Contributions by Indiana Vassilev, Mikael Uhre illustrate again Union’s depth

CHESTER — There was an odd symmetry to the Philadelphia Union’s opening goal Sunday night, one that seemed like it might prove decisive.

The opening goal in the first-round first game against the Chicago Fire was a thing of beauty from a soccer perspective. But even more poignant was who was at each end.

In February, once Bruno Damiani had signed for a record feed, Mikael Uhre was the odd man out of the striking rotation.

In April, once the Union traded away Daniel Gazdag to Columbus, Indiana Vassilev was the odd man in to the midfield rotation.

Each has had his eyebrow-raising moments. But in one of the biggest junctures of the season, they delivered, in a way that indicates how dangerous the Union can be this postseason.

Vassilev’s goal set up by Uhre brought life to a dead affair b