Archive for March, 2012

Featured / Player ratings / Union

Analysis & player ratings: Timbers 3-1 Union

Not much went right on Monday night for the Union in their 3-1 opening day loss in Portland. PSP offers analysis and player ratings on what was good, bad and simply not yet worked out from the season opener.

Featured / Match stats / Statistics

Timbers 3-1 Union: Looking at some numbers

What does data from the Opta-powered Chalkboard feature at MLSsoccer.com tell us about Monday night’s loss in Portland?

Daily news roundups / Featured

Further post-game reaction, quotes, power rankings and more

Round up of local match reports and more postgame quotes. Sakiewicz says Union’s focus is on winning over area soccer fans, not casual sport fans. IS it power rankings time already? More news.

Featured / Philadelphians Abroad

Philadelphians abroad

PSP’s new weekly feature looks at how Philadelphia-area natives performed on the field this week for professional clubs around the world.

Daily news roundups / Featured

Califf: “They brought all the horses”, Olympic call-ups, more quotes & news

Quotes and reactions following the Union’s 3-1 loss to Portland.

Featured / Union / Union match reports

Match report: Philadelphia Union 1-3 Portland Timbers

The Union limped out of the gates in 2012, falling in a 3-1 defeat against the Portland Timbers.

Match previews / Union

Match Preview: Union at Portland Timbers

The 2012 Union are a much different outfit than the one that took the field in late 2011. Tonight we’ll begin to know if they are better.

Featured

Put a Snake on it! The winners!

Lu Kluber and Phil Haralam are the winners of PSPs “Put a snake on it!” photo contest.Their winning images and other fine efforts are but a click away.

Daily news roundups / Featured

Union news & match previews: Let’s doop this thing!

Torres unavailable against Portland with ankle injury. Nowak says the Union can go all the way. Pre-match news and previews. More Union news.

Featured / Local

The 2012 Union: Looking at the predictions

With the season opener almost upon us, we look at some 30 predictions for how the Union will finish in the Eastern Conference in 2012.