Philly Leader

Philadelphia Union achieved a 2-0 win over the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium, marking their third consecutive victory and the first time in club history they have started a season with three wins. This result keeps the Union at the top of the Eastern Conference with nine points.

The match remained goalless in the first half, despite Philadelphia outshooting New England eight to six. The breakthrough came in the 76th minute when forward Tai Baribo scored his sixth goal of the season, equaling an MLS record for goals scored in the first three games of a season. Jovan Lukic added a second goal during stoppage time, securing all three points for Philadelphia on their away trip.

The Union will next face Nashville SC at Subaru Park on Sunday, March 16.

Referee Fotis Bazakos officiated Saturday's match alongside assistant referees Logan Brown and Adam Wienckowski. Jeremy Scheer served as fourth official while Geoff Gamble and Robert Schaap were responsible for VAR duties. The weather was cloudy with temperatures around 34 degrees.

Scoring opened with Tai Baribo netting in the 76th minute from an assist by Kai Wagner. Jovan Lukic later scored his first MLS goal with assists from Indiana Vassilev and Alejandro Bedoya during stoppage time.

In terms of discipline, cautions were issued to Daniel Gazdag (45’), Luca Langoni (52’), Tai Baribo (78’), Olwethu Makhanya (90+2’), and Brayan Ceballos (90+11’).

Philadelphia's lineup included Andre Blake; Kai Wagner, Olwethu Makhanya, Jakob Glesnes, Frankie Westfield; Danley Jean Jacques, Jovan Lukic, Quinn Sullivan (Indiana Vassilev 64’), Daniel Gazdag (Chris Donovan 90’); Mikael Uhre (Bruno Damiani 64’), Tai Baribo (Alejandro Bedoya 81’) with several substitutes not utilized.

New England's starting XI featured Aljaz Ivacic; William Sands (Noel Buck 83’), Mamadou Fofana, Brayan Ceballos, Ilay Feingold; Jackson Yueill (Brandon Bye 82'), Alhassan Yusuf; Ignatius Ganago, Carles Gil, Luca Langoni (Luis Diaz Espinoza 68'); Leonardo Campana (Maximiliano Urruti 10’) also leaving some substitutes unused.

This victory extended Philadelphia's winning streak to three games for the first time since May of last year when they fielded an unchanged lineup across consecutive matches. With this result against New England Revolution, they tied for fourth-best goal differential (+7) through their opening three matches this season. They currently lead MLS in both goals scored and assists provided so far this campaign.

Tai Baribo joins Ante Razov as one of only two players ever to score at least six goals within their initial trio of fixtures each term—a feat placing him atop current league scorers while reaching his career milestone fifteenth regular-season tally tonight too!

Andre Blake recorded his inaugural clean sheet during these early stages whilst left-back Kai Wagner marked appearance number one hundred seventy-five donning Philadelphia colors today – he tops assist charts presently having set up four strikes already throughout ongoing competition rounds thus far!

Midfielder Jovan Lukic celebrated breaking personal duck via netting late insurance effort which rounded off proceedings nicely indeed meanwhile homegrown talent Quinn Sullivan made fortieth start representing hometown outfit alongside fellow academy graduate Nathan Harriel who appeared among selected squad members listed amongst replacements bench contingent included herein overall group assembly plans prepared beforehand by coaching staff prior kickoff moment arrived earlier scheduled hour earlier evening itself occurred...