Philadelphia Union Fall to Santos Laguna
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Philadelphia Union Fall to Santos Laguna

Published on August 13, 2026 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Philadelphia Union News Release


CHESTER, Pa. - The Philadelphia Union hosted Santos Laguna for their third match of Leagues Cup Phase One. After a scoreless first half, Santos Laguna's Ramiro Sordo opened the scoring in the 48th minute before doubling their lead three minutes later. Philadelphia was unable to spark a comeback, resulting in a 2-0 loss.

The Union will return to league play on Sunday, August 16th when they travel to Yankee Stadium to face New York City FC (6:00 p.m. ET / Apple TV)

Philadelphia Union (0) - Santos Laguna (2)

Subaru Park (Chester, PA)

Thursday, August 13, 2026

TODAY'S MATCH INFO

Referee: Oshane Nation

Asst. Referee 1: Ojay Duhaney

Asst. Referee 2: Stephanie Dale Yee Sing

Fourth official: Reginald Gumbs

VAR: Jorge Camacho

AVAR: Steffon Dewar

GOALS/ASSISTS

SAN - Ramiro Sordo (Bullaude) 48'

SAN - Ezequiel Bullaude (Cuevas) 51'

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY

SAN - Salvador Mariscal (caution) 25'

SAN - Kevin Picón (caution) 26'

PHI - Finn Sundstrom (caution) 84'

SAN - Franco Pardo (caution) 86'

PHI - Japhet Sery Larsen (caution) 90'

Lineups

Philadelphia Union: Andrew Rick, Japhet Sery Larsen, Geiner Martínez (Finn Sundstrom 66'), Jeremy Rafanello, Rafael Uzcátegui, Ben Bender, Jesús Bueno (Alejandro Bedoya 59') Agustin Anello (Kellan LeBlanc 76'), Quinn Sullivan, Ezekiel Alladoh, Stas Korzeniowski (Malik Jakupovic 59').

Substitutes not used: Andre Blake, George Marks; Nathan Harriel, Kai Wagner, Frankie Westfield, Danley Jean-Jacques, Jovan Lukic, Cavan Sullivan.

Santos Laguna: Holguín Héctor, Geovanni Pérez, Franco Pardo, Mauricio Cuevas (José Abella 65'), Kevin Picón (Emmanuel Echeverría 76'), Efraín Orona, Salvador Mariscal (Joshua Mancha 84'), Francisco Villalba (Carlos Greuzo 66'), Ramiro Sordo (Javier Güemez 83'), Kevin Palacios, Eduardo Aguirre (Ezequiel Bullaude 46').

Substitutes not used: Carlos Acevedo, Sergio Barajas, Diego González, Diego Medina, Felipe Sánchez, Tahiel Jiménez.

TEAM NOTES

Six players made their first career Leagues Cup starts for the Philadelphia Union tonight: Agustin Anello, Ben Bender, Stas Korzeniowski, Geiner Martinez, Jeremy Rafanello, Rafael Uzcategui.

Union II defender Rafael Uzcategui made his first career start for the Philadelphia Union.

Homegrown midfielder Quinn Sullivan's start tonight marked his 160th career appearance in all competitions for the Philadelphia Union.

Union defender Finn Sundstrom recorded his first career Leagues Cup appearance.

Union II midfielder Kellan LeBlanc made his first career appearance for the Philadelphia Union.

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