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Amobi Okugo scored his first ever Major League Soccer goal and his teammates, and former teammates, were buzzing on Twitter about it.
A 2-1 win by the Philadelphia Union over the Colorado Rapids was spectacular for two reasons.
The first reason was that the Union managed to take three points back to Philadelphia despite statistically not performing well. The second reason was that the team score off of a corner kick, something that is almost a myth to the Union.
Amobi Okugo's 34th minute header beat both his marker, Marvell Wynne , and Rapids goalkeeper Matt Pickens , and gave the Union an 1-0 lead in the first half. Twitter went nuts over his first ever Major League Soccer goal, and plenty of his current, and former, teammates chimed in on the play during and after the game.
[&lt;a href="//storify.com/brotherlygame/current-and-former-philadelphia-union-players-reac" mce_href="//storify.com/brotherlygame/current-and-former-philadelphia-union-players-reac" target="_blank"&gt;View the story "Current And Former Philadelphia Union Players React To Amobi Okugo's Goal" on Storify&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;h1&gt;Current And Former Philadelphia Union Players React To Amobi Okugo's Goal&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Amobi Okugo scored his first ever Major League Soccer goal and his teammates, and former teammates, were buzzing on Twitter about it.&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Storified by &lt;a href="http://storify.com/brotherlygame" mce_href="http://storify.com/brotherlygame"&gt;Brotherly Game&lt;/a&gt;&amp;middot; Mon, Mar 11 2013 11:02:53&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Gotta love the fam #comedy#theythereason http://pic.twitter.com/W0K2tjpjNbAmobi Okugo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Great away win &amp;amp; team effort today!! Congrats to @amobisays for his 1st MLS goal &amp;amp; @JackMcInerney9 for getting his 1st out of the way #DOOPSebastien Le Toux&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My boy @amobisays with that first career goal! It's about timeJack McInerney&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Awesome result today in Denver. Congrats to @amobisays @antoinehoppenot @JackMcInerney9 for coming up big today. #3pointsMichael Lahoud&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Checking out the sharks game with @amobisays @JackMcInerney9 @AntoineHoppenot and @ZacMacMath .so basically all the studs from today's game<a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/111184/danny-cruz" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/111184/danny-cruz">Danny Cruz</a>&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My boy @amobisays with that first career goal! It's about timeJack McInerney&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Great result today in Denver. Congrats @amobisays @JackMcInerney9 with the goals today &amp;amp; @AntoineHoppenot for giving us a spark. #3pointsray gaddis&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Really happy for @amobisays with a great game @AntoineHoppenot with his 1st assist and @JackMcInerney9 doing what he does best #on2thenext1Danny Cruz&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Good three points on the road tough game proud of the guys @amobisays first goal @JackMcInerney9 the finisher #ducesDenverSheanon Williams&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Awesome result today in Denver. Congrats to @amobisays @antoinehoppenot @JackMcInerney9 for coming up big today. #3pointsMichael Lahoud&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And congrats to @amobisays with goal!!Leo Fernandes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Congrats to my boy @amobisays it was a long time coming hahaChandler Hoffman&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;@amobisays you deserve it!<a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/110905/danny-califf" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/110905/danny-califf">Danny Califf</a>&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Congrats on the goal @amobisays but was expecting a little more from the celebration...<a class='sbn-auto-link' href="http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/129206/ryan-richter" mce_href="http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/129206/ryan-richter">Ryan Richter</a>&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;@amobisays Great job today!! Big win!Danny Califf&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I see you Mobes! @amobisays congrats!Zachary Pfeffer&lt;/div&gt;
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