2020 Philadelphia Union season

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Philadelphia Union
2020 season
Owner Keystone Sports & Entertainment
Head coach Jim Curtin
Stadium Subaru Park (Capacity: 18,500)
MLS Conference: 1st
Overall: 1st
MLS Cup Playoffs First round
U.S. Open Cup Canceled
MLS is Back Tournament Semi-finals
Leagues Cup Canceled
Top goalscorer League:
Kacper Przybyłko
Sergio Santos
(8 each)
All:
Sergio Santos (11)
Average home league attendance 2,775
Biggest win PHI 5–0 TOR (Oct. 24)
Biggest defeat DAL 2–0 PHI (Feb. 29)
Home colors
Away colors
← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Philadelphia Union season was the club's eleventh season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The team was managed by Jim Curtin, his seventh season with the club. The Union's season began on February 29, 2020, and was scheduled on end in October or November 2020, depending on their regular season performance. On March 12, 2020, MLS suspended the season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Originally planned to be a 30-day suspension, the league remained suspended until July 9, 2020, when competition resumed with the MLS is Back Tournament. The tournament ran through August 11, 2020, with the remainder of the season, under a truncated format, continued through November 8, 2020.

The 2020 season saw Philadelphia win their first major trophy in club history, by capturing the Supporters' Shield for the best regular season record.[1] Philadelphia finished 14–4–5, averaging 2.04 points per game. Outside of MLS regular season play, the club was eliminated in the Conference Quarterfinals of the 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs, losing to New England Revolution.[2] In the MLS is Back Tournament, Philadelphia reached the semifinals of the tournament before losing to eventual champions, Portland Timbers.[3] The Union were also slated to participate the 2020 Leagues Cup and the 2020 U.S. Open Cup, but both competitions though were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

2020 roster

As of October 10, 2020 [5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Matt Freese (HGP)
2 Guyana MF Warren Creavalle
3 England DF Jack Elliot
4 United States DF Mark McKenzie (HGP)
5 Norway DF Jakob Glesnes
7 United States FW Andrew Wooten
8 Venezuela MF José Martínez
11 United States MF Alejandro Bedoya (Captain)
12 United States GK Joe Bendik
13 United States MF Cole Turner (HGP)
14 United States MF Jack de Vries (HGP)
15 Cameroon DF Olivier Mbaizo
17 Brazil FW Sergio Santos
No. Position Player
18 Jamaica GK Andre Blake (GA)
19 Jamaica FW Cory Burke
20 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Michee Ngalina
21 United States MF Anthony Fontana (HGP)
22 United States MF Brenden Aaronson (HGP)
23 Poland FW Kacper Przybyłko
24 Slovakia MF Matej Oravec
25 Brazil MF Ilsinho
27 Germany DF Kai Wagner
28 United States DF Ray Gaddis
32 United States DF Matthew Real (HGP)
35 Cape Verde MF Jamiro Monteiro (DP)
78 France DF Aurelien Collin

Transfers

In

Date No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/Notes Source
December 23, 2019 8 MF Venezuela José Martínez Venezuela Zulia F.C. $325,000 [6]
January 1, 2020 13 MF United States Cole Turner United States Philadelphia Union II Homegrown signing [7]
14 FW United States Jack de Vries United States Philadelphia Union II Homegrown signing [8]
January 10, 2020 35 MF Cape Verde Jamiro Monteiro France FC Metz $2,000,000; DP signing [9]
January 19, 2020 24 MF Slovakia Matej Oravec Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda Undisclosed fee; TAM signing [10]
January 31, 2020 5 DF Norway Jakob Glesnes Norway Strømsgodset Undisclosed fee; TAM signing [11]

Out

Date No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Source
November 20, 2019 6 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Medunjanin United States FC Cincinnati End of contract [12][13]
10 MF Mexico Marco Fabián Qatar Al Sadd SC Declined contract option [12][14]
16 DF United States R. J. Allen Declined contract option [12]
26 DF United States Auston Trusty United States Colorado Rapids $300,000 TAM (2020)
$300,000 GAM (2021)
$150,000 GAM (2021)[A]		 [15]
33 DF Brazil Fabinho Declined contract option [12]
November 26, 2019 9 MF United States Fafà Picault United States FC Dallas $300,000 GAM (2020)
$75,000 GAM (2021)[A]		 [16]

Loan out

Date No. Pos. Player Loaned To Fee/Notes Source
February 6, 2020 19 FW Jamaica Cory Burke Austria SKN St. Pölten 5-month loan [17]

Staff

As of February 8, 2020[18]
Position Staff Nationality
Head coach Jim Curtin  United States
Technical director Chris Albright  United States
Assistant coach Oka Nikolov  Macedonia
Assistant coach Pat Noonan  United States
Director of Goalkeeping Phil Wheddon  United States
Head athletic trainer Paul Rushing  United States
Team coordinator Josh Gros  United States
Sporting director Ernst Tanner  Germany
Academy director Tommy Wilson  Scotland

Competitions

Preseason

MLS

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League tables

Eastern Conference

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Overall

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Match results

Only matches numbered in the left column apply to the season standings

MLS Cup Playoffs

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MLS is Back Tournament

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Group stage

Group A standings

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Group A results

Knockout round

U.S. Open Cup

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Due to their final standings for the 2019 season, the Union were scheduled to enter the competition in the Fourth Round, to be played May 19–20.[20] The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, however, forced the U.S. Soccer Federation to cancel the tournament on August 17, 2020.[4]

Honors and awards

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