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First-place Union win sixth game of the season, leapfrog to top of the Eastern Conference standings

May 1, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Philadelphia Union News Release


CHESTER, Pa. - Philadelphia Union notched another victory against FC Cincinnati at Talen Energy Stadium on Wednesday night. The win moves the club into first place in the Eastern Conference with 17 points (5-3-2). The Union are now unbeaten in seven out of their last eight games. Kacper Przybylko scored for a second consecutive game and Fafa Picault scored his first goal of the season. The clean sheet marks the fourth of the season for the Union.

Philadelphia Union 2 - FC Cincinnati 0

Talen Energy Stadium (Chester, PA)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

TODAY'S MATCH INFO:

Talen Energy Stadium (Chester, PA)

Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Assistants Referees: Nick Uranga, Kathryn Nesbitt

Fourth Official: Rubiel Vasquez

VAR: Alan Kelly

AVAR: Jozef Batko

Attendance: 12,890

Weather: 66 degrees, Clear

GOALS/ASSISTS

PHI - Kacper Przybylko (Olivier Mbaizo) 63'

PHI - Fafa Picault (Ilsinho) 70'

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY

PHI - Auston Trusty (Caution) 81'

LINEUP

Philadelphia Union: Matt Freese (Carlos Miguel Coronel, 41'); Olivier Mbaizo, Jack Elliott, Auston Trusty, Raymon Gaddis; Haris Medunjanin; Alejandro Bedoya, Jamiro Monteiro; Brenden Aaronson (Ilsinho. 67'); Kacper Przybylko, Fafa Picault (David Accam,74')

Substitutes not used: Fabinho, Aurelien Collin, Warren Creavalle, Sergio Santos

FC Cincinnati: Spencer Richey; Alvas Pwell,Nick Hagglund, Kendall Waston, Mathieu Deplagne; Allan Cruz, Eric Alexander, Leonardo Bertone, Caleb Stanko (Fatai Alashe, 76'), Roland Lamah (Kekuta Manneh, 76'); Darren Mattocks (Emmanuel Ledesma, 81')

Substitutes not used: Przemyslaw Tyton; Victor Ulloa, Forrest Lasso, Justin Hoyte,

TEAM NOTES

With the win, the Union moved into first place in the Eastern conference with 17 points...per Elias data, the last time the Union sat in first this late in the season was July 2, 2016... the team was in first for a stretch from 5/20/16-7/2/16.

With the win, the Union have now tied the 2011 version of the squad for the best start in team history...both the 2011 Union and the 2019 Union were 5-3-2 after 10 games, and in first place.

Union are 6-0-2 all-time when playing an MLS newcomer for the first time at Talen Energy Stadium.

Fafa Picault scored his first goal of the season (18th career).

Olivier Mbaizo registered his first MLS assist in his first home start of 2019.

Ilsinho notched his first helper of the season on Picault's goal.

Kacper Przybylko scored a goal for a second consecutive game in his second MLS start and his first start at Talen Energy Stadium.

Homegrown Matt Freese made his first start at home and second MLS start overall.

The Union next play at home at Talen Energy Stadium on Saturday, May 4 in a regular-season match against New England Revolution (7:30 p.m. ET/PHL17).

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