PHILADELPHIA UNION vs SEATTLE SOUNDERS
PPL PARK, Chester, Pa.
June 24, 2015 (WEEK 17, MLS Game #160)
7 p.m. ET (MLS LIVE)
A pair of clubs looking to overcome difficult weekend defeats meet at midweek when Philadelphia Union play host to Seattle Sounders FC at PPL Park on Wednesday evening. Union equaled their club record in a 5-1 defeat at the LA Galaxy last weekend, their second consecutive loss. Sounders FC lost for the first time on their home ground since March but fell in a competitive match for the second time in four days, dropping a 2-0 decision to the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday afternoon at CenturyLink Field.
- Union matched the heaviest defeat in club history in their 5-1 loss at the LA Galaxy on Saturday evening. Union had allowed five goals on three previous occasions in the club’s five seasons; the 5-1 loss equaled a defeat by the similar scoreline in a 2013 loss to New England.
- After losing Obafemi Martins to injury and Clint Dempsey to suspension in a midweek defeat by Portland in the U.S. Open Cup, Sounders FC lost at home in league play for the first time since March 14 in their 2-0 defeat by the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday afternoon at CenturyLink Field.
- The Union have never lost to Sounders FC at PPL Park. After a 3-1 Philadelphia win vs. Seattle in the grand opening of the new stadium in 2010, the teams have played to draws in their last meetings in Chester.
- Sounders FC have won the last two meetings between the teams at CenturyLink Field, including a 2-1 win last May 3 in the only encounter between the clubs.
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REFEREE: Edvin Jurisevic. AR1 (bench): Anthony Vasoli; AR2 (opposite): James Conlee; 4th: Daniel Fitzgerald MLS Career: 88 games; FC/gm: 22.7; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 20; pens: 14
SUSPENDED: SEA: Clint Dempsey (through June 28)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: PHI: Vincent Nogueira, Sheanon Williams, Maurice Edu … SEA: Osvaldo Alonso
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (7 meetings): Union 2 wins, 9 goals … Sounders FC 3 wins, 9 goals … Ties 2
AT PHILADELPHIA (3 meetings): Union 1 win, 6 goals … Sounders FC 0 wins, 4 goals … Ties 2
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