Philly Leader

Philadelphia Union hosted CF Montréal in the Leagues Cup Round of 32 on Friday night, securing a 2-0 victory. With this win, the Union advance to the Leagues Cup Round of 16 for the second consecutive year.

In stoppage time of the first half, forward Tai Baribo opened the scoring for the Union with his second career Leagues Cup goal. Baribo netted his second goal of the match in stoppage time of the second half. The Union dominated with 13 shots compared to Montréal’s eight, while goalkeeper Andre Blake secured his third career Leagues Cup clean sheet.

The Union will travel to TQL Stadium to face FC Cincinnati in the Leagues Cup Round of 16 on Tuesday, August 13 (Time TBA/Apple TV).

Philadelphia Union 2 – CF Montréal 0

Subaru Park (Chester, PA)

Friday, August 9, 2024

Today's Match Officials:

Referee: Daniel Quintero

Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Sanchez

Assistant Referee 2: Christian Espinosa

Fourth Official: Marco Ortiz

VAR: Luis Santander

AVAR: Francia González

Weather: 78 degrees and cloudy.

Scoring Summary:

PHI – Tai Baribo (unassisted) 45’+1’

PHI – Tai Baribo (McGlynn) 90’+6’

Disciplinary Summary:

PHI – Kai Wagner (caution) 69’

PHI – Olivier Mbaizo (caution) 87’

Lineup:

Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Kai Wagner, Jack Elliott, Jakob Glesnes, Nathan Harriel (Olivier Mbaizo 69’); Jose Martinez, Leon Flach (Jack McGlynn 61’), Quinn Sullivan (Jeremy Rafanello 90’), Dániel Gazdag (Alejandro Bedoya 60’); Sam Adeniran (Mikael Uhre 60’), Tai Baribo.

Substitutes not used: Oliver Semmle, Holden Trent; Damion Lowe, Jesus Bueno, Cavan Sullivan; CJ Olney Jr., Chris Donovan.

CF Montreal: Jonathan Sirois; Fernando Álvarez (Enzo Sosa 62’), Joel Waterman, Gabriele Corbo (Sunusi Ibrahim 76’), Dawid Bugaj (Kwadwo Opoku 62’), Tom Pearce (Raheem Edwards 62’); Samuel Piette, Bryce Duke (Dominic Iankov 62’), Mathieu Choinière, Ariel Lassiter; Matías Cóccaro.

Substitutes not used: Sebastian Breza, Logan Ketterer; Victor Wanyama, Lassi Lappalainen, Ruan, George Campbell, Alessandro Biello.

Notes:

Forward Tai Baribo netted his first career brace in Leagues Cup play.

Homegrown midfielder Jack McGlynn registered his first career Leagues Cup assist.

The Union travel to TQL Stadium to face FC Cincinnati in the Leagues Cup Round of 16 on Tuesday, August 13 at 7:30 PM ET on Apple TV.

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