{"id":3879,"date":"2026-08-14T18:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:12:45","slug":"the-union-are-out-of-the-leagues-cup-but-a-busy-and-important-stretch-of-mls-play-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3879","title":{"rendered":"The Union are out of the Leagues Cup, but a busy \u2014 and important \u2014 stretch of MLS play awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Union will want to forget their Leagues Cup finale, a lethargic 2-0 loss to Santos Laguna on Thursday night at Subaru Park.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3877\">The Foo Fighters played \u2018song after song after song after song\u2019 in a three-hour tour stop at the Linc<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Fortunately for Ryan Richter\u2019s squad, there isn\u2019t long to dwell on the loss or its Leagues Cup run, which ended with a win and two losses.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Union will travel to Yankee Stadium to face New York City FC on Sunday (6 p.m., Apple TV), kicking off a crowded stretch of the schedule that features three games in seven days.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have to take this one on the chin,\u201d said Richter, the Union\u2019s interim manager. \u201cWe have to have some honest conversations tomorrow, and we have to start preparing right away and get ready to start MLS play again in the way we left off in the last game against Atlanta.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Union already had considered their busy schedule before getting the ball rolling against Santos Laguna. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>While they weren\u2019t mathematically eliminated from the Leagues Cup entering Thursday, they would have needed to win by at least four goals and have favorable outcomes in other matches.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat is something that we\u2019re capable of, but not many games are going to go exactly that way,\u201d Richter said of winning by four goals. \u201cIf you push for that, you win, 3-0, and you don\u2019t get it, that leaves you now tired on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v0eEtDvFSWo?feature=oembed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0;\" title=\"Philadelphia Union vs. Club Santos Laguna | Leagues Cup | Full Match Highlights\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>So Richter took the opportunity to rest many key players. Quinn Sullivan and Japhet Sery Larsen put in 90-minute shifts, but the likes of Milan Iloski, Cavan Sullivan, Danley Jean Jacques, Frankie Westfield, and Kai Wagner rested their legs as the Union prepare to enter a key stretch.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIncluding tonight, that\u2019s four games in 10 days,\u201d Richter said. \u201cThat\u2019s tough, to play with the same team through that kind of stretch. \u2026 We turn around Sunday against New York City. [It is] a big game to try and keep the form that we\u2019ve had in the league. To keep that going, we want to make sure that we were fresh going into that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After they travel to NYCFC on Sunday, the Union will host Lionel Messi\u2019s Inter Miami on Wednesday. The Union then travel to Texas to face Austin FC on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>While Richter was disappointed not to get a better effort from his Thursday night selections, his approach to the match made sense.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3875\">Following Tun Tavern drama, Old City\u2019s Lucha Cartel building finally has a fate<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Based on how Thursday night\u2019s games played out, there was no way for the Union to advance, even with a win against Santos Laguna, as Real Salt Lake, the fourth-place MLS team and the last one to advance, finished with seven points.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>NYCFC found itself in a similar situation to the Union when it came to its Leagues Cup finale, but manager Pascal Jansen took a more aggressive approach.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>NYCFC needed to win big against Necaxa and get some help from the out-of-town scoreboard to move on to the knockout rounds and set its lineup accordingly. Jansen started usual MLS starters like Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez, Keaton Parks, and Andr\u00e9s Perea. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>NYCFC lost, 2-1, to Necaxa and was eliminated. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6Jo-8aePiE?feature=oembed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0;\" title=\"New York City FC vs. Club Necaxa | Leagues Cup | Full Match Highlights\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The approach each team took to their Thursday night Cup games could give the Union a rest advantage when it comes time for the two sides to meet on Sunday. That\u2019s an important edge for a team that still needs every point it can get to claw back into the playoff picture. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Union (4-10-4, 16 points) won one game before the league\u2019s summer FIFA World Cup break, leading to the dismissal of manager Bradley Carnell in May. Richter took over as interim and coached the Union to three consecutive league wins after returning from the international break in July. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Despite their recent run of good form, the Union are still chasing the rest of the Eastern Conference. They sit seven points behind D.C. United, which currently occupies the ninth and final playoff spot in the East.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Every match going forward is crucial for the club\u2019s playoff aspirations, and the ones against Eastern Conference foes carry extra importance. The Union will play three matches against the East before the end of August, two of which are away.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Since their return to the league schedule, the Union have looked like a different team than the one that lost, 2-1, to NYCFC (7-6-5, 26 points) in March. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But can the momentum the team built through its first three post-international break league matches carry through a poor Leagues Cup campaign? Richter hopes so, but he didn\u2019t see it in his team on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t see that fire, in the end of the game, that I saw in the last few weeks,\u201d Richter said. \u201cWe can\u2019t lose that. We can\u2019t lose that piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3873\">\u2018It never gets old\u2019: Homecoming weekend takes on extra meaning for some pro men\u2019s lacrosse players<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union currently are on the outside looking in for the playoffs, so interim manager Ryan Richter hopes to see the &quot;fire&quot; he saw in his team after the international break as MLS play resumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Union are out of the Leagues Cup, but a busy \u2014 and important \u2014 stretch of MLS play awaits - 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