FC Dallas have been amazing in one more season, as they are challenging the top spots of the Western Conference. However, they are coming into this match after suffering a tough and unexpected loss at home against the Vancouver Whitecaps, so they will be looking to wash that off when they travel to Philadelphia on Saturday, August 5th. Philadelphia Union have suffered a lot lately, as they have won just one of their last 5 matches.
FC Dallas (9-4-7) are coming into this match after suffering their heaviest defeat of the season so far, when they were destroyed by 4-0 at home against the Vancouver Whitecaps. Despite being better in most statistical categories, they were unlucky to be left with 10 men and eventually crumbled down. Even so, that was just their first loss after going undefeated in their last 8 matches in all competitions (5-0-3). They are still sitting at the 2nd spot of the Western Conference with 34 points after 20 matches, just two points behind Conference leaders SKC who have played two more matches. They have been quite strong on the road so far (3-2-4), where they have won just one of their last 6 though (1-2-3). They will be happy enough to be coming into this match with a full squad.
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Philadelphia Union (7-10-5) are coming into this match after suffering a tough 0-3 loss on the road against the New England Revolution. They saw their opponents take the lead at the end of the first half, but they were fighting for an equalizer for the entire match. However, they conceded two more goals in the final 5 minutes of the match, and eventually lost by 0-3. They have been in tough form lately, having won just one of their last 5 (1-3-1). They are currently sitting at the 9th spot of the Eastern Conference with 26 points after 22 matches, having scored 29 goals against 27 conceded. They have been quite strong at home so far in the season (6-3-2), where they have won each of their last 3 matches, and 7 of their last 8 in all competitions. They wil be coming into this match with just a few absences, as Maurice Edu, Fabian Herbers and Andre Blake have been ruled out.