GAME THREAD: Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Philadelphia Union

A top tier Western Conference team is probably not what the Union need right now. But that's exactly what the Union are getting.

By Justin F.@JustinF_LB May 9, 2015, 6:34pm EDT

UNION GAME #11
	VS
BC Place, Vancouver, BC
May 9, 2015
7:00 PM ET
TCN - Jonathan Yardley and Peter Pappas
TBG Game Preview
Know Thy Enemy: Eighty Six Forever
Starting XI
Octavio Rivero	Forward	Fernando Aristeguieta
Kekuta Manneh, Pedro Morales, Mauro Rosales Russell Teibert, Matias Laba	Midfield	Andrew Wenger, Cristian Maidana, Eric Ayuk Maurice Edu, Zach Pfeffer
Jordan Harvey, Pa Modou Kah, Kendall Waston, Tim Parker	Defense	Sheanon Williams, Richie Marquez, Ethan White, Ray Gaddis
David Ousted	Goalkeeper	Brian Sylvestre
Paolo Tornaghi, Sam Adekugbe, Gershon Koffie, Cristian Techera, Robert Earnshaw, Nicolas Mezquida, Darren Mattocks	Bench	Trey Mitchell, Fabinho, Brian Carroll, Fred, Vincent Nogueira, Conor Casey, Sebastien Le Toux
Numbers of Note
1.7 - Vancouver Whitecaps' points per game, 3rd best in MLS
0.6 - Philadelphia Union's points per game, 2nd worst in MLS
0 - combined MLS minutes of the two goalkeepers on the Union's 18-man roster
Game Officials
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Assistant: Paul Scott
Assistant: Eduardo Mariscal
Fourth: Juan Guzman

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