Philadelphia Union faced off against FC Cincinnati on Saturday night at Subaru Park, drawing 2-2. In the first half, midfielder Jose Martinez opened the scoring in the 23rd minute with a right footed shot from the outside of the box. The Union doubled their lead in the 37th minute when midfielder Daniel Gazdag converted a penalty to become the first player in MLS history to score 10 penalty kick goals in a single MLS regular season. In the second half, Cincinnati’s Aaron-Salem Boupendza cut the score in half in the 49th minute. In the 76th minute, Brandon Vazquez scored the equalizer off a right footed shot from the center of the goal.
The Union travel to Bank of America Stadium to play Charlotte FC on Wednesday, September 20 (7:30 p.m. / Apple TV).
Philadelphia Union 2 – FC Cincinnati 2
Subaru Park (Chester. PA)
Saturday, September 16, 2023
TODAY’S MATCH INFO
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
REF: Ismail Elfath
AR1: Nick Uranga
AR2: Kathryn Nesbitt
4TH: Jeremy Scheer
VAR: Geoff Gamble
AVAR: Robert Schaap
Weather: 76 degrees and clear.
SCORING SUMMARY
PHI – Jose Martinez (McGlynn) 23’
PHI – Daniel Gazdag (PK) 37’
CIN – Aaron-Salem Boupendza (Kubo, Vazquez) 49’
CIN – Brandon Vazquez 76’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
CIN – Matt Miazga (caution) 19’
PHI – Jack Elliott (caution) 19’
PHI – Daniel Gazdag (caution) 21’
CIN – Roman Celentano (caution) 35’
CIN – Yerson Mosquera (caution) 36’
PHI – Damion Lowe (caution) 42’
CIN – Nick Hagglund (caution) 45+5’
PHI – Julian Carranza (caution) 63’
PHI – Kai Wagner (caution) 74’
CIN – Yerson Mosquera (second caution, ejection) 83’
PHI – Tai Baribo (caution) 85’
PHI – Jack Elliott (second caution, ejection) 90+4’
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Kai Wagner, Damion Lowe (Chris Donovan 90+3’), Jack Elliott, Jakob Glesnes, Nathan Harriel; Jose Martinez ( Jesus Bueno 63’), Jack McGlynn, Daniel Gazdag; Mikael Uhre (Tai Baribo 73’), Julian Carranza.
Substitutes not used: Joe Bendik; Matt Real, Olivier Mbaizo, Jeremy Rafanello, Joaquin Torres, Quinn Sullivan.
FC Cincinnati: Roman Celentano, Yerson Mosquera, Matt Miazga, Nick Hagglund (Ian Murphy 46’), Álvaro Barreal, Junior Moreno, Obinna Nwobodo, Santiago Arias (Raymon Gaddis 90’), Yuya Kubo (Dominique Badji 71’), Sergio Santos ( Aaron-Salem Boupendza 46’)(Alvas Powell 87’), Brandon Vazquez.
Substitutes not used: Alec Kann, Malik Pinto, Marco Angulo, Bret Halsey.
Team Notes
- Midfielder Daniel Gazdag became the first player in MLS history to score 10 penalty kick goals in a single MLS regular season with his penalty kick goal tonight against FC Cincinnati.
- With his start against FC Cincinnati tonight, defender Jakob Glesnes joins Chris Klein (118) as the only two field players in MLS history to start 100 consecutive MLS regular season games. He is the sixth player overall to reach the milestone in the league.
- Jack McGlynn became the fifth homegrown in club history to reach 25 career starts in MLS play, joining Auston Trusty, Brenden Aaronson, Mark McKenzie, and Nathan Harriel. He also registered his third assist of the season.
- Midfielder Jose Martinez scored his third goal of the season.
- Defender Kai Wagner has 37 assists in regular-season matches since joining MLS in 2019. No other defender has more than 26 in that time.
The Union travel to Bank of America Stadium to play Charlotte FC on Wednesday, September 20 (7:30 p.m. / Apple TV).
