Match Day #6 Game Thread: Philadelphia Union vs. Toronto F.C.

Game: Philadelphia Union vs. Toronto F.C.

Where: PPL Park, Chester, PA

When: 4:00 PM ET

Channel: WPVI-TV 6ABC

Commentators: JP Dellacamera and Alejandro Moreno

Meet the Opposition: Waking The Red

Even under a manager as incompetent as Peter Nowak, the Philadelphia Union have managed one playoff berth in their three year existence. Toronto F.C., having existed longer than the Union, still have not managed to secure a playoff berth in their history. Their franchise history is a tale of woe and hardship that makes Nowak look bordering on semi-competent, a feat really difficult to achieve and one for which they should be quite proud/sad. This year's rendition is not off to a completely awful start. Ryan Nelsen's side are 1-2-2* with that win coming against a formidable Sporting Kansas City. It's still early in the season, but early returns suggest this TFC squad might be more potent than TFC squads of year's past.

*Contrary to popular belief, this is not Toronto F.C.'s most commonly used formation.

Philadelphia Union starting XI: (4-3-3) Zac MacMath; Raymon Gaddis, Jeff Parke, Amobi Okugo, Sheanon Williams; Brian Carroll, Keon Daniel, Danny Cruz; Sebastian Le Toux, Conor Casey, Jack McInerney

Philadelphia Union bench: Michael Lahoud, Roger Torres, Antoine Hoppenot, Gabriel Farfan, Chris Konopka, Michael Farfan, Kleberson

Toronto FC starting XI: (4-4-2) Joe Bendik; Ashtone Morgan, Darren O'Dea, Gale Agbossoumonde, Darel Russell; Luis Silva, Jeremy Hall, Reggie Lambe, Hogan Ephriam; Justin Braun, Robert Earnshaw

Toronto FC bench: Kyle Bekker, Jonathan Osorio, Danny Califf, John Bostock, Stefan Frei, Andrew Wiedeman, Ryan Richter

Prediction: Union escape with a 1-0 win.

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