GAME THREAD: Minnesota United FC vs. Philadelphia Union

Game Info

• Date: Saturday, September 9th
• Time: 8:00 p.m. Eastern, 7:00 p.m. Central, 5:00 p.m. Pacific, 12:00 a.m. UTC
• Venue: TCF Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, Minn.)
• Referees: REF: SORIN STOICA, AR1: Claudiu Badea, AR2: Daniel Belleau, 4TH: Alejandro Mariscal, VAR: Edvin Jurisevic
• Television: CSN Philadelphia (Philadelphia market), My29 WFTC (Minneapolis-St. Paul market)
• Streaming: MLS Live, fuboTV
• All-time record: This will be the first meeting between the two teams.
• Know Thy Enemy: E Pluribus Loonum

Starting XI

• Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Giliano Wijnaldum, Oguchi Onyewu, Jack Elliott, Keegan Rosenberry; Haris Medunjanin, Warren Creavalle; Fafa Picault, Ilsinho, Chris Pontius; CJ Sapong
• Minnesota United: Bobby Shuttleworth; Francisco Calvo, Brent Kallman, Michael Boxall, Jerome Thiesson; Ibson, Collen Warner; Sam Nicholson, Kevin Molino, Ethan Finley, Abu Danladi

Bench

• Philadelphia Union: John McCarthy, Charlie Davies, Roland Alberg, Ray Gaddis, Richie Marquez, Marcus Epps, Derrick Jones
• Minnesota United: Patrick McLain, Joseph Greenspan, Ismaila Jome, Collin Martin, Jose Leiton, Johan Venegas, Miguel Ibarra

Injuries

Philadelphia Union

• OUT: F - Fabian Herbers (sports hernia surgery recovery)
• OUT: D - Ken Tribbett (left Achilles strain)
• OUT: M - Brian Carroll (lumbar disc herniation)
• QUESTIONABLE: M - Maurice Edu (left ankle/left tibia surgery recovery)
• SUSPENDED: M - Alejandro Bedoya (Yellow card accumulation)
• SUSPENDED: D - Josh Yaro (Red card)

Minnesota United

• OUT: M - Bernardo Anor (left lower leg injury)
• OUT: M/D - Thomas de Villardi (left Achilles injury)
• OUT: D - Jermaine Taylor (head injury)
• OUT: M - Sam Cronin (head injury)
• QUESTIONABLE: F - Christian Ramirez (hamstring injury)