Burned
The Chicago Fire are not a good team. The fact that the Union lost to them does not bode well for Philly turning around their luck and marching up the standings after getting into a portion of their schedule heavily weighted with home games.
And yet, there may be hope.
Once again, the Union pretty clearly outplayed an opponent on the road, and yet lost the game, this time 2-1 to Chicago. If they can maintain that level of play at home in the new PPL Park, then maybe their fortunes will turn.
Two bad defensive plays basically cost the Union against the Fire. Defender Cristian Arrieta got too close to the Fire's speedster Patrick Nyarko out wide, and Nyarko went right around him to feed Baggio Husidic for an easy goal in the box early on. In the second half, midfielder Stefani Miglioranzi kicked the ball up the middle of the field instead of just clearing it out of bounds from inside the penalty area, and Chicago's Marco Pappa picked it off in tight quarters and scored.
The good news was Danny Mwanga — for the third straight game — scored in stoppage time, and goal keeper Chris Seitz played a very strong game with some great saves. Seitz looks like he's shoring his game up after a very rocky start to the season.
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