| The Philadelphia Union will face the Columbus Crew | | | | team that left him unprotected in this year's MLS |
| tonight at 8:00pm EST from PPL Park in a game that | | | | expansion draft. Although Philadelphia are the soccer |
| can be seen on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. MLS | | | | betting favorites in tonight's game, the Columbus has |
| odds at online sportsbooks have the Union +150 | | | | dismantled the other teams in the Eastern conference |
| soccer betting favorites on the road vs the Crew +165 | | | | and could return a nice payout of +165 as underdogs. |
| while the draw would return +220. Columbus is sitting in | | | | Philadelphia will have their hands full if they plan to win |
| 1st place of the Eastern conference going 10-4-4 this | | | | at home tonight vs Columbus as the Crew are the |
| season with 34-points while Philadelphia has 15-points, | | | | only team in the Eastern conference that has posted |
| sits in sixth position of the East and has gone 4-8-3 on | | | | a positive goal differential this year at +10. The Crew |
| the season. Sportsbooks also favor the Union PK | | | | will be without Eddie Gavin who will miss the game |
| (-125) on the point-spread soccer betting line vs the | | | | with a head injury so Guillermo Barros Schelotto will |
| Crew PK (-105) while the over/under betting total is | | | | take his place to patrol the midfield. The Union also |
| listed at 2.5 UNDER (-125). | | | | have injuries to contend with as Shea Salinas is out |
| Columbus will head into tonight's game on ESPN2 after | | | | with a fractured fibula while Moreno, Jordan Harvey |
| losing 1-3 to Chivas USA on last Saturday while | | | | and Danny Mwanga still nursing sprains and contusions. |
| Philadelphia has received receive results in their past | | | | There will be a bit of Polish pride on the line as well |
| four games. The Union drew with New England 1-1 last | | | | tonight as both managers (Peter Nowak and Robert |
| Saturday, defeated Toronto FC 2-1, lost to San Jose | | | | Warzycha) plan to battle it out in front of a national |
| 1-2 and drew 1-1 with Chivas USA earlier in the month. | | | | audience. |
| Alejandro Moreno will take the pitch against his former | | | | |