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Shifty Raccoon Had One of the Better Individual Performances at Subaru Park on Wednesday Night
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The Union lost their fourth home game of the season on Wednesday night, which is inconceivable for a team that only had three MLS home losses over the past four seasons.
Yes, that is a real statistic. They only lost three home games in league play in the 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 regular seasons, combined. They did lose to Lionel Messi in the Leagues Cup, sure, and other competitions were played at Subaru Park, but domestically they just don’t lose at the Soob. It used to be a fortress but now it can’t even keep out a raccoon.
Here’s your man of the match:
Screw it, raccoon highlights. 🦝 pic.twitter.com/n1weQHrmKe
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 16, 2024
PA announced Kevin Casey probably had the best angle:
Raccoon on the loose at the Soob!!!! It’s getting wild out here!! Great job by the grounds crew!! @PhilaUnion #DOOP pic.twitter.com/xntbPBEIIO
— Kevin Casey (@kcasey395) May 16, 2024
Awesome. They put the trash panda in a garbage can and then used an Adidas advertisement to transfer a second trash can on top of the first trash can. Brilliant! It was probably the most entertaining part of the entire game. People timed this out and the thing spent 161 seconds on the field, which is more playing time than Tai Baribo gets.
Can the raccoon play forward or defend a set piece? Put it in the starting XI.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com