Philadelphia Union vs. Everton - Gamethread - Friendly

by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 5:30 PM EDT in Game Day

The English Premier League is coming to Philadelphia as last year's 7th place team, a for one night only Tim Howard-less Everton, comes to PPL Park to take on the Philadelphia Union. For Everton, this is a pre-season friendly and a trip similar to the Philadelphia Union's trip to Greece earlier in the season. For the Philadelphia Union, this is a mid-season friendly whose purpose I have yet to truly figure out. Kickoff at PPL Park is scheduled for 7:30 PM ET.

If you have not already, be sure to check out the following previews from The Brotherly Game staff: [ukchomper's Match Preview] [Wednesday Morning Union Freekicks] [Tim Howard Will Not Play Tonight]. Everton perspective: [Royal Blue Mersey]

Broadcast Information: Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (Marc Zumoff, Bob Rigby) with coverage starting at 7:00 PM Eastern with a pre-game show / EvertonTV

Everton starting XI: Mucha, Neville, Baines, Heitinga, Jagielka, Coleman, Bilyaletdinov, Gueye, Arteta, Beckford, Cahill

Everton bench: Rodwell, Barkley, Vellios, McAleny, Distin, Davies, Dier, Johns, Touray

Philadelphia Union starting XI: MacMath; Williams, Valdes, Miglioranzi, G. Farfan; Mapp, Okugo, Torres, Daniel; McInerney, Mwanga

Philadelphia Union bench: Holder, Gonzalez, Richter, M. Farfan, Pfeffer, McLoughlin (A), Hernandez (A)

Leave your comments throughout the game here. Our staff will give live comments and reactions throughout the game, as well. Go Union! DOOP! Scott will be chatting live with Philly.com's Jonathan Tannenwald over at The Goalkeeper. Feel free to join them as well!

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Starting XIs

Everton: Mucha, Neville, Baines, Heitinga, Jagielka, Coleman, Bilyaletdinov, Gueye, Arteta, Beckford, Cahill

Philadelphia Union: MacMath; Williams, Valdes, Miglioranzi, G. Farfan; Mapp, Okugo, Torres, Daniel; McInerney, Mwanga

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 7:09 PM EDT reply actions

Damn Gonzalez STILL can't crack the starting lineup.

by phillyhoosfan on Jul 20, 2011 7:17 PM EDT reply actions

Carlos Valdes is a friggen monster. He is all over the place so far.

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by Mitchell Green on Jul 20, 2011 7:51 PM EDT reply actions

Screw Phil Neville. Screw all the Nevilles for that matter. Pure and utter scumbags

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by Mitchell Green on Jul 20, 2011 7:54 PM EDT reply actions

zumoff said that hit the bar…wasnt even close

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 8:02 PM EDT reply actions

I thought it did too at first but you’re right, not even close.

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by Mitchell Green on Jul 20, 2011 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Nice dive.

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Jul 20, 2011 8:08 PM EDT reply actions

It’s Everton. I wouldn’t expect anything different.

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by Mitchell Green on Jul 20, 2011 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions

I just realized Saha is not playing. The Chelsea fan in me is relieved.

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 8:15 PM EDT reply actions

zumoff is not doing bad calling the game except for the occasional mispronunciation like amibi okugo or roger toreez

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 8:16 PM EDT reply actions

Someone tell Marc Zumoff it is pronounced “Torr-es,” not “Tor-res.”

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 8:20 PM EDT reply actions

I did not like Everton before. I am beginning to despise them now.

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 8:21 PM EDT reply actions

Cot damnet Valdes!

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 8:22 PM EDT reply actions

valdes has about 4 shots at goal so far in this game to bad none of them have been on target. the last one was the best of all though

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 8:22 PM EDT reply actions

any guess who comes in at halftime? or do they run the same group out for a little bit of the game. they have 6 subs to use up

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 8:23 PM EDT reply actions

Got to think they’ll take off Mapp at some point.

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by Mitchell Green on Jul 20, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I would guess the Union will want to play Holder for 45 minutes.

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Zac MacMath looks ready to start the game! Oh, wait.

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 8:24 PM EDT reply actions

“This has been good attacking soccer.” – Nick Sakiewicz.

It is hot as a witch’s tit and more humid than a sauna outside. Did Zac MacMath so much as break a sweat out there?

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 8:30 PM EDT reply actions

only when the free kick went wide of the net

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Good game by the Union

Valdes and Torres alone seem to be shutting down Everton and creating good chances.

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by iamrobk on Jul 20, 2011 8:39 PM EDT reply actions

holder is in, gonzalez in and i think i saw richter in as well

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 8:39 PM EDT reply actions

MacMath, and three others I am not yet sure of are out

Holder, Gonzalez, M. Farfan, and Richter in

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 8:40 PM EDT reply actions

Mapp, Williams, and Valdes also came out

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions

G. Farfan off

Pfeffer on

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 8:58 PM EDT reply actions

pfeffer coming on for Garfan i guess daniel will be going back to fullback

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 8:58 PM EDT reply actions

torres is really impressive tonight. more so then when he was actually still with the first team.

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

Daniel off

Hernandez on

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

Great chance for Mwanga there. That was close. I thought he had it!

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by Mitchell Green on Jul 20, 2011 9:07 PM EDT reply actions

nice shot by mwanga but he made a lazy run to start with and it seemed like mcinerney expected him to be there when he made the pass

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:07 PM EDT reply actions

what a save by holder just got his hand on it

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:09 PM EDT reply actions

“I think he was up in New York with Thierry Henry working on the skill.” – Bob Rigby on the handball

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 9:10 PM EDT reply actions

That would have been awesome if Pfeffer scored that

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 9:16 PM EDT reply actions

Yellow card to Heitinga

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 9:18 PM EDT reply actions

zumoff keeps saying gonzalez is 20 years old..hes shaving off about 10 years

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:20 PM EDT reply actions

OH!

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 9:21 PM EDT reply actions

GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!

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by Mitchell Green on Jul 20, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

HERNANDEZ!!! YES! YES! YES!

SUCK IT, EVERTON!

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

YESS!!

by ColeStevens on Jul 20, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

hernandez, union academy product, scores the first goal of the game 1-0 union

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS! Let’s hold on the for the W, boys!

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Jul 20, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

that was a great save on pfeffers shot though thought it was gonna go in

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

Hernandez was apparently yellow carded for taking his shirt off after the goal.

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 9:24 PM EDT reply actions

torres just keeps ripping shots from distance

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:24 PM EDT reply actions

also a nice move around a defender my mcloughlin to set that shot up

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions

so i have to say, with the game winding down

Zumoff has been pretty decent, has he done soccer before?

by ColeStevens on Jul 20, 2011 9:25 PM EDT reply actions

i dont know if he has done it before but i know he does enjoy soccer so he knows his stuff.

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions

I do not believe he has done MLS, but according to Wikipedia, he did games for the now defunct Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions

#ShouldHaveBroughtTimHoward

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Jul 20, 2011 9:27 PM EDT reply actions

i was wondering why the ref stopped the run of play, its cause he decided to give a red card.

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:27 PM EDT reply actions

WINNER!

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by Mitchell Green on Jul 20, 2011 9:29 PM EDT reply actions

Full Time

Everton 0-1 Philadelphia Union

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by Justin F. on Jul 20, 2011 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

i was reading the live chat and there is one guy who the whole time something is said about the union making a good pass he has to chime in with “we are not match fit so it doesnt really count”. i get that but dont need to keep saying it every time something happens.

by Rhayes on Jul 20, 2011 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

Over on Royal Blue Mersey, they predicted a 3-1 Everton victory before the match, so now it is only natural they blame the weather (see the third comment after the minute markers) .

I’m very proud of our boys and how they played tonight, notwithstanding all the dis/advantages and excuses. They didn’t play their first team. We didn’t play our first team. They weren’t match fit. We had children, very talented children, on the pitch.

by Thomas Rzucidlo on Jul 20, 2011 10:34 PM EDT reply actions

Thomas, my point about the weather was more that in the late stages of the second half it killed the players. You could see it from the lazy challenges that resulted in more fouls. Everton played most of the game without any issues, and should have done a better job there. I’m not saying Everton deserved to win, but I think a draw was a fair result as both teams had a few chances manufactured, but were unable to score. The Union did well to capitalize on what was probably the biggest mistake of the game, which is why they won, not because they dominated the entire game.

by Brian_Goodison on Jul 21, 2011 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions