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Philadelphia Union

Philly’s young backline earns praise (and other talking points).

Alejandro Bedoya is sitting on the bench of MLS Team of the Week. As the Union’s Matt Bodiford points out, his stats were pretty darn impressive.

ICYMI: Dan Walsh’s tactical analysis of the match.

Bethlehem Steel

Cool story: Santi Moar traveled to the North Carolina ahead of the Steel’s match versus Charleston to receive his diploma at graduation from Pfeiffer University.

A look ahead at Bethlehem’s midweek tilt versus New York Red Bulls II at home.

MLS

Some great stats on whether the next big MLS foreign signing is going to be a Villa… or a Gerrard.

The league issued a statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling on legalizing sports betting.

LAFC is off to a historic start.

Local

Are Reading United this year’s Open Cup cinderella?

World Cup

Preliminary rosters are starting to be released.

LAFC is losing a third of their squad, while the Dos Santos brothers were called up by Mexico (apparently form doesn’t matter).

Peru’s captain is banned from the tournament.