The Philadelphia Union clinched the 2025 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield with a game to spare, after beating New York City FC 1-0 on Saturday night at Subaru Park.
Philadelphia has 66 points in 33 games, with none of the contending teams, including last year's winners Inter Miami , able to catch up in the remaining matches.
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The Union went into Saturday's game knowing a win would seal the Shield as the best regular-season team, but anything less could have pushed the drama to the final day, with Miami, FC Cincinnati , the Vancouver Whitecaps and LAFC the other teams still in contention.
But Danish forward Mikael Uhre calmed the nerves in Chester, Pennsylvania, by scoring off a deflected strike five minutes before