Philadelphia Union beat the Colorado Rapids 6-0 on Saturday night at Subaru Park. With the win, the Union remain in first place in the Eastern Conference with 54 points. The Union got on the scoreboard first, when in the 9th minute midfielder Daniel Gazdag received a through ball pass from Mikael Uhre, sending a low driven shot to the bottom left of the goal, defender Kai Wagner was also credited with an assist. In the 20th minute, Gazdag would secure a brace after converting a penalty kick, sending it to the far right of the goal. In the 30th minute, the Union drew their second penalty of the match, with forward Julian Carranza stepping up to the spot to send it bottom left to put the Union up 3-0 before the break. In the second half, Gazdag secured his first career hat trick in the 83rd minute after collecting a through ball pass from Cory Burke in the box and chipping the Colorado keeper. With his goal, Gazdag tied former Union forward CJ Sapong for most goals (16) in a single MLS season for a Union player. In the 87th minute, Burke would claim a goal of his own after following a shot saved by Colorado, collecting the rebound and sending it in the back of the net. Philadelphia would cap off their night with a goal in the 91st minute of play, with substitute Matt Real receiving a short pass at the top of the box from Wagner, sending in a powerful strike to the bottom right corner of the goal. With his two assists tonight, Wagner is now second in club history in assists with 30. Goalkeeper Andre Blake earned his 12th clean sheet of the season.
The Union will return to action as they are set to face Atlanta United FC at Subaru Park on Wednesday, August 31st (7:00 p.m. ET / PHL17).
Philadelphia Union 6 – Colorado Rapids 0
Subaru Park (Chester, PA)
Saturday, August 27, 2022
TODAY’S MATCH INFO
Referee:Â Allen Chapman
Assistant Referees: Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho, Walt Heatherly
Fourth Official:Â Sergii Demianchuk
VAR:Â Jair Marrufo
Ast. VAR:Â Fabio Tovar
Weather: 87 degrees and mostly cloudy.
GOALS/ASSISTS
PHI – Daniel Gazdag (Uhre, Wagner) 9’
PHI – Daniel Gazdag (PK) 20’
PHI – Julian Carranza (PK) 30’
PHI – Daniel Gazdag (Burke, Glesnes) 83’
PHI – Cory Burke (unassisted) 87’
PHI – Matt Real (Wagner, Burke) 90’+1’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
COL – Gustavo Vallecilla (caution) 7’
COL – Ralph Priso-Mbongue (caution) 11’
COL – Collen Warner (caution) 27’
COL – Gustavo Vallecilla (second caution, ejection) 35’
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Kai Wagner, Jack Elliott, Jakob Glesnes, Olivier Mbaizo; Jose Martinez (Jack McGlynn 62’), Leon Flach, Alejandro Bedoya (Matt Real 85’), Daniel Gazdag (Quinn Sullivan 85’); Mikael Uhre (Paxten Aaronson 74’), Julian Carranza (Cory Burke 62’).
Substitutes not used: Matt Freese; Nathan Harriel, Jesus Bueno, Chris Donovan.
Colorado Rapids: William Yarbrough; Anthony Markanich, Gustavo Vallecilla, Danny Wilson (Lalas Abubakar 25’ (Drew Moor 46’)), Keegan Rosenberry; Collen Warner, Steven Beitashour, Sam Nicholson; Ralph Priso-Mbongue (Felipe Gutiérrez 71’), Michael Barrios (Darren Yapi 63’), Gyasi Zardes (Lucas Esteves 46’). Substitutes not used: Diego Rubio, Jonathan Lewis, Clint Irwin, Max.
Team Notes
- Midfielder Daniel Gazdag scored his 14th, 15th, and 16th goals of the season. With his first career hat trick, he is now tied for second most goals in MLS and is tied with former Union forward CJ Sapong for most goals in a single MLS season for the Union.
- With his assists tonight, defender Kai Wagner is now second in club history in assists with 30. Wagner is also tied for second most assists in MLS this season.
- Forward Cory Burke scored his 25th MLS goal for the Union, putting him at fifth place all-time in Union scoring history. He also recorded his fifth and sixth assists of the season.
- With three goals tonight, Gazdag has contributed to 14 goals since the beginning of July (Nine goals, five assists), the most in MLS over the last two months.
- The Union have scored 25 goals in their last five home matches, the most in a five-match span of home matches in MLS history.
- The Union have the most wins by six or more goals by any team in MLS history. They are also the only team to remain unbeaten at home this season.
- Goalkeeper Andre Blake earned his 12th clean sheet and has the second most shutouts in the league this season.
- Forward Julian Carranza scored his 13th goal of the season.
- Forward Mikael Uhre registered his fifth assist of the season.
- Defender Jakob Glesnes recorded his third assist of the season.
The Union will return to action as they are set to face Atlanta United FC at Subaru Park on Wednesday, August 31st (7:00 p.m. ET / PHL17).
