the top spot thanks to a bounce back win against Chicago Fire II
over the weekend. Leandro Soria scored his first professional brace and goalkeeper Mike Sheridan set a new career high
for saves in the contest that saw the Boys in Blue snap a three-game losing streak.
Saturday's match will be the third and final meeting between the two sides with Union II racking up an impressive 4-0
performance in late June. Kyle Tucker opened the scoring in the eighth minute which was followed up by Eddy Davis's
first of two goals a few minutes later to put the road squad up by two inside the first 12 minutes. The offense kept
on going with Frankie Westfield scoring in the 20th and then Davis completing his brace in the 30th. The two teams
opened the 2024 campaign at Subaru Park in March with the Union rallying back for a 2-1 win.
Toronto FC finds itself in search of points as they sit outside a playoff position in 12th place. They'd collected
just 22 points thus far via a 6-9-4 record in league play. Six of their 10 results have come on their home turf
including a 4-3 victory over New York Red Bulls the last time they played at York Lions Stadium. The young Reds
enter off a pair of setbacks on the road where they fell in a shootout to Chattanooga FC then lost outright
to ATL UTD 2 by a 2-1 margin.
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