PHILADELPHIA UNION VS. COLUMBUS CREW SC
PPL PARK, Chester, Penn.
September 12, 2015 (WEEK 28, MLS Game #276)
7 pm ET, MLS LIVE
Two teams in the thick of the chase for playoff placings in the Eastern Conference meet for a third time this season when Philadelphia Union play host to Columbus Crew SC on Saturday evening at PPL Park. Union come into the game a point out of the top six and the available playoff spots, coming back for a late 2-1 win at the San Jose Earthquakes on the road last weekend. Crew SC sit just a point outside the top two in the division, their four-game undefeated run put to an end in a 3-0 home loss to FC Dallas last weekend.
- Conor Casey scored two goals – the 11th multiple-goal game of his career – pulling back from a late deficit for a 2-1 win Saturday at the San Jose Earthquakes, their second consecutive victory away from PPL Park.
- Crew SC has their four-game undefeated run put to an end, falling 3-0 to FC Dallas at MAPFRE Stadium on Sunday evening.
- The teams are meeting for the third time this season. Ethan Finlay scored a goal and set up two others, and Kei Kamara scored a goal and added an assist, as Crew SC took a 4-1 win April 25 in Columbus. Union returned the favor with a 3-0 victory June 3 at PPL Park, as Sebastien Le Toux scored a goal and assisted on another.
- The win in the last match ended a four-game Crew SC winning streak in the series. The last had come in a 3-0 victory June 5, 2013 at PPL Park.
- Crew SC have never lost to Union in Columbus. They have won six of seven meetings there all-time, with one draw, including the last three matches in the Ohio state capitol.
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REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero
MLS Career: 54 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 15; pens: 26
AR1 (bench): Corey Parker; AR2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; 4th: Marcos de Oliveira
SUSPENDED: PHI: Cristian Maidana (through Sept. 13)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: PHI: Warren Creavalle, Vincent Nogueira … CLB: Kei Kamara, Tony Tchani
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: PHI: Eric Ayuk Mbu, Sebastien Le Toux, Fernando Aristeguieta, Fabinho … CLB: Federico Higuain, Kevan George, Hector Jimenez, Emanuel Pogatetz, Justin Meram
DISABLED LIST: CLB: Sagi Lev-Ari
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (14 meetings): Union 4 wins, 20 goals … Crew SC 9 wins, 24 goals … Ties 1
AT PHILADELPHIA (7 meetings): Union 4 wins, 12 goals … Crew SC 3 wins, 7 goals … Ties 0
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