Philadelphia Union hosted Cruz Azul for the first match of Phase One for the Leagues Cup on Thursday evening. Cruz Azul opened the scoring early with José Paradela striking in the third minute. The Union outshot Cruz Azul 13-9 but were unable to find the equalizer in the second half, resulting in a 0-1 loss.
The Union will return to Subaru Park on Sunday, August 9 to host Club Necaxa in their second match of Phase One for the Leagues Cup (7:30 p.m. ET / Apple TV, FS1, Univision).
Philadelphia Union (0) – Cruz Azul (1)
Subaru Park (Chester, PA)
Thursday, August 6, 2026
TODAY’S MATCH INFO
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderon
Asst. Referee 1: Juan Carlos Mora
Asst. Referee 2: William Arrieta
Fourth official: Keylor Herrera
VAR: Oscar Macias
AVAR: David Gómez
SCORING SUMMARY
CAZ – José Paradela (Campos) 3’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
CAZ – José Paradela (caution) 10’
PHI – Jesús Bueno (caution) 23’
CAZ – Érik Lira (caution) 53’
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union: Andrew Rick, Japhet Sery Larsen (Neil Pierre 79’), Nathan Harriel (Jovan Lukic 79’), Kai Wagner, Frankie Westfield, Jesús Bueno (Agustin Anello 79’), Danley Jean Jacques, Quinn Sullivan (Indiana Vassilev 66’), Cavan Sullivan, Ezekiel Alladoh (Bruno Damiani 66’ ), Milan Iloski.
Substitutes not used: Andre Blake, George Marks, Jeremy Rafanello, Alejandro Bedoya, Malik Jakupovic, Geiner Martinez, Ben Bender.
Cruz Azul: Kevin Mier, Willer Ditta (Josué Diaz 88’), Gonzalo Piovi, Jesús Orozco, Ángel Márquez, Omar Campos (Luka Romero 65’), Agustin Palavecino (Cristian Jiménez 90’+2), José Paradela, Érik Lira, Carlos Rodríguez, Gabriel Fernández ( Nicolas Ibañez 65’).
Substitutes not used: Andrés Guadiño, Andrés Montaño, Alán Montes, Juan Calero, Amaury García, Bruno Salgado, José Suarez.
NOTES
- Homegrown Quinn Sullivan made his first start of the 2026 season.
- Homegrown defender Frankie Westfield earned his 50th career appearance for the Union tonight.
- Eight players made their first career Leagues Cup starts for the Philadelphia Union tonight: Andrew Rick, Japhet Sery Larsen, Frankie Westfield, Danley Jean Jacques, Cavan Sullivan, Quinn Sullivan, Ezekiel Alladoh, and Milan Iloski.
- Philadelphia Union started five Homegrowns tonight—Andrew Rick, Nathan Harriel, Frankie Westfield, Quinn Sullivan, and Cavan Sullivan—the most Homegrown starters in a first-team match this season.
- Quinn Sullivan and Cavan Sullivan made their first career start together for the Philadelphia Union. They became just the second pair of brothers in club history to start the same match, joining Michael and Gabriel Farfan (2011).
