Philadelphia Union Stumble In Home Draw with FC Dallas

The Union aren't living up to expectations right now, but they still sit in third place in the Eastern Conference.

CHESTER — This is what the weight of expectations and fatigue look like.

The Philadelphia Union played to their fourth straight draw on Wednesday against FC Dallas.

The 1-1 result moved the Union into third place and handed the franchise its fifth 50-point season in the last six years.

Ninety percent of Major League Soccer teams would kill to be in the Union’s position.

The mood around the team could not be worse heading into the final four games of the regular season, a stretch in which the Union can beat four teams in direct competition with them for the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in the Eastern Conference.

If you did not look at the team’s record and talked directly with most of the fan base right now, you would think the Union would be on the brink of elimination from playoff contention.

Such is life with the Philadelphia Union now.