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Match Preview: Philadelphia Union vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

March 4, 2017 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Philadelphia Union News Release


CHESTER, Pa. (March. 4, 2017) - Philadelphia Union open their 2017 campaign on Sunday in their first regular season match of 2017. The club takes on Vancouver Whitecaps at BC Place in Canada with a kick-off set for 9:30 ET. The contest will be televised on TCN with JP Dellacamera and Tommy Smyth on the call.

This will be the first and only match between these two clubs in 2017. Vancouver leads the all-time series against Philadelphia 3-2-2. The two clubs met last season at Talen Energy Stadium during the summer when the Whitecaps traveling across the continent to Chester. Vancouver jumped to a 3-1 lead, before Union leading goal-scorer Chris Pontius found the back of the net in stoppage time, but the comeback effort fell short and the Whitecaps left with a 3-2 victory.

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Philadelphia enters the 2017 campaign after earning a trip to the MLS postseason in 2016. Their playoff appearance was the second in club history. Philadelphia fell to eventual Eastern Conference champions Toronto FC in the knockout round of the playoffs. Philadelphia had a record setting season setting all-time club bests in goals scored, home wins, goals scored on the road and assists recorded on the road.

A player to watch for Philadelphia is goalkeeper Andre Blake. The starting keeper for the Jamaican National Team is coming off a sensation season. In his first full season in the Philadelphia net, Blake was named the starter in the 2016 MLS All-Star Game against English Premier League power Arsenal. His personal bests in starts, wins and shutouts in 2016 were enough to win voters across the country as Blake was awarded MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.

Vancouver will look to bounce back in 2017 after finishing eighth in the Western Conference and missing the playoffs. The Whitecaps are managed by Carl Robinson. After serving as Vancouver Whitecaps FC's assistant coach for two seasons, Robinson was appointed the 15th head coach in club history on December 16, 2013.

MATCH INFORMATION

2017 MLS Regular Season

Date: Sunday, March. 5, 2017

Kickoff: 9: 30 p.m. ET

Location: BC Place

Vancouver, BC.

Philadelphia Union: 0-0-0 (0 points)

Vancouver Whitecaps: 0-0-0 (0 points)

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

TV: The Comcast Network

Play-by-play JP Dellacamera

Color: Tommy Smyth

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