Philadelphia Union secured a victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night at Subaru Park. Colorado secured the early lead in the 37th minute with a goal by forward Rafael Navarro. The Union responded with the equalizer in the 64th minute, as forward Tai Baribo finished off a Kai Wagner corner kick. Forward Mikael Uhre put up back-to-back goals in the 89th minute and second-half stoppage time, gaining all three points at home.
The Union will play Eintracht Frankfurt in an international friendly at Subaru Park on Saturday, August 2 (5:30 p.m. ET).
Philadelphia Union 3 – Colorado Rapids 1
Subaru Park (Chester, PA)
Saturday, July 26, 2025
TODAY’S MATCH INFO
Referee: Malik Badawi
Assistant Referees: Jason White, Gianni Facchini
Fourth Official: Joshua Encarnación
VAR: Kevin Stott
AVAR: Mark Allatin
Weather: 83 degrees and cloudy.
SCORING SUMMARY
COL – Rafael Navarro (unassisted) 37’
PHI – Tai Baribo (Wagner, Lukic) 64’
PHI – Mikael Uhre (Vassilev) 89’
PHI – Mikael Uhre (Bedoya) 90+5’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
COL – Djordje Mihailovic (caution) 60’
COL – Reggie Cannon (caution) 69’
COL – Zack Steffen (caution) 79’
PHI – Tai Baribo (caution) 85’
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Jakob Glesnes, Olwethu Makhanya, Olivier Mbaizo, Kai Wagner, Danley Jean Jacques, Jovan Lukic, Quinn Sullivan (Alejandro Bedoya 73’), Indiana Vassilev ( Jeremy Rafanello 90+4’), Tai Baribo (Sal Olivas 90+2’), Bruno Damiani (Mikael Uhre 73’).
Substitutes not used: Andrew Rick, Oliver Semmle, Neil Pierre, Jesus Bueno, Chris Donovan.
Colorado Rapids: Zack Steffen; Sam Vines, Reggie Cannon, Andreas Maxsø, Rafael Navarro, Djordje Mihailovic, Josh Atencio (Oliver Larraz 52’), Calvin Harris (Darren Yapi 75’) , Ian Murphy, Ted Ku-DiPietro (Sam Bassett 83’), Cole Bassett.
Substitutes not used: Nico Hansen, Keegan Rosenberry, Alex Harris, Wayne Frederick, Jackson Travis.
NOTES
- The Union earned their 200th MLS win in club history.
- Forward Mikael Uhre scored his 35th and 36th MLS goals for the club, tying CJ Sapong for the third-most goals in team history.
- Forward Tai Baribo is now tied for second most goals scored in MLS (15).
- Goalkeeper Andre Blake became the first player in club history to reach 260 career MLS starts.
- Midfielder Alejandro Bedoya tallied his 40th MLS assist.
