{"id":171405,"date":"2025-08-24T09:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/171405\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T09:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:47:23","slug":"philadelphia-union-4-0-chicago-fire-the-philly-soccer-page-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/171405\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Union 4 \u2013 0 Chicago Fire \u2013 The Philly Soccer Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Kyle Grantham\/Philly Soccer Page<\/p>\n<p>PRESS RELEASE BY THE PHILADELPHIA UNION<\/p>\n<p><b>CHESTER, Pa. (August 23, 2025)\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0The Philadelphia Union defeated Chicago Fire FC 4-0 on Saturday night at Subaru Park. Forward Tai Baribo opened the scoring in the 34th minute, and defender Kai Wagner doubled the lead in the 64th minute with a goal from a set piece. Midfielder Danley Jean Jacques added a third in the 73rd minute before forward Milan Iloski sealed the win in the 80th minute. Goalkeeper Andrew Rick recorded his fifth clean sheet of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Union travel to TQL Stadium to face FC Cincinnati on Saturday, August 30th (7:30 p.m. ET\/ Apple TV).<\/p>\n<p><b>PSP\u2019s Three Points:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Milan Iloski\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>two goals in three appearances for the Union has him off to a roaring start. One of Ernst Tanner\u2019s finer additions had himself man of the match performance, showing up all over the pitch. His well placed goal low and hard off the volley is exactly the type of goal that will help the Union en route to hardware this season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tai Baribo\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>sixteenth goal of the campaign has him tied for third in the golden boot race with Evander, just behind Sam Surridge (20) and Lionel Messi (19). His goal tonight was his twenty-fifth all time for the Union, tying him with Alejandro Bedoya for sixth most goals scored for the franchise all-time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Back in first\u00a0<\/strong>of the Supporters\u2019 Shield race, the Union leapfrogged FC Cincinnati who fell at home to NYCFC. Now in pole position, more performances like the one the Union put on tonight and the team will be a tough out against any opponent they face down the road \u2013 including Cincinnati who they face next week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>GOALS\/ASSISTS<\/b><br \/>PHI \u2013 Tai Baribo (Wagner, Sullivan) 34\u2019<br \/>PHI \u2013 Kai Wagner (Iloski\u00a0) 64\u2019<br \/>PHI \u2013\u00a0Danley Jean Jacques (unassisted) 73\u2019<br \/>PHI \u2013\u00a0Milan Iloski (unassisted) 80\u2019<\/p>\n<p><b>DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY<\/b><br \/>PHI \u2013\u00a0Jovan Lukic (caution) 37\u2019<br \/>CHI \u2013 Leonardo Barroso (caution) 38\u2019<br \/>CHI \u2013 Sergio Oregal Jr. (caution) 57\u2019<br \/>PHI \u2013 Tai Baribo (caution) 59\u2019<br \/>PHI \u2013\u00a0Olwethu Makhanya (caution) 66\u2019<\/p>\n<p><b>Lineups<\/b><br \/><b>Philadelphia Union:<\/b>\u00a0Andrew Rick; Jakob Glesnes, Kai Wagner, Olwethu Makhanya, Frankie Westfield, Jovan Lukic (Jeremy Rafanello 84\u2019)\u00a0, Danley Jean Jacques, Milan Iloski (Alejandro Bedoya 84\u2019), Quinn Sullivan (Cavan Sullivan 74\u2019), Tai Baribo (Chris Donovan 81\u2019), Bruno Damiani (Mikael Uhre 74\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes not used:\u00a0Pierce Holbrook; Nathan Harriel, Olivier Mbaizo, Jesus Bueno.<\/p>\n<p><b>Chicago Fire FC:\u00a0<\/b>Chris<b>\u00a0<\/b>Brady; Leonardo Barroso (\u00a0Jonathan Dean 45\u2019), Christopher Cupps, Jack Elliott, Andrew Gutman, Sergio Oregal Jr. (Kellyn Acosta 75\u2019)\u00a0, Dje D\u2019Avilla (Andr\u00e9 Franco 69\u2019), Brian Gutierrez, Philip Zinckernagel (\u00a0Maren Haile-Selassie 69\u2019), Hugo Cuypers (Tom Barlow 75\u2019)\u00a0, Jonathan Bamba.<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes not used:\u00a0Jeff Gal; Sam Rogers, Omar Gonz\u00e1lez, Mauricio Pineda.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9a2c7ff4f19a80f6e8852b411e9746a1500be6978158f1a9f8a17b9f8095e998\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n                        Author: <a href=\"https:\/\/phillysoccerpage.net\/author\/phillysoccerpage\/\" title=\"Posts by The Philly Soccer Page\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Philly Soccer Page<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t   PSP has been covering soccer in the Philadelphia area since 2009. Our contributors are players, coaches, league organizers, and fans of the sport.                   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Kyle Grantham\/Philly Soccer Page PRESS RELEASE BY THE PHILADELPHIA UNION CHESTER, Pa. 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