CHESTER, Pa. – You could see it coming a mile away, like a 50-50 ball spinning on the turf roughly equidistant to Ray Gaddis and an opposing attacker. The moment held the same inevitability as countless instances on the field in the last seven seasons – where Gaddis would speed up, get to the ball, make a play and make it all look effortless.



So it was Saturday night, after the Union had sealed a nervy 1-0 win over New England at Talen Energy Stadium, that the question was lobbed at Gaddis.



Ray, what did it feel like setting the Philadelphia Union’s minutes played record on a night where the Union get a win and keep a clean sheet? The answer, in typical Gaddis fashion, deflected credit anywhere and everywhere but on himself.



“I want to talk about Andre Blake keeping the clean sheet and Cory Burke scoring the goal and playing to the whistle,” Gaddis told reporters. “That’s fundamental when you’re younger; you...