Photo: Michael Reeves
Philadelphia Union
Kevin Kinkead with a Dan Walsh on how the league should feel about the Yankee Stadium pitch.
This week’s Inside Doop.
Josh Yaro made his season debut for both the Union and Bethlehem this weekend.
Derrick Jones and Auston Trusty returned to the U.S. after their U-20 World Cup appearances.
A really cool photo essay detailing the equipment of the Union.
Local
Bethlehem’s Cory Burke is joining Andre Blake with the Jamaican National Team.
17 year old Haitian striker Ronaldo Damus is training with Bethlehem.
College soccer is coming to Talen Energy Stadium this Fall.
MLS
Four unanswered questions lingering this season.
Who has the best home field advantage in MLS?
Progress in Miami for Beckham’s stadium plans.
Could there be promotion and relegation in American soccer at lower levels?
Around the globe
Formation notation has jumped the shark.
A USMNT twitbag that is very Michael Bradley themed.
An 8 year old was kicked out of a girls’ soccer tournament and some USWNT legends are not happy about it.
Borussia Dortmund has hired Ajax’s Peter Bosz as their new manager. Good step up for the Europa League runner up.
Arda Turan attacked a journalist and then quit the Turkish National Team. Classy.
Highlight of the day
Joshua Kimmich’s late bicycle equalizer.
http://www.brotherlygame.com/2017/6/7/15750136/philadelphia-union-academy-u18s-win-division-u16s-qualify-for-playoffs
Also, http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2713937-the-christian-pulisic-blueprint
….read a quote from Luca Modric on how Zidane found an achilles heel in the Juventus defense and set about aligning his team’s possession tactics to attack this weakness in defending…and then proceeded to score 4 goals against a team only giving up 1 goal every 4 or 5 games. Nobody else thought about this. He did.
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Zidane. Maestro. Two time defending European Champion. A god on the field- now a god on the sidelines.
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https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/zinedine-zidane-manager-how-zizou-positioned-himself-lead-real-madrid
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Stole this from FourFourTwo…like “Everything. Literally.” else that I poach.
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Enjoy the weather. Heat on the way.
….comment is still awaiting moderation. Can you intervene?
The pro-rel talk between lower leagues is exciting stuff. I really hope that takes off. It will eventually put pressure on MLS to adopt some form of it… like it a lot. Best of luck.