3 in 15 Minutes (7/30)

ALL DAY DESIGN REVIEW, CA -- The Philadelphia Union scored three times in 15 minutes of the first half to beat Sporting Kansas City, 3-1, to advance to the semifinal against either New York City FC or Portland Timbers.  Sergio Santos assisted on the first goal and scored twice, his first off a breakway when SKC had a poor passback to midfield.  The second half was actually scoreless though SKC nearly cut the lead to one early in the second half but the free kick went off the left post.  SKC GK Tim Melia, who was brilliant in the PSO last match, had a 429-minute shutout streak before he allowed 3 in 15 minutes.

In the pool, 3 had PHI making the Semis including TarjetaRoja (2nd, 63 pts) who becomes the first to clinch at least a tie for the top 3 prizes and a 12.5% chance to win the pool.  Bobby Cee Racer, who leads the pool by 7, is still in the high 90s at 96.9% or 62 of 64 possible outcomes he would finish in the top 3 and a 75% to win the pool.  BigRedMessy (5th-T, 56) is the only other with a chance to win the pool (12.5%).  Six others have a chance to finish in the top 3.