Winning ways<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\nThe Philadelphia Union have picked up four straight wins since returning to MLS play in July, adding 12 points to their total for a swing up the standings to 13th place. While they\u2019re still near the bottom of the East, they\u2019re just five points out from the playoff line, meaning every result from this point will impact their pursuit of a postseason berth.<\/p>\n
Their most recent three-point outing came on Sunday against New York City FC, erasing a two-goal deficit for a 3-2 win on the road at Yankee Stadium. A second-half opener from Danley Jean Jacques and a brace from Bruno Damiani by way of assists from the Sullivan brothers secured their second straight comeback.<\/p>\n
\n Next up, Miami<\/strong><\/p>\nNext up, they\u2019ll take on Inter Miami \u2013 a team that\u2019s been in the Major League Soccer spotlight since Lionel Messi\u2019s signing in 2023.<\/p>\n
As it stands, they side from South Florida sits at 2nd in the Eastern Conference with 38 points \u2013 five behind first-place Nashville SC who bullied them to a\u00a0 4-1 loss at Geodis Park on Saturday. Telasco Segovia scored in first half stoppage to make it 1-1, but three unanswered goals from BJ Callaghan\u2019s side secured all three points for Nashville. Inter Miami will visit Philadelphia hoping to turn the tide back in their favor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The last time the pair met was just under three months ago \u2013 both team\u2019s final match before the World Cup break. Milan Iloski gave Philly a two-goal lead in the first 10 minutes of the May 24th match at Nu Stadium in the sunshine state, but the match ultimately unfolded into a 6-4 barnburner in favor of the hosts. The match was former Union Head Coach Bradley Carnell\u2019s last \u2013 former Union player turned academy coach, first team assistant, and most recently Union II Head Coach Ryan Richter has since taken over as the team\u2019s interim, winning his first four matches at the helm for a Union coaching record.<\/p>\n
\n Monitoring Messi<\/strong><\/p>\nLeo Messi played in Inter Miami\u2019s most recent game, making an emotional return to play less than one week after his father, Jorge, passed away. While he missed a first-half penalty opportunity, he assisted Segovia\u2019s goal, marking his 20th Inter Miami goal contribution this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adversity aside, Messi is always capable of manufacturing the magic that\u2019s made him one of the most notable athletes in the World, so should he be up for the match, he\u2019ll be one to watch at Subaru Park.<\/p>\n
Recapping Richter’s press conference<\/strong><\/p>\nOn Tuesday, Richter met with the media to preview the matchup ahead, expressing it’s magnitude on and off the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It’s a great opportunity for us. It’s a great opportunity for the club, just because of the following that Miami and Messi bring with them. There’s always more eyes on this game. Even locally, there’s more eyes in this game. So it’s an opportunity for us to to show what we can do, and to gain more fans of the club in the way that we play the game, the way that we approach the game, the way that we show the best version of ourselves,” Richter said.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s something that maybe some soccer fans that aren’t necessarily following the Union, especially in the Philly area, can get behind when they see a good performance against a team like Miami.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Union are the only team to have won all of their matches since the World Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1009188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,12419,50,1448,2830,1311,404067,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1009187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america","tag-match-preview","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-phivsmia-08-19-2026","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117118045353807337","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1009188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}