1: Little surprised by the aggression from the Union. They were trying to put this thing to bed from the word go. And then it didn’t stop. Even after our goal. They never really took up a more defensive posture. They expanded a ton of energy which in terms of the CONCACAF tournament won’t let mean much since the next match for the union is months away but they’re gonna be cooked for league play. 

2: The book is out on Atlanta United and it is apparently well read. Philadelphia did another great job, particularly in the first half, of stifling our attack and exploiting the spaces we were leaving. Don’t get it twisted tho, we do like this style of play. We do prefer this style of play. It does have to yield results. It will take more time than I think anyone is hoping and probably more than most are comfortable with. The same holds true with Josef. It’s there. He’s there. All that is required is minutes and reps. He knows this more than anyone as was evident by his acceptance of being taken off before the 80th minute. A fully fit and scoring Josef is angry as hell being taken. Off. Time. Just need time. 

3: We were, once again, happy with what we saw. Look, it’s fair to say that what we saw tonight is not exactly how we are going to play in every match. We’re down 3 goals, that immediately dictates how the team is going to play. Of course it’s going to look frenetic, of course there’s going be space in behind. We were going for it. The goal we conceded is a direct result of that. We were gassed after a crazy passage of play where we were knocking on the door so hard our knuckles were bleeding. 

4: Sosa is So So good. Hard to believe that was his first professional goal and professional  is exactly how best to describe it. Beautiful bending ball hit low and hard on the ground. The man was every where and involved in everything. At one point in the second half John Strong (play by play) said “Is that Sosa again?!”. Look, he’s gonna have a hell of a season and it’s going to be hell for him in some matches. Every team in the league will be gunning for him trying to shut him down because he’s going to be a key to our success. 

5: This was a good match and showed us more of why we want. We were down Barco, Lisandro, Rossetto, Chop and we still gave them hell. The boys gave us everything tonight and if that’s not good enough for you right now, this probably ain’t the club for you. GET IN.