Philadelphia Union achieved a decisive 6-0 victory over D.C. United at Audi Field on Saturday night. The match began with Philadelphia taking the lead in the 17th minute when forward Bruno Damiani scored, assisted by Mikael Uhre and Milan Iloski. The team increased its advantage in the 34th minute due to an own goal by D.C. United’s Conner Antley. Just three minutes later, Indiana Vassilev added a third goal for Philadelphia.
In the second half, Milan Iloski scored in the 49th minute, followed by Vassilev’s second goal of the evening two minutes later. Mikael Uhre completed the scoring for Philadelphia in the 62nd minute with assistance from Iloski.
Referee Jair Marrufo officiated the match, with Brian Dunn and Zach McWhorter as assistant referees. Timothy Ford served as fourth official, Ramy Touchan as VAR, and Tom Supple as AVAR. The weather was reported as 71 degrees with light rain.
Disciplinary actions included cautions for Brandon Servania and Jared Stroud of D.C. United, and Olwethu Makhanya of Philadelphia Union.
Philadelphia’s starting lineup featured Andre Blake; Kai Wagner, Jakob Glesnes, Olwethu Makhanya, Nathan Harriel; Danley Jean Jacques, Jovan Lukic; Quinn Sullivan (replaced by Mikael Uhre in the 12th minute), Indiana Vassilev (Jeremy Rafanello 65′, Olivier Mbaizo 83′), Bruno Damiani (Jesus Bueno 65′), and Milan Iloski (Ben Bender 83′). Substitutes not used were Andrew Rick, Neil Pierre, Alejandro Bedoya, and Chris Donovan.
D.C. United started Jordan Farr; Conner Antley, Lukas MacNaughton (Boris Enow 65’), Kye Rowles, Aarón Herrera (Derek Dodson 58’); Matti Peltola, Brandon Servania (Rida Zouhir 75’); João Peglow, Gabriel Pirani; Christian Benteke (Jacob Murrell 65’), Jared Stroud (Caden Clark 58’). Unused substitutes included Luis Barraza, David Schnegg, and Hosei Kijima.
With this result, Philadelphia set a new club record for most road wins in a single season with eight. The win also matches their record for total wins in a single season at nineteen—previously set in 2022—and extends their unbeaten streak against D.C. United since August 21st, 2021 to eight games across all competitions.
Milan Iloski recorded his second goal for Philadelphia this season and reached twelve career goals in Major League Soccer while also tallying his fifth assist of the season. Indiana Vassilev scored his fourth career brace. Mikael Uhre registered his fifth goal of the campaign and Bruno Damiani scored his seventh.
Philadelphia Union will next play at Subaru Park against New York City FC on Saturday, October 4th at 7:30 p.m., available on Apple TV.
