Philadelphia Union concludes the opening phase of Leagues Cup 2026 hosting Santos Laguna on Thursday night at Subaru Park. Kick off is set for 7PM with coverage on Apple TV and 97.5 The Fanatic.
STARTING XI
Andrew Rick; Ben Bender, Japhet Sery, Geiner Martinez, Rafael Uzcategui; Agustin Anello, Jesus Bueno, Jeremy Rafanello, Quinn Sullivan; Ezekiel Alladoh, Stas Korzeniowski.
BENCH
Andre Blake, George Marks; Nathan Harriel, Finn Sundstrom, Kai Wagner, Frankie Westfield, Alejandro Bedoya, Danley Jean-Jacques, Kellan LeBlanc, Jovan Lukic, Cavan Sullivan, Malik Jakupovic.
Lineup notes
- Philadelphia Union make eight changes to the lineup from Sunday's Leagues Cup contest against Club Necaxa.
- Six players make their first career Leagues Cup starts for the Philadelphia Union tonight: Agustin Anello, Ben Bender, Stas Korzeniowski, Geiner Martinez, Jeremy Rafanello, Rafael Uzcategui.
- Philadelphia Union II duo of Kellan LeBlanc and Rafael Uzcategui have signed short-term agreements ahead of tonight's match and are available for selection.
- Union II defender Rafael Uzcategui makes his first career start for the Philadelphia Union. Uzcategui becomes the second Union II player to start a match for the first team in 2026, joining Giovanny Sequera who started against Defense Force FC in Concacaf Champions Cup.
- Agustin Anello, Ben Bender and Geiner Martinez all make their first starts for the club since May 24th when the Boys in Blue battled Inter Miami CF.
- Forward Stas Korzeniowski's start tonight is the 10th appearance of his Philadelphia Union career.
