It’s Sullivan Night at Subaru Park as the brotherly duo both star in a rout of Toronto FC

The Union rolled to a 4-1 win over Toronto FC in their regular-season finale Saturday at Subaru Park.

Cavan Sullivan scored two; Quinn Sullivan and Bruno Damiani each scored one, and it could easily have been a lot more.

The win clinched sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings (14-12-8, 50 points). The rest of the day’s results set up a first-round playoff series against the New England Revolution, which will start sometime from Nov. 20-24, after the upcoming FIFA international window commences.

Expect the Union’s home game to be over Thanksgiving weekend, either Friday, Nov. 27 or Saturday, Nov. 28.

After the Union honored retiring captain Alejandro Bedoya with a pregame ceremony, it didn’t take long for his teammates to get going. Quinn Sullivan scored in the 11th minute, but he was offside when Danley Jean Jacques played it ahead. A video review rightly took the goal off.

The actual opener came in the 28th. Quinn Sullivan crossed to Indiana Vassilev, who proceeded to turn almost 360 degrees to keep the ball from Toronto’s Jackson Gilman instead of just shooting. Eventually, Vassilev stuck a pass through the legs of Gilman instead, and Cavan Sullivan was there to slot it home.

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Quinn Sullivan eventually got his goal in the 41st, scoring a penalty kick after Cavan was elbowed over in the box by Toronto defender Richard Chukwu.

It should have been 3-0 two minutes into stoppage time when Frankie Westfield nailed a pretty shot from just inside the 18-yard box, off a Cavan Sullivan assist. But referee Tim Ford called it off, judging Quinn Sullivan offside – by a matter of inches – claiming Sullivan obstructed Toronto goalkeeper William Yarbrough’s view.

That may have been the right call by the letter of the law, but the margin was so small that the Union and the crowd were understandably angry.

Toronto went on to score on the last play of the half, a header by former U.S. national team striker Josh Sargent off a corner kick.

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Interim Union manager Ryan Richter made a surprising substitution to start the second half, withdrawing goalkeeper Andre Blake for Andrew Rick.

“He felt something at halftime in his groin,” Richter said after the game. “We don’t have how serious that is. It doesn’t seem like it’s something that’s super-serious.”

But the mood returned to positive in the 58th minute when the Sullivan brothers teamed up for a breakaway goal. Vassilev hit a long ball that Damiani headed into an acre of space beyond Toronto’s back line, and Quinn Sullivan raced away. He squared for Cavan just before reaching the 18-yard box, and Cavan coolly slotted the ball past Yarbrough.

That gave Cavan 12 goals and 11 assists in all competitions this year, and Quinn Sullivan his fifth assist alongside two goals.

Ford called another penalty kick for the Union in the 71st when Jonathan Osorio hauled down Quinn Sullivan right in the referee’s line of sight. Damiani stepped up and had no problem converting.

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That allowed Richter to start making more subs. Ben Bender was first to arrive in the 77th, replacing Jovan Lukić. Ezekiel Alladoh was next, replacing Damiani in the 82nd.

Malik Jakupović entered in the 90th for Cavan Sullivan, who got kicked from behind just after Alladoh entered. Sullivan wanted to return, but was clearly not in shape to.

The crowd chanted “We want Ale!” down the stretch, but it looked for a while like he wouldn’t get their wish. It was also a risk, because Bedoya hadn’t fully recovered yet from the eye injury that cost him last weekend’s game at Cincinnati.

Finally, with 20 seconds left, there was room for it. Bedoya rose from the bench, walked on for Quinn Sullivan, and longtime public announcer Kevin Casey gave one last rendition of his traditional extending Bedoya’s last name as long as he could.

Ford blew the final whistle on the game and Bedoya playing another MLS regular season game when play resumed.