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Philadelphia Union
The Union are on vacation. See you in Clearwater, fool!
Local
The Guardian salutes Pulisic’s performance in Chelsea’s 2-1 win yesterday.
Pleasant Valley senior Danielle DiMarco is Pocono Record‘s Player of the Year in girls soccer.
Arcadia University’s Brianna Crowley and Haverford’s Nick Jannelli made the Inquirer‘s Academic All-Area Soccer Teams.
Messiah women’s soccer are national champions for the sixth time.
MLS
Sporting Kansas City acquired Mexican striker Alan Pulido in a club record transfer.
The Revolution sees its new training center as a “game-changer”.
2017 Atlanta United: Where are they now?
Former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman is the newest owner of FC Cincinnati.
USL
The league is in Orlando this week for its largest ever winter summit. Wonder if they’re talking about this Soc Takes piece.
U.S. Soccer
The USWNT received a private invite from the White House to visit after the World Cup.
Our senior captain Kaleigh Riehl has been added to the @USWNT camp roster that began training today in Bradenton, Florida! #WeAre #BuiltForGlory
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— Penn State Women’s Soccer (@PennStateWSOC) December 10, 2019
Around the globe
Apparently, Jesse Marsch is both a winner and a loser after Liverpool eliminated the Red Bulls from UEFA Champions League.
British agents wage war on FIFA.
Highlight of the day
The Top 10 most Tweeted about sports teams in 2019, according to @TwitterSports.
1. FC Barcelona
2. Real Madrid CF
3. Manchester United
4. Liverpool FC
5. Paris Saint-Germain
6. Juventus FC
7. Manchester City
8. AFC Ajax
9. Flamengo
10. Los Angeles Lakers pic.twitter.com/0aSF60CIYp— Front Office Sports (@FOS) December 10, 2019
Hmm, people should take a look at that list before even remotely thinking soccer will ever be passed as the world’s most popular sport.
Most of those aren’t actual football teams anymore, just huge global brands. Sad, really.
Jesse Marsch’s squad played a hell of a match. On another day they might have gotten a point. Ther were particularly fearsome in the first half. Liverpool woke up and their quality got the better of Salzburg in the end. They should be proud of the effort. Would have been an immense accomplishment to knock out one of Napoli and Liverpool.
Anyone see the tournament the Union have going for player of the year? It’s tough to choose. I’d go with Ilsinho or Monteiro
Bedoya.