Deer in the headlites to late game thrills

My prediction for this game did not go as planned. Zac Macmath was not the keeper that I had expected, and the Union's offensive power was almost nonexistant. To the young keepers credit the first goal for the Revolution in the 9th minute by A.J. Soares, was uncontested. Tierney sent the cross in from the right side of the field and Soares came running through the defense, and heading the ball past the Macmath, with no one marking him up. Things went from bad to worse for the rookie. In the 21st minute New England was awarded a penalty kick off a questionable call, and Rajko Lekic made Macmath jump right and then burried the ball down the middle. It wasn't over either, Chris Tierney made the Union pay again from his passes. Chris crossed the ball from left to right straight to the head of unmarked Moncef Zerka in the 25th minute giving the Union a three goal defficet a little over halfway through the first half. But relief did come, three minutes later the Union push the ball into the "Revs" territory and Rogger Torres sends a beauty of a shot into the upper left 90 past the keeper to get the Union on the board. The excitement of the  Union's first goal was short lived. In the 33rd minute Benny Feilhaber ripped a shot from the eighteen yard line and passes by Macmath to the far left post. The first half ends with the Union having the majority of the scoring chances, especially from fan favorite Sebastian Le Toux. The Revolution were just more affective on their attacks. Coach Peter Nowak decided to keep the young keeper in and put Danny Mwanga into the game. The Union came into the second half firing on all cylinders. It only took until the 53rd minute for the Union to cut the deficit in half. Danny Mwanga gives a nice pass to his left to Freddy Adu who sent his first Union goal past Matt Reis, the "Revs" keeper. The union kept the pressure going on until they were awarded a penalty kick on a questionable call against Le Toux. But Sebastian takes advantage of the situation and puts a curve to the left, fooling the keeper. The "Revs" came back strong, nearly putting the game away, Macmath came up with a big save in the 82nd minute. Revolution's substitute Pat Phelan went down for five minutes late in the second half, he eventually walked off the field once the stretcher came out, but because of this there were seven minutes of stoppage time. Early in the added time Le Toux scored the equalizer out of mid air, inside the eighteen yard box. Making the final score 4-4. An amazing comeback by the young team, but I am still not satisfied. The Union at one point were the second best team in the east, and before this last game they were fourth. The Revolution are in last place in the East. With Adu and Le Toux getting on the board this shows that Philadelphia can be an offensive power. The Union play the Timbers this Saturday, and Zac Macmath will have a much bigger test against Portland than in New England.