Union Sold Out Every Home Game This Year, Playoff Tickets On Sale Now

Subaru Park is one of the best Home Field Advantages in Sports. All season long, the Union lost just one game at home. But the Home Field Advantage goes back further than this year. Over the last 4 seasons, they are 42-4-14 playing at Subaru Park in the regular season. It makes sense, given how Union fans pack the place for every game. And recently the Union announced that every single home game this season was sold out.

And now, you have your chance to get playoff tickets. The Pre-Sale has begun for tickets for the Union's first home game in the playoffs.

However, we do not yet know when that will be, or if it will even happen. The Union are still working to clinch a top 4 seed. Doing so would give them Home Field in the first round of the playoffs. Something they obviously need very badly given how they play at home. They won every game at home on their way to the MLS Cup last season. And they only came short because that final game took place in LA.

If they win their final game of the season against the Revolution, they will be locked into the 3-seed and get a home-field advantage. But the Revolution can still pass them with either a win or draw this Saturday, and then a win the following Saturday over the Union. There is also a chance the two teams end up in a tie if New England beats Nashville and then draws with the Union. But the tie-breaker should favor the Union in that case unless New England beats Nashville by 5 or more goals. The Union can avoid any and all confusion or worry though if they just win their last game.

And if they do clinch a home game in the first round, you know it will be sold out like every other game this year. If you want to get a jump on playoff tickets, they are on sale now right here.

Tuesday night, Philadelphia had a brush with soccer greatness. Lionel Messi became the best soccer player to step onto the pitch at Subaru Park since Sebastien Le Toux (real Union fans respect the legend). A packed crowd of Union fans, unfortunately, had to see him and Inter Miami tear our team apart in the Semi-Finals of the Leagues Cup. That part sucked. But still, getting to see one of the Goats of the sport up close, even later in his career, was a treat.

In the same way, we don't mind too much getting to see Barry Bonds deposit a Jon Lieber pitch into the 3rd deck of Citizen's Bank Park, you have to appreciate the greatness of Lionel Messi. Even while his team rips our team apart by a final score of 4-1.

Messi got involved in the scoring. With Miami already up 1-0 in the 19th minute, Messi got a little bit of open space. And that little bit was too much to give the Goat. He snuck a ball past Andre Blake on the ground, to put his team up 2-0 early.

Jordi Alba made it 3-0 in stoppage time just before half-time. In the second half, Alejandro Bedoya would get the Union on the board in the 73rd minute. But David Ruiz got that goal back for Miami 10 minutes later.

The Union did not cover themselves in glory. Andre Blake had a rare bad game. They looked like they were playing scared from the start, and showing way too much respect for Messi. And it all showed on the field. That much is clear from the results. But embarrassing loss aside, we did still get to see Messi's greatness in person.