The Union survive in the Leagues Cup with a penalty kick victory over D.C. United. The team is now set for a rematch with the New York Red Bulls.
nor D.C. United found the back of the net during their Leagues Cup matchup Thursday night at Subaru Park, tournament rules dictated that the game would skip overtime and go straight to penalty kicks.
D.C. United connected on its first three attempts. With a chance to go up 4-2, Chris Durkin overshot the net. Jack McGlynn then deked Bono to level the score at 3.With the penalty round tied at 4, Pedro Santos hit the crossbar for D.C. United, setting the stage for Mbaizo’s heroics.The game began with referee Rosendo Mendoza taking a ball from point-blank range to the face, telegraphing what would be an ugly first half that ended with the score 0-0.
As a hard rain fell for the first 15 minutes, both teams were sloppy with the ball. By the 20th minute, the crowd was audibly displeased with continued bad passes and giveaways by the Union, who connected on 76.7% of passes after an eight-day layoff. D.C. United was slightly worse, with a passing accuracy of 73.3%. The teams combined for four shots on goal.Goalie Andre Blake was summoned into early action, tipping a blast outside the box from Jackson Hopkins over the crossbar in the 11th minute.
Mbaizo got involved in a late scoring opportunity for the Union, but a cross attempt in the 86th minute sailed too far ahead of Carranza. Meanwhile, a shot attempt by Donovan off a corner kick in stoppage time went just over the crossbar.Before the Union, the Kixx were Philly’s soccer team, and U.S.
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