CHESTER — The Philadelphia Union will be tallying the air miles this week in one of the busiest and most consequential trips of the season.

It’ll be almost a week on the road for the Union, who meet Vancouver on Saturday night in a pivotal MLS encounter between Supporters’ Shield aspirants. The Union travel straight to Nashville on Sunday to prep for Tuesday’s U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal.

Add into it a half dozen players coming back from international duty, and there are a lot of moving pieces. But so far, so good for coach Bradley Carnell.

“The travel is always challenging and tricky, but we get everybody in and all the guys seem fine,” he said at his weekly press conference.

The Union will depart Thursday for Vancouver, doing their pre-matchday training there. They’ll stay in Vancouve

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