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| UNION GAME #28 | ||
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VS |  |
| PPL Park, Chester, PA | ||
| September 13, 2014 | ||
| NBCSN - Steve Cangelosi and Robbie Mustoe | ||
| Know Thy Enemy: Once A Metro | ||
| Starting XI | ||
| Pedro Ribeiro | Forward | Thierry Henry, Tim Cahill |
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Andrew Wenger, Fred, Danny Cruz, Brian Carroll, Amobi Okugo |
Midfield | Dax McCarty, Eric Alexander, Lloyd Sam, Peguy Luyindula |
| Fabinho, Maurice Edu, Ethan White, Ray Gaddis | Defense | Chris Duvall, Jamison Olave, Ibrahim Sekagya, Armando |
| Zac MacMath | Goalkeeper | Luis Robles |
| Andre Blake, Sebastien Le Toux, Vincent Nogueira, Cristian Maidana, Carlos Valdes, Brian Brown, Sheanon Williams | Bench | Ryan Meara, Kosuke Kimura, Richard Eckersley, Ian Christianson, Eric Stevenson, Saer Sene |
| Game Officials | ||
| Referee: Allen Chapman | ||
| Assistant: James Conlee | ||
| Assistant: Matthew Nelson | ||
| Fourth: Hilario Grajeda | ||
The Philadelphia Union are putting their eggs in the U.S. Open Cup basket with this starting line-up, though a couple of starters who absolutely need the rest, Gaddis and Edu, remain in the starting XI. With the Union in such a tight race for a playoff spot, punting away three points seems like an awfully risky strategy. Here's hoping the typical Union reserves pull through in the PPL Park rain. Go Union! DOOP!