Moment of Strange

Philadelphia Union Opening New with the Stadium. Philadelphia Union opened their brand new PPL Stadium with a pulsating 3-1 win over Sounders FC in Chester, Pennsylvania. 18,500 people packed into the new field on the banks of the Delaware River and saw second half goals from Sebastien Le Toux, Fred, and Danny Mwanga cancel out a first half effort from Pat Noonan.

The home side now have their third win of the season and join DC United on ten points. Sounders remain on 15, five ahead of Chivas USA the only side behind them in the west.

Sounders were awarded an extremely questionable penalty from a make-up call, they scored a goal from a fortunate deflection and Kasey Keller landed some considerable glove on Alejandro Moreno's head at a corner, similar to offences that have seen red cards in the World Cup. Their last piece of luck was that this match only finished 3-1 to Philadelphia Union.

Even with three pieces of good fortune, nothing could disguise the conclusion that the expansion club from Pennsylvania were superior in every department of the game except goalkeeping. Kasey Keller's heroics and bravery illustrated that, contrary to his own self doubts before the interval, he still has what it takes to perform at this level.