COVID-depleted Union host NYCFC in East final

The Philadelphia Union likely will enter Sunday's MLS Eastern Conference final against visiting New York City FC without the majority of their regular starters due to a COVID-19 crisis.

The No. 2-seeded Union listed 11 players as "out" in the league's health and safety protocols on their club's official availability report prior to the showdown in Chester, Pa.

That includes six starters and eight players total of the 15