Archive for 2018

Polls / Season Reviews / Union

Readers poll: Should Jim Curtin return as head coach?

What do you think about the biggest question facing the Union this offseason?

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Season Reviews / Union

Season review: Grading the Union players

PSP hands out grades to Philadelphia Union’s players for their performances this season, and nobody gets graded on a curve.

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Daily news roundups

News roundup: Blake and Medunjanin’s season reviews, Fontana’s hat trick and Rooney’s England call up

Blake and Medunjanin’s season reviews, Fontana scored a hat trick and Rooney’s England call up has mixed feelings.

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Season Reviews / Union

Season review: The Union were who we thought they were

Did the Union over- or underperform expectations in 2018?

Season Reviews / Union

Season review: It’s over. Now what? (2018 edition)

PSP’s Season Review series kicks off today and will run for the next two weeks: For Philadelphia Union, it’s nine years and counting without a playoff win, but those Union fans got an exciting season with often beautiful soccer that could provide the sort of optimism they haven’t had in years.

Daily news roundups

News roundup: Union roster speculation, USL Cup tonight, MLS and mid-term election

Plus Vancouver Whitecaps announce new coach, U-20’s won w/Fontana hat trick, Champions League roundup, and more.

Philadelphia Union II

Bethlehem’s roster: Too old or continuing

Here’s what PSP thinks of the Bethlehem Steel FC roster at the end of the season.

High School Soccer / Local

Philly Public League Boys Soccer 2018 Season Wrap

Franklin Towne Charter took their first-ever Philadelphia Public League title after an exciting postseason run.

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Daily news roundups

News roundup: Baird wins RoY, USL Cup set, U-20’s romp, more

Plus, the Union Academy dazzles at home over the red side of New York.

Why the Union fell short
A View from Afar / Union

Why the Union fell short

The Union were one of MLS’s best teams from May 10 until they stepped on the Yankee Stadium pitch. PSP’s Dan Walsh breaks down what went wrong at the end and notes that, on the whole this year, Jim Curtin deserves more credit than blame.