
D.C. United’s Alvaro Saborio challenging Philadelphia Union midfielder Fred (photo credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell photography)

D.C. United’s Fabian Espindola lines up for a shot in Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

D.C. United’s Fabian Espindola makes a breakaway against Ethan White of the Philadelphia Union (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

Alvaro Saborio of D.C. United challenges Fabinho of the Philadelphia Union (Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography:Photo Credit)

Nick De Leon, Bobby Boswell, and Alvaro Saborio line up for a corner kick (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Brian Silvestre and midfielder Sebastian Le Toux ready for a D.C. United corner kick (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

Philadelphia Union midfielder Eric Ayuk Mbu was a difference-maker early on for the Union against D.C. United (photo credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell photography)

D.C. United forward Alvaro Saborio challenges Philadelphia Union defenders Maurice Edu and Ethan White ( Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

D.C. United left-back Taylor Kemp making one of his traditional runs down the left flank, opposed by Philadelphia Union defender Ray Gaddis (Image Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

Steve Birnbaum and Taylor Kemp with a moment of respite during a very hot sunday match against D.C. United (Photo Credit Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

D.C. United’s Davy Arnaud, Alvaro Saborio, Fabian Espindola, Perry Kitchen, and Chris Korb form a wall on a Philadelphia Union free kick (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

D.C. United defenders Steve Birnbaum and Bobby Boswell end an attack created by Philadelphia Union forward C.J. Sapong (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

Philadelphia Union’s C.J. Sapong attempts to elude D.C. United left-back Taylor Kemp in Sunday’s 3-2 loss (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harell Photography)

Philadelphia Union’s C.J. Sapong attempts to elude D.C. United left-back Taylor Kemp in Sunday’s 3-2 loss (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harell Photography)

Philadelphia Union forward challenges D.C. United center-back Steve Birnbaum (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

Philadelphia Union center-forward C.J. Sapong, attempting to gain distance from D.C. United center-back Steve Birnbaum (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

D.C. United’s Taylor Kemp attempts to catch up to a surging Eric Ayuk Mbu of the Philadelphia Union (Photo Credit: Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)

D.C. United goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra readies himself for a corner kick taken by the Philadelphia Union (Photo Credit Jennifer Jordan-Harrell Photography)