It's Time to Officially Move the Goalposts on the Philadelphia Union's 2025 Expectations

The Supporters' Shield and U.S. Open Cup are now the goals to achieve at the halfway point of the 2025 campaign.

The Philadelphia Union have wildly exceeded expectations in 2025.

No one expected the Union to own the highest point total in Major League Soccer coming out of May.

I can guarantee that no one believed the Union would go unbeaten during their longest run of games in a single month.

But here we are.

The Union have 34 points through 17 MLS games.

They are in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup.

They just completed a May run with six victories and three draws in nine games across all competitions.

Bradley Carnell flipped the team from outside of the postseason spots and into a true contender for the Supporters’ Shield.

And as crazy as it sounds, the Union can realistically chase two trophies with relative ease from this point on.