In the immediate, it goes down a 4-3 loss, another awful defeat in this awful season. The Union rallied from 3-1 down to level the score at 3-3, then threw it away when Orlando\u2019s Mart\u00edn Ojeda scored the winner in the 90th minute.<\/p>\n
Even worse, Sporting Kansas City was leading the Los Angeles Galaxy, meaning the Union officially had the league\u2019s worst record (1-9-3, 6 points) to coincide with the league\u2019s lowest payroll<\/a>.<\/p>\n The night started with a rotated Union lineup, which was no surprise between the midweek date and a long injury list. Goalkeeper Andre Blake<\/a>, defenders Japhet Sery Larsen and Frankie Westfield, and midfielder Jes\u00fas Bueno were all out. <\/p>\n So Andrew Rick was in net, Ben Bender was at left back, and Jeremy Rafanello was on the attacking midfield line next to Indiana Vassilev.<\/p>\n The Union were flat nearly from the start, including a trio of far-too-easy breakaways for Ojeda in a span of just six minutes. All three times, the Union\u2019s back line was pushed high up the field, and Ojeda ran right through it.<\/p>\n On the first, in the 11th, Ojeda shockingly shot wide. The second came barely a minute later, Geiner Mart\u00ednez chased him down, and Ojeda blew it again by flopping just outside the 18-yard box.<\/p>\n \u00bb READ MORE: The Union have the lowest payroll in MLS for the first time in their history<\/a><\/p>\n On the third, in the 17th, Olwethu Makhanya misplayed a ball, and when Ojeda got into the box, Andrew Rick tripped him up. It was no doubt a penalty kick, and Ojeda coolly dispatched it.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s more of a technical error, I would say,\u201d Carnell said to state his view. \u201cBut it\u2019s certainly nothing that we\u2019re not accustomed to, in the positions that we\u2019ve found ourselves [in], to control the ball or to get hold of the ball or to sort out a sequence defensively. We\u2019ve faced that a million times \u2014 today there\u2019s two moments that get away from us with that.\u201d<\/p>\n Griffin Dorsey made it 2-0 in the 27th, on a play that started with Tiago Carvalho taking the ball from Bender\u2019s feet in the Union\u2019s own 18-yard box with barely any pressure. Carvalho then eluded Makhanya and laid the ball off for Dorsey to slam in from close range.<\/p>\n Late in the first half, Jovan Luki\u0107 reported feeling dizzy, and had to leave the game in the 44th. Sullivan entered, with Rafanello dropping back to Luki\u0107\u2019s defensive midfield spot.<\/p>\n Sullivan promptly made an impact, whipping in a cross off a corner kick play that Mart\u00ednez headed past Orlando goalkeeper Maxime Cr\u00e9peau but hit off the crossbar.<\/p>\n \u00bb READ MORE: Inside Lincoln Financial Field\u2019s transformation into \u2018Philadelphia Stadium\u2019 for the World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n The second half started much better. A passing sequence from Rafanello to Sullivan to Harriel up the right side ended with Harriel squaring a pass from the end line that Iloski slammed home.<\/p>\n Carnell made his second substitution in the 65th minute, sending in Agust\u00edn Anello for Vassilev. Seconds after that, Sullivan uncorked a long-range hit that curled just inches wide.<\/p>\n But all the momentum disappeared in the 73rd. Iloski was easily dispossessed, then Orlando substitute Tyrese Spicer dribbled through Rafanello, Harriel, and Mart\u00ednez in only a few steps. That opened up a 3-on-1 breakaway, and Makhanya was helpless when Spicer passed to Duncan McGuire for the finish.<\/p>\n As a rainstorm intensified, Sullivan struck in the 75th to make it 3-2. He started the play with some pretty dribbling on the right flank, hit a cross-field pass to Bender, then got the ball back when Bender\u2019s low cross bounced to him.<\/p>\n Carnell then rolled the rest of his dice, swapping both strikers at once: Stas Korzeniowski and Ezekiel Alladoh for Iloski and Damiani, where largely ineffective on the night.<\/p>\n \u00bb READ MORE: Where’s the money from your exorbitant World Cup tickets going? To FIFA’s $14 billion in revenue.<\/a><\/p>\n Remarkably, the bet paid off. In the 79th, Korzeniowski drove into the box with the ball, then laid off for a hard-charging Bender out wide, who fired a low curler into the net to level the score.<\/p>\n In that moment, Orlando finally looked like the team that has given up a league-worst 37 goals this year, and the Union looked like a team with some gumption.<\/p>\n Korzeniowski nearly put the Union ahead soon after that, and in the 87th Sullivan set up Harriel for a rocket off the crossbar.<\/p>\n Just when it seemed the Union were on the way to sealing the tie, they threw it away. Adri\u00e1n Marin had an easy cross, and Ojeda had an even easier header in front of Makhanya, that stood as the winner.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would be great to have everybody fit and healthy; it would be great to not play people out of position,\u201d Carnell said. \u201cThere\u2019s a whole bunch of things that would be great, but it\u2019s not the hand we\u2019re dealt right now, and we can\u2019t be sad about that. We have to move on and attack the moment, and some will go our way, some won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n The next moment will come Saturday, when the Union host the Columbus Crew in their last home game before the World Cup<\/a> break (7:30 p.m., Apple TV).<\/p>\n The World Cup in Philly<\/p>\n Nine nations will compete in five group stage matches this summer, plus two more in a knockout game on July 4. Here\u2019s what you need to know about those countries \u2014 and what those fans need to know about Philly. 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