Tim Jones

Articles written by: Tim Jones

Still learning soccer after nearly five decades. A southwestern Ohio buckeye transplanted to Chester County. Used to teach history, enjoys new ideas, sometimes bakes bread, is a sports fan, and loves apparently unconnected connections.

Analysis

Estimating Philadelphia’s 2026 Costa Del Sol travel squad

by Tim Jones × on January 8, 2026 at 12:03 pm × 8 comments

Tim Jones speculates on Philadelphia’s travel squad for preseason on the sunny southern seacoast of Spain.

Weekend thoughts amidst the Union’s on-going roster build

by Tim Jones × on January 4, 2026 at 9:17 am × 22 comments

Photo PSP photo essay August 14, 2025 Almost certainly Philadelphia Union players officially report for physicals a week from yesterday, that is Saturday, January 10th, 2026. We conclude roster announcements may come thick and fast this week. We doubt that the roster build, particularly its announcements, will be complete before […]

Commentary

Philadelphia sign 19-year-old center back Finn Sundstrom

by Tim Jones × on January 1, 2026 at 8:00 am × 7 comments

Philadelphia Union sign Finn Sundstrom from North Carolina FC of the USL Championship

Analysis / Commentary / Union

Thinking about the Glesnes rumors

by Tim Jones × on December 15, 2025 at 6:59 pm × 9 comments

Photo Marjorie Elzey Jakob Glesnes will depart the Union for the LA Galaxy for $1 million or more General Allocation Money (GAM), and sources project that Colombian center back Geiner Martinez of Juventud in the Uruguayan top division is likely being acquired. Selling Glesnes at high value as he approaches […]