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Philadelphia Union

Ahead of tonight’s match against Portland (8 PM, FS1), The Inquirer says, “Jamiro Monteiro is the Union’s most important player”.

The Associated Press featured Brenden Aaronson prominently as part of an article on MLS’ emerging stars.

The MLS site looks at how your Union built things from the ground up. Spoiler: it wasn’t with Nick Sakiewicz’s credit cards.

Remember when the Sons of Ben trolled Timber Joey and Portland?

After selling out in less than 24 hours, Warren Creavalle’s Black Lives Matter T-shirts are back in stock.

Goalkeeping is more a mental game than physical, so it's important to train the brain, too🧠

Luckily, Coach @PhilWheddon loves creating innovative sessions to keep our guys sharp!

Today, they worked on hand-eye coordination & information processing 🔴🟢#DOOP | @andreblake29 pic.twitter.com/SPZeOxwTqs

— Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) August 3, 2020

Local

Former Penn State player Aaron Molloy has been earning consistent playing time with the Timbers 2.

MLS

MLS is close to finalizing plans to resume season in home markets, reports The Washington Post.

The league adds 19 clubs to its elite player development platform.

Racist incidents stopped work on FC Cincinnati’s stadium.

NWSL

Jodie Taylor transfers to Olympique Lyonnais. OL Reign will retain her NWSL rights.

Down on ESPN Australia, a look at the potential partnership between the NWSL and W-League.

Around the globe

The Bundesliga sets plan to begin allowing fans back in stadiums.

Fulham F.C. will return to the Premier League after beating Brentford, 2-1, in extra time. Philadelphia Soccer Page’s Mike Servedio has some thoughts on it.

Today, CBS Sports launches its UEFA club soccer broadcasting.

Players who had their jerseys retired after playing very few games.

Highlight of the day

Brenden Aaronson has been a 🌟 at #MLSisBack & @AleBedoya17 knows better than anyone how far he can go pic.twitter.com/9T3EXqPCer

— Extratime ⚽🗣🎙 (@Extratime) August 4, 2020