The Philadelphia Union defeated D.C. United 7-0 on Friday night at Subaru Park. With the win, the Union are now in first place in the Eastern Conference with 33 points. In the first half, Captain Alejandro Bedoya opened the scoring with a strike from the center of the box to the bottom left corner of the net, assisted by Jose Martinez. The goal makes Bedoya the ninth Union player all-time to score 20 goals for the club and the third player to score 20 goals and notch 20 assists. Forward Julian Carranza then scored on an overhead kick to the bottom left corner to give the Union a 2-0 lead in the 22nd minute. Moments later in the 25th minute, Carranza followed up with his second score of the night. In the 37th minute, Alejandro Bedoya earned his own brace with his second goal of the night on a header following a set piece from Kai Wagner. Forward Mikael Uhre added a stoppage-time goal that followed a fast break by Daniel Gazdag to give the Union a 5-0 lead entering halftime. The Union’s 5-0 lead at halftime ties a club record for most goals in a half, originally set in a 6-1 victory over the New England Revolution in 2019. Mikael Uhre then opened the second half with his second goal of the match on a strike from the right side of the six yard box, making him the third Union player to score a brace in tonight’s match. Julian Carranza earned his first career hat trick in the 72nd minute on a shot from the center of the box to give the Union a 7-0 victory. Andre Blake earned his eighth clean sheet of the season and is now tied for the most clean sheets in the league. With tonight’s victory, the Union have tied the largest margin of victory in MLS history with a seven goal differential.
The Union are back on the road at DRV PNK Stadium to face Inter Miami FC on Wednesday, July 13th (8:00 p.m. ET / PHL17).
Philadelphia Union 7 – D.C. United 0
Subaru Park (Chester, PA)
Friday, July 8, 2022
TODAY’S MATCH INFO
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant Referees: Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho, Gianni Facchini
Fourth Official: Guido Gonzales Jr.
VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero
Ast. VAR: Jeff Muschik
Weather: 85 degrees and mostly cloudy.
GOALS/ASSISTS
PHI – Alejandro Bedoya (Martinez) 9’
PHI – Julian Carranza (Elliott, Wagner) 22’
PHI – Julian Carranza (Gazdag, Flach) 25’
PHI – Alejandro Bedoya (Wagner) 36’
PHI – Mikael Uhre (Gazdag) 45+2’
PHI – Mikael Uhre (unassisted) 59’
PHI – Julian Carranza (Burke, Wagner) 72’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
DC – Steven Birnbaum (caution) 36’
DC – Chris Odoi-Atsem (caution) 69’
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Jakob Glesnes, Jack Elliott, Nathan Harriel; Jose Martinez (Jack McGlynn 73’), Alejandro Bedoya (Quinn Sullivan 73’), Leon Flach (Brandan Craig 86’), Kai Wagner; Daniel Gazdag (Paxten Aaronson 60’); Mikael Uhre (Cory Burke 61’), Julian Carranza.
Substitutes not used: Matt Freese; Chris Donovan, Matt Real, Olivier Mbaizo.
D.C. United: Rafael Romo; Brendan Hines-Ike (Chris Odoi-Atsem 42’), Steven Birnbaum, Donovan Pines (Nigel Robertha 46’); Sami Guediri (Brad Smith 42’ (Jose Alfaro 67’)), Chris Durkin, Drew Skundrich, Julian Gressel; Taxiarchis Fountas, Ola Kamara; Michael Estrada (Sofiane Djeffal 73’).
Substitutes not used: Jon Kempin; Theodore Ku-Dipietro, Kimarni Smith, Jackson Hopkins.
Team Notes
- The Union scored seven goals in an MLS match for the first time in team history. Tonight’s performance has tied the largest margin of victory in MLS history with a seven goal differential.
- Alejandro Bedoya scored a brace to earn his 20th and 21st career goals for the Union tonight. Bedoya’s performance made him the ninth Union player all-time to score at least 20 goals for the club and the third player to score 20 goals and notch 20 assists.
- Forward Julian Carranza earned his first career hat trick tonight and now is tied with Daniel Gazdag for the most goals for the Union this season with seven. Carranza’s performance tonight marks the fifth hat trick in club history.
- The Union scored five goals in the first half for the first time in their history, becoming only the fifth club to do so in MLS regular season play.
- Alejandro Bedoya and Julian Carranza are the fourth pair of teammates to score a brace in the first half of a match in MLS history.
- Forward Mikael Uhre scored his fourth and fifth goals of the season to earn his first career brace.
- Kai Wagner now sits at fourth place all-time in Union history in assists with 25 in total.
- Brandan Craig made his MLS debut tonight, coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute.
- Andre Blake earned his eighth clean sheet of the season tonight and is now tied for the MLS lead in clean sheets.
- Captain Alejandro Bedoya earned his 170th start tonight in regular season play.
- Midfielder Leon Flach earned his 50th MLS start tonight and notched his first assist of the season.
- Center Back Jack Elliott made his 150th MLS appearance tonight and recorded his second assist of the season.
The Union are back on the road at DRV PNK Stadium to face Inter Miami FC on Wednesday, July 13th (8:00 p.m. ET / PHL17).
