Philadelphia Union played Toronto FC on Saturday night at Subaru Park, winning 4-2. The Union took the lead just 16 minutes into the match after a Toronto defender scored an own goal. Forward Mikael Uhre doubled the lead minutes later, recording his third goal of the season in the 20th minute. Just before half, midfielder Daniel Gazdag slotted the ball behind Toronto’s backline, finding forward Mikael Uhre whose one on one chance put the Union up 3-0. Forward Mikael Uhre completed his first career hat trick in the 56th minute, finishing a cross from forward Julian Carranza to put the Union up 4-0. Toronto FC scored two consolation goals in the second half, with forward Lorenzo Insigne (66’) and defender Richie Laryea (90+2’) finding the back of the net.Â
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The Union return to Subaru Park on Wednesday, April 26th, where they will host Los Angeles FC in the first-leg of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Semifinals (9:00 p.m. ET / FS1). Â
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Philadelphia Union 4 – Toronto FC 2
Subaru Park (Chester, PA)
Saturday, April 22, 2023
TODAY’S MATCH INFO
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Assistant Referee: Jason White, Kevin Klinger
Fourth Official: Brooke Mayo
VAR: Geoff Gamble
Ast. VAR: Fabio Tovar
Weather: 61 degrees and rainy.
SCORING SUMMARY
PHI – Lukas McNaughton (OG) 16’
PHI – Mikael Uhre (Bedoya, Carranza) 20’
PHI – Mikael Uhre (Gazdag, Bedoya) 43’
PHI – Mikael Uhre (Carranza, Gazdag) 56’
TOR – Lorenzo Insigne (Osorio) 66’
TOR – Richie Laryea (Osorio) 90+2’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
PHI – Jack Elliott (caution) 36’
TOR – Lorenzo Insigne (caution) 45’+1’
PHI – Julian Carranza (caution) 63’
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Kai Wagner, Jack Elliott, Jakob Glesnes, Nathan Harriel; Jose Martinez (Andres Perea 86’ ), Jack McGlynn (Leon Flach 62’), Alejandro Bedoya (Jesus Bueno 83’), Daniel Gazdag; Mikael Uhre (Quinn Sullivan 61’), Julian Carranza.
Substitutes not used: Joe Bendik, Matt Real, Damion Lowe, Joaquin Torres, Chris Donovan.
Toronto FC: Sean Johnson; Raoul Petretta (Kobe Franklin 56’), Sigurd Rosted, Lukas McNaughton (Shane O’Neill 46’) , Richie Laryea, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Brandon Serva (Alonso Coellonia 56’), Jonathan Osorio, Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, Federico Bernardeschi (Jordan Perruzza 46’), Lorenzo Insigne (Kosi Thompson 85’).
Substitutes not used: Ayo Akinola, Deandre Kerr, Tomas Romero, Hugo Mbongue.
Team Notes
- Goalkeeper Andre Blake becomes Philadelphia Union's all-time leader in MLS regular season starts making his 212th for the club. Blake passes Ray Gaddis for the honor of most starts in Union history.
- Forward Mikael Uhre scored his first career MLS hat trick, setting his season tally at 5 goals.
- After Mikael Uhre’s hat trick tonight, the Union have now scored five hat tricks since the start of 2022, two more than any other team in MLS.
- The Union have scored at least four goals in an MLS match 10 times since July 2022. No other team has more than 3 such games in that time.
- Glesnes has started 82 consecutive games for the Union since October 19, 2020, which is the longest active streak in the league.
- Midfielder Alejandro Bedoya recorded his 29th career MLS assist, tying Harris Medunjanin for the third most assists in club history.
- Midfielder Daniel Gazdag registered his 22nd career MLS assist, surpassing forward Jamiro Monteiro for sixth most assists in club history.
- Forward Julian Carranza registered his first and second assists of the MLS season.
The Union return to Subaru Park on Wednesday, April 26th, where they will host Los Angeles FC in the first-leg of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Semifinals (9:00 p.m. ET / FS1).
