Box Score: Philadelphia Union 1, New England Revolution 0

ORLANDO, Fla. (July 25, 2020)– Philadelphia Union took on New England Revolution Saturday night in the MLS is Back Tournament knockout stage presented by Audi. The club defeated their Eastern Conference foe 1-0 and secured their place in the quarterfinals. An evenly matched first half saw the two sides head into halftime tied at 0-0. The breakthrough for the Union came in the 63rd minute when Jamiro Monteiro placed a pass over the top of the Revolution defense that was finished from a tough angle by Sergio Santos. The Union returns to action on Thursday, July 30 at 8:00 P.M. in the MLS is Back Quarterfinals matchup against the winner of Sporting KC and Vancouver’s Round of 16 clash.

Philadelphia Union 1 – New England Revolution 0
Disney Wide World of Sports Complex (Orlando, Fla.)
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Assistant Referees: Kyle Atkins, Chris Wattam
Fourth Official: Ramy Touchan
VAR: Drew Fischer
Assistant VAR: Logan Brown
Weather: 81 degrees and clear

GOALS/ASSISTS:
PHI – Sergio Santos (Jamiro Monteiro) 63’

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY:
N/A

LINEUP:
Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Raymon Gaddis, Jack Elliott, Mark McKenzie, Kai Wagner; Alejandro Bedoya, Jose Martinez, Jamiro Monteiro, Brenden Aaronson (Warren Creavalle, 83’); Kacper Przybylko (Andrew Wooten, 88’), Sergio Santos (Ilsinho, 65’)

Substitutes not used: Joe Bendik, Aurelien Collin, Matt Real, Jakob Glesnes, Olivier Mbaizo, Anthony Fontana, Matej Oravec, Jack de Vries, Michee Ngalina

New England Revolution: Matt Turner; Brandon Bye, Andrew Farrell, Antonio Delamea, Alexander Buttner; Wilfried Zahibo (DeJuan Jones, 83’), Kelyn Rowe, Tajon Buchanan (Teal Bunbury, 67’), Gustavo Bou, Cristian Penilla; Adam Buksa

Substitutes not used: Bras Knighton, Jeff Caldwell, Michael Mancienne, Seth Sinovic, Henry Kessler, Diego Fagundez, Scott Caldwell, Isaac Angking, Damian Rivera, Justin Rennicks

TEAM NOTES:

• Goalkeeper Andre Blake’s stellar tournament continued against New England. He made five saves on the night to secure his second shutout of the season. Blake leads MLS with 27 saves and MLS is Back Tournament with 21 saves. He has registered at least five saves in five of six matches in 2020.
• Sergio Santos netted his second goal of 2020, sixth for the Union and his first match-winner for Philadelphia. Half of his career goals have now come against the New England after he scored twice in the Union’s record-matching 6-1 win over the Revolution (5/4/19).
• When the clock hits 60 the Union offense comes to life. Philadelphia has scored five of its eight goals between the 60th and 69th minute in 2020 and four of five goals in the MLS is Back Tournament. More specifically the Union has scored three goals at MLS is Back in exactly the 63rd minute.
• Philadelphia has now scored in five straight matches. The most recent streak of five or more goals came between May 25, 2019 and July 7, 2020 with the Union scoring in eight-straight matches.

The Union returns to action on Thursday, July 30 at 8:00 P.M. in a MLS is Back quarterfinals matchup against the winner of Sporting KC and Vancouver’s Round of 16 match.