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.

Breaking News

Union II announces end-of-season roster moves

Union II announce that three professional players have survived towards 2021’s unknown competitive future.

Analysis

Examining the Union’s 2021 roster: Replacement versus addition

PSP’s Tim Jones builds projected depth and roster charts for the 2021 Union, and ponders what roster moves on which Ernst Tanner and Chris Albright may be working.

Commentary

A look back at Brendan Burke

With Brendan Burke set to leave the Union organization, PSP’s Tim Jones remembers what he learned covering Bethlehem Steel FC’s only head coach.

Analysis

The meaning of two Best XI Homegrowns

Tim Jones iconoclastically unpacks what it meant for Brenden Aaronson and Mark McKenzie to make the 2020 MLS Bext XI.

Commentary / Union

The five new Homegrowns

Tim Jones discusses realistic expectations for 2021’s five new Union home grown players.

Analysis

A look at potential internal roster replacements

With key players likely to leave the Union this offseason, Tim Jones takes a look at potential replacements from the organization’s position pipelines.

Philadelphia Union II

Offseason updates from Union II

Tim Jones consolidates what tidbits there are this offseason regarding Philadelphia Union II activity.

Analysis / Philadelphia Union II

Contributors to the Shield

PSP’s Tim Jones examines the role Bethlehem Steel FC played in developing contributors for the Union’s 2020 roster beyond the Academy boys.

Analysis

Was the Union’s defense tiring?

Tim Jones examines the Union’s recent tendency to give up late-game goals.

Commentary

The $6 million sale was not the big story

Tim Jones takes a deep dive into the news that Philadelphia Union II will no longer compete in the USL Championship and changes to the developmental pipeline coming next year.