Philadelphia down NYCFC to clinch MLS Supporters Shield
Philadelphia Union secured the Supporters' Shield with 66 points and a league-low 33 goals allowed, earning top playoff seed and qualification for the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup.
- Philadelphia Union beat New York City FC 1-0 at Subaru Park on Saturday night to clinch the Eastern Conference and the Supporters' Shield.
- Mikael Uhre's first-half strike, assisted by Jovan Lukic, secured the win while Jamaica international goalkeeper Andre Blake made two key saves to preserve the clean sheet.
- Under first-year coach Bradley Carnell, Philadelphia Union clinched the Shield with one game remaining, allowed a league-low 33 goals, and lost just once at home.
- By topping the regular season, the Philadelphia Union secured home-field advantage throughout the 2025 MLS Cup playoffs and qualified for the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup and 2026 Leagues Cup.
- The Union close out the regular season at Charlotte FC on Oct. 18, with playoffs beginning Oct. 22 and Philadelphia starting postseason Oct. 24, potentially hosting the MLS Cup final at Subaru Park on Dec. 6.
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In challenging season, Mikael Uhre plays hero in Union’s Shield-clinching win
CHESTER — There was a symmetry nearly four years in the making that Mikael Uhre had the most fleeting of moments to enjoy Saturday night. It was the late winter of 2022, before the Union’s season opener against Minnesota United. Uhre had signed days before from Danish club Brondby, the latest forward touted as “the guy,” the all-caps, mid-career striker who would bring the Union to the promised land. On that crisp, February day, Uhre’s introduct…
Chicago (USA), 4 Oct (EFE).- The Philadelphia Union won mathematically this Saturday the Supporters’ Shield to the best team of the MLS regular season, in a day in which Leo Messi led Inter Miami’s victory against the New England Revolution with three assists on the night of Sergio Busquets’ homage. The Union did its homework at home against the New York City, winning 1-0 with a decisive goal from Mikael Uhre, and making sure to have field advan…

Philadelphia down NYCFC to clinch MLS Supporters Shield
Philadelphia Union clinched Major League Soccer's Supporters Shield on Saturday after a 1-0 victory over New York City FC saw them clinch the best record of the regular season.

Philadelphia tops NYCFC to clinch Supporters' Shield
Mikael Uhre scored in the 40th minute, and the Philadelphia Union clinched their second Supporters' Shield in team history with a 1-0 victory over visiting New York City Football Club on Saturday night in Chester, Pa.
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