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Tick tock goes the clock…⌚️👀#DOOP | #MLSisBack | #SOON pic.twitter.com/C0Kux2jhbi
— Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) February 27, 2020
The Union’s season starts tomorrow! Philadelphia will take on FC Dallas tomorrow night at 6p.m. Our first match preview of the season will be out later today.
PSP’s Peter Andrews and Marjorie Elzey will be providing match coverage from Toyota Stadium. Make sure you’re following along on Twitter @phillysoccerpg.
Yesterday the club signed captain Alejandro Bedoya to a contract extension through the 2021 season.
Catch what Jim Curtin had to say in his season opening press conference.
Union II
Union II beat West Chester United in a preseason match, 5-3, on Wednesday night.
MLS
Here’s the league schedule for opening weekend.
Doyle ranks all 26 teams by tier.
The five most improved clubs in the league this year. Probably.
NWSL
NWSL hires Lisa Baird as new commissioner.
US
The USWNT set their final roster for 2020 SheBelieves Cup.
World
The Europa League round of 16 has been drawn:
- Istanbul Basaksehir v FC Copenhagen
- Olympiacos v Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Rangers v Bayer Leverkusen
- Wolfsburg v Shakhtar Donetsk
- Internazionale v Getafe
- Sevilla v Roma
- FC Salzburg or Eintracht Frankfurt v Basel
- LASK v Manchester United
What to know about the Premier League Hall of Fame, expected to launch next month.
Congrats to Bedoya on the contract extension! Now go get it!
And Kacper today as well.
Wow, so this gets key players across the pitch to go into the season without contract distraction. Smart.
I feel like based on last season’s performance that Doyle is selling the Union a bit short. Would have thought we deserved a “contender” space every bit as much as Columbus Crew. I know MLS is a bit volatile, but we finished 17 points ahead of them last season. I don’t mind the league having low expectations, though. It’s OK with me.
Five Thirty Eight ranks the Union 4th and gives us a 6% chance of winning MLS cup — same as NYCFC and behind only Atlanta and LAFC.
The first round of CCL was quite entertaining. Sad no real coverage of it. Interestingly enough was the struggle of Liga MX teams in this first round. Evidently LAFC did something no other team in Liga MX has done this year and score three goals on León while shutting the team out. It’s also good to see the central American teams not being such an easy game anymore. Congratulations to Olimpia for scoring the late goal on the road and winning on penalties. Also Montreal just looks like such a different team when they play in CCL in the dome. Hopefully the next round is also as entertaining. Just don’t think we’ll see a goalie score in extra time to win the game.