Philly Leader

Philadelphia Union faced New York City FC at Citi Field on Saturday night but were defeated 1-0. The first half ended without any goals, despite the Union outshooting New York 7-6. Alonso Martínez of New York City FC scored the game's only goal in the second half, specifically in the 55th minute.

Philadelphia Union will host Atlanta United FC at Subaru Park on Saturday, April 19, with the match set to start at 7:30 p.m. ET on Apple TV.

Match information included the referee, Guido Gonzales Jr, along with assistant referees Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt, fourth official Joshua Encarnacion, and video assistant referees Geoff Gamble and Joshua Patlak. The weather at Citi Field was 40 degrees and cloudy during the match.

During the match, Philadelphia's Olwethu Makhanya received a caution in the 33rd minute, followed by Frankie Westfield in the 90+3 minute.

The starting lineup for Philadelphia Union included Andrew Rick; Kai Wagner, Olwethu Makhanya (replaced by Frankie Westfield in the 86th minute), Jakob Glesnes, Nathan Harriel; Jovan Lukic, Danley Jean Jacques (who was substituted by Mikael Uhre in the 66th minute), Quinn Sullivan (substituted by Alejandro Bedoya in the 75th minute), Indiana Vassilev; Bruno Damiani (replaced by Chris Donovan in the 75th minute), and Tai Baribo. Substitutes not used were Oliver Semmle, Neil Pierre, Jesus Bueno, Jeremy Rafanello, and Cavan Sullivan.

New York City FC's lineup featured Matthew Freese; Kevin O'Toole, Thiago Martins, Justin Haak, Mitja Ilenic; Maxi Morález (Julián Fernández in the 75th minute), Jonathan Shore, Keaton Parks; Agustin Ojeda (Birk Risa in the 86th minute), Alonso Martínez, and Hannes Wolf (Monsef Bakrar in the 86th minute). Players who did not see action included Tayvon Gray, Andrés Perea, Nico Cavallo, Tomas Romero, Strahinja Tanasijevic, and Greg Ranjitsingh.

In additional notes, homegrown midfielder Quinn Sullivan marked his 45th MLS start, and Indiana Vassilev made his second start for the Union and his 70th MLS career start. Forward Tai Baribo made his 25th MLS start for the Union.