Chris Donovan scored this Friday a goal in the substitute time which the Philadelphia Union The American lost 2-1 Queretaro Mexican to enter the semifinal of League Cup, where they will face Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami. In the quarterfinals, Venezuelan Jesús Bueno was the other scorer for the Union, while Ángel Sepúlveda scored a goal for Argentine coach Mauro Gerk’s team.
Philadelphia advanced lines in the first few minutes and after a few mistakes, they took the lead on the scoreboard. In the 10th minute, Jack McGlynn took a shot that bounced off a defender and the rebound fell to Bueno, who made it 1-0 with his left foot.
The lead allowed the Union to relax and lend the ball to the Roosters, who had 63 per cent of possession in the first half, with no depth to trouble Jamaican goalkeeper Andre Blake.
Union neutralized Querétaro’s offense in the first minutes of the second half, however a defender’s clearance error allowed Jaime Gómez to steal the ball and hit a cross from the left wing to the far post that was beaten by Sepúlveda, which made it 1-1.
Quinn Sullivan, who was on the field for less than a minute, tried to give Philadelphia the win, but his midrange shot was saved by goalkeeper Fernando Tapia in the 83rd.
Philadelphia continued in search of victory and took advantage of the dismissal of Omar Mendoza to win the game in the final minute of 10 with a Kai Wagner cross that Donovan, from inside, converted to make it 2-1.
DATA SHEET
2 – Philadelphia Union: Andrew Blake; Jakob Glesnes, Jack Elliot, Damion Lowe (Joaquín Torres, m.78); Olivier Mbaizo (Nathan Harriel, m.78), Jesús Bueno, José Martínez, Jack McGlynn (Leon Flach, m.61), Kai Wagner; Julián Carranza (Quinn Sullivan, m.82) and Mikael Uhre (Chris Donovan, m.62)
Instructor: Jim Curtin
1 – Queretaro: Fernando Tapia; Omar Mendoza, Kevin Escamilla, Oscar Manzanares; Jaime Gómez (Joaquín Montecinos, m.80), Pablo Barrera, Rodrigo López (Marco García, m.63), Jordan Sierra (Emanuel Gularte, m.70), Jonathan Perlaza (Raúl Sandoval, m.63); Camilo Sanvezzo (Ettson Ayón, m.70) and Ángel Sepúlveda
coach. Mauro Gerk
The objectives: 1-0, Jesus is good (m. 10); 1-1, Ángel Sepúlveda (d. 65); 2-1, Chris Donovan (d. 90+10)
Referee: Guatemalan Mario Escobar. He advised José Martínez, Óscar Manzanares, Omar Mendoza, Marco García and Emanuel Gularte. He fired Omar Mendoza
Incidents: Leagues Cup quarterfinal game, played at Subaru Park, home of the Philadelphia Union
Source: La Verdad
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