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The Philadelphia Union hosted Columbus Crew at Subaru Park on Wednesday night, resulting in a 1-0 defeat. The first half ended scoreless with opportunities from both teams. In the second half, Columbus took the lead in the 75th minute when Yaw Yeboah scored the match's only goal. Despite taking 11 shots, the Union were unable to equalize. Goalkeeper Andre Blake recorded a season-high six saves.

The Union will travel to Red Bull Arena to face the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, August 31 (7:30 p.m. ET/Apple TV).

Philadelphia Union 0 – Columbus Crew 1

Subaru Park (Chester, PA)

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Today's Match Info:

Referee: Ismir Pekmic

Assistant Referee 1: Corey Parker

Assistant Referee 2: Mike Nickerson

Fourth Official: Joshua Encarnacion

VAR: Edvin Jurisevic

AVAR: Jonathan Johnson

Weather: 91 degrees and sunny

Scoring Summary:

CLB – Yaw Yeboah (Arfsten, Hernández) 75’

Disciplinary Summary:

CLB – Derrick Jones (caution) 3’

PHI – Kai Wagner (caution) 45’+5’

CLB – Malte Amundsen (caution) 89’

CLB – Patrick Schulte (caution) 90’+6’

Lineup:

Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Kai Wagner, Jack Elliott, Jakob Glesnes, Nathan Harriel (Olivier Mbaizo 22’); Leon Flach, Danley Jean Jacques (Jack McGlynn 72’), Alejandro Bedoya (Mikael Uhre 72’), Quinn Sullivan, Dániel Gazdag; Tai Baribo.

Substitutes not used: Oliver Semmle; Olwethu Makhanya; Jeremy Rafanello, Jesús Bueno; Sam Adeniran, Chris Donovan.

Columbus Crew: Patrick Schulte; Andrés Herrera (Yaw Yeboah 62’), Malte Amundsen, Yevhen Cheberko, DeJuan Jones (Max Arfsten 62’); Sean Zawadzki, Alexandru Matan (Darlington Nagbe 62’), Derrick Jones, Aziel Jackson (Cucho Hernández 71’), Dylan Chambost; Jacen Russell-Rowe (Diego Rossi 62’).

Substitutes not used: Nicholas Hagen; Steven Moreira, Mohamed Farsi; Christian Ramirez.

Notes:

Midfielder Danley Jean Jacques made his first appearance in the Starting XI against Columbus.

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