Reasonable Expectations for the Union's Two-Game Road Swing The Union only sit four points out of a playoff spot going into Wednesday's game in Toronto.

What are the reasonable expectations for the Union’s two-game road swing?

Thoughts on this week’s games:
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Match Thoughts: Philadelphia Union 0, D.C. United 0 The positive, the negative and the Cavan Sullivan from the 0-0 home draw.

The Positive, The Negative and the Cavan Sullivan from the Union’s 0-0 draw with DC.

Match Thoughts:

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Match Thoughts: Philadelphia Union 0, D.C. United 0 The positive, the negative and the Cavan Sullivan from the 0-0 home draw.

The Positive, The Negative and the Cavan Sullivan from the Union’s 0-0 draw with DC.

Match Thoughts:

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Match Preview: D.C. United at Philadelphia Union The Union have the opportunity to earn their first winning streak of 2026 against another one of the Eastern Conference's worst teams.

DC United at Philadelphia Union Match Preview

Let’s be honest. This is a game the Union have no business losing.

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Match Thoughts: Philadelphia Union 2, CF Montreal 1 The Union FINALLY picked up their first win of the Major League Soccer season.

Match Thoughts: Union 2, Montreal 1

⚽️The need for more Jesus Bueno
⚽️A spark for Alladoh?
⚽️An impressive display of fight, plus more

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Match Preview: Philadelphia Union at CF Montreal The Union will try to make their first impact in the MLS standings on Saturday afternoon.

Match Preview: Philadelphia Union at CF Montreal

“We have to get a win and score goals. It honestly doesn’t matter who we play at this point. We have to show up on the day.” - Milan Iloski

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Match Preview: Philadelphia Union at CF Montreal The Union will try to make their first impact in the MLS standings on Saturday afternoon.

Match Preview: Philadelphia Union at CF Montreal

“We have to get a win and score goals. It honestly doesn’t matter who we play at this point. We have to show up on the day.” - Milan Iloski

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How Exactly Can the Philadelphia Union Improve Their Attack? The Union need to find a spark to improve an attack that has four goals in six MLS games.

How exactly can the Union improve their attack?

Let’s explore some options:

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How Exactly Can the Philadelphia Union Improve Their Attack? The Union need to find a spark to improve an attack that has four goals in six MLS games.

How exactly can the Union improve their attack?

Let’s explore some options:

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Match Thoughts: Charlotte FC 2, Philadelphia Union 1 Simple defensive errors and not enough attacking firepower led to the Union's sixth-straight MLS defeat.

Charlotte 2, Union 1 Match Thoughts

⚽️ The game plan was there, the execution was not.
⚽️ The Alladoh-Damiani partnership ain’t it.
⚽️ Simple mistakes lead to goals.

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Behind the Scenes of the Philadelphia Union's Travel Behind the scenes of how the Union got from Spain to Florida to Trinidad and to Mexico in the first two months of the 2026 season.

The Union spent preseason in Spain and Florida.

They’ve played road games in Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico.

This is the behind the scenes story of how the Union get everything from one place to the next:

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Behind the Scenes of the Philadelphia Union's Travel Behind the scenes of how the Union got from Spain to Florida to Trinidad and to Mexico in the first two months of the 2026 season.

The Union spent preseason in Spain and Florida.

They’ve played road games in Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico.

This is the behind the scenes story of how the Union get everything from one place to the next:

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The Philadelphia Union Have Failed Themselves The Union have put themselves in an incredibly difficult position after losing their fifth game in a row to start the 2026 MLS season.

The Philadelphia Union have failed themselves.

My Union Soccer Blog column from another shocking performance:

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The Philadelphia Union Have Failed Themselves The Union have put themselves in an incredibly difficult position after losing their fifth game in a row to start the 2026 MLS season.

The Philadelphia Union have failed themselves.

My Union Soccer Blog column from another shocking performance:

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Match Thoughts: Philadelphia Union 1, Club America 1 The Union were knocked out of the Concacaf Champions Cup on a 2-1 aggregate.

Union-Club America Match Thoughts:

The final product still isn’t good enough, but at least the Union provided a flash of strong play in Mexico City.

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Philadelphia Union's MLS Performance Goes From Bad to Worse The Union continued their all-time bad start to the season on Saturday in Atlanta.

It’s very difficult to be as uncompetitive in Major League Soccer than the Philadelphia Union have been so far in 2026.

My column after yet another disappointing 90 minutes:

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Philadelphia Union's MLS Performance Goes From Bad to Worse The Union continued their all-time bad start to the season on Saturday in Atlanta.

It’s very difficult to be as uncompetitive in Major League Soccer than the Philadelphia Union have been so far in 2026.

My column after yet another disappointing 90 minutes:

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Match Preview: Philadelphia Union at Atlanta United Is there actually reason to be positive about the Union this weekend?

The Union actually come into their weekend match as the slightly better team on paper.

Unclear if that will matter, but at there’s a blueprint for a result in Atlanta.

Match Preview:

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Match Preview: Club America at Philadelphia Union The Union face Mexican giants Club America in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup round of 16 on Tuesday.

The Union kick off their CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 matchup with Club America on Tuesday night.

Match Preview:

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Stas Korzeniowski's Rise to Being the Philadelphia Union's Early Season Surprise The 23-year-old forward developed into a surprise part of the Union attack through four games.

Stas Korzeniowski is the Union’s early-season surprise.

“I’m the Union II guy. I’m not the million dollar transfer signing. There’s some beauty behind that because I only have room to surprise.”

A conversation with Stas on his journey to MLS minutes:

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The 2026 Philadelphia Union Squad Requires Patience That Doesn't Exist The Union's remarkably high standard demands results from the start of the season.

The 2026 version of the Union requires patience.

The problem, though, is the remarkably high standard they’ve set in previous years doesn’t allow for a patient build throughout the season.

My Union Soccer Blog column:

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The 2026 Philadelphia Union Squad Requires Patience That Doesn't Exist The Union's remarkably high standard demands results from the start of the season.

The 2026 version of the Union requires patience.

The problem, though, is the remarkably high standard they’ve set in previous years doesn’t allow for a patient build throughout the season.

My Union Soccer Blog column:

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Match Preview: Defence Force FC at Philadelphia Union The Union must be smart about lineup selection with a 5-0 lead on aggregate and an MLS game ahead on Sunday.

The Union realistically shouldn’t start any of their important players in the second leg against Defence Force.

But with plenty to work on, some starters will probably play.

Match Preview:

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Match Thoughts: D.C. United 1, Philadelphia Union 0 The Union struggled on the road in their MLS opener.

Match Thoughts: DC 1, Union 0

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The Best Season-Long and Week 1 MLS Bets to Make A few long-shot picks for the Golden Boot, plus some Week 1 picks.

Let’s talk about the betting side of MLS.

Going to try and make this a weekly column.

⚽️ One MLS Cup future that is severely mispriced
⚽️ Three Golden Boot picks over +2000
⚽️ Week 1 picks, including Miami-LAFC

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Why You Should Care (or Not) About Each of MLS' 30 Teams in 2026 Thoughts on why you should care, or not, about each of MLS' 30 teams in 2026

Consider this my contribution to your MLS season preview reading.

Why You Should Care (or Not) About MLS’ 30 Teams in 2026

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How Successful Can the Philadelphia Union Be in 2026? The Union set a high standard in 2025, but can they follow it up with more success in 2026?

With a revamped roster in 2026, Joe Tansey explores how this Philadelphia team compares to the Supporters’ Shield winners from last year:
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Match Thoughts: Philadelphia Union 5, Defence Force 0 The Union thumped the Trinidad and Tobago side in their first competitive game of 2026.

Match Thoughts: Philadelphia Union 5, Defence Force 0

⚽️ Ezekiel Alladoh…wow…okay
⚽️ Stas holds his own
⚽️ Cavan Sullivan’s impact and more

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Match Preview: Philadelphia Union at Defence Force FC The Union open their 2026 campaign on the road in Trinidad and Tobago in the Concacaf Champions Cup.

Match Preview: Philadelphia Union at Defence Force FC

“This is the challenge and the joy of Champions Cup. It’s exciting seeing different teams play, but some of the faces are well known.”

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How Successful Can the Philadelphia Union Be in 2026? The Union set a high standard in 2025, but can they follow it up with more success in 2026?

I’ve had one prevailing thought about the 2026 Philadelphia Union in my head recently.

Just how good (or not so good) are they going to be this season?

My Union Soccer Blog column on expectations, improvements and more:

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