The Philadelphia Union and LAFC matched each other all night en route to a 1-1 draw in match played with playoff-like intensity at Talen Energy Stadium.
Union forward Kacper Przybylko backed up his talk and put the home side up after just three minutes, but LAFC's MVP-candidate Carlos Vela scored in his return from injury to level.
Przybylko's goal was the icing on a nicely worked play that began with goalkeeper Andre Blake's outlet that was flicked on to Alejandro Bedoya. The Union captain advanced the ball to Fafa Picault who lobbed a ball up for Pryzbylko to head over Tyler Miller.
Blake kept the Union in the game with a fantastic save on a blast from Eduard Atuesta, and then well-timed reads to eliminate breaks from Adama Diamonde and Diego Rossi. However Vela broke through when he put away a rebound off the cross bar from a shot-cross by Mark-Anthony Kaye to score his MLS-leading 28th goal of the year after missing the last two matches with an injury.
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: Big reason for the draw, this amazing save by Blake:
Next Up
- PHI: Sunday, Sept. 22 at New York Red Bulls (6:30 pm ET; MLS LIVE on ESPN+ in the US)
- LAFC: Saturday, Sept. 21 vs Toronto FC (10:30 pm ET | TVAS 1/4 in Canada, MLS LIVE on ESPN+ in the US)
