Novelist in progress. Former newspaper & magazine reporter. Occasional freelancer. Started PSP in 2009 with some awesome guys. Moved to Italy in 2014, then the UK in 2019. See more at http://www.danielwalsh.net. Follow on Twitter @danwalsh_writes.
Court documents show Philadelphia Union fired former coach Peter Nowak only after the league directed it and the MLS Players Union threatened to strike. PSP’s Dan Walsh collates the key scattered details into one comprehensible story.
It was a rough year for Philadelphia soccer fans. But there were some bright lights too. PSP runs down the best that was in the year that was.
Homegrown Jimmy McLaughlin is quietly out, Keegan Rosenberry and Darius Madison do not appear to be in, but Derrick Jones is. What’s going on with Philadelphia Union and Bethlehem Steel FC on the homegrown player front? PSP’s Dan Walsh has a look. Also, Bethlehem Steel FC needs a shorthand name. Time for PSP readers to step up.
Philadelphia Union management has begun dismantling the team. PSP’s Dan Walsh takes a look at the revamp, closes the book on Cristian Maidana and Andrew Wenger, and highlights some interesting names available in free agency and the re-entry draft.
PSP’s Dan Walsh offers some quick hit reaction to the Philadelphia Union roster moves reported this week. Many Union fans were probably as surprised about the Chris Pontius trade as Pontius when the photo at left was shot.
The strong GM model is finally taking hold in MLS, with hires in Philadelphia, Chicago and elsewhere pointing the way ahead for MLS. At least one result is Chicago’s very smart hiring of former Union man Veljko Paunovic as head coach. PSP’s Dan Walsh explains.
PSP’s Dan Walsh plays the transfer target game by laying out several players the Union should consider acquiring. (One of the players pictured tops the list.)
PSP’s Dan Walsh looks at Philadelphia Union’s roster and evaluates which players should stay and which should go. But first, he has a brief go on the state of the world and how it applies to soccer. (It’s a bit of a reach, but at least it’s … interesting.)
Despite Jim Curtin getting the nod from ownership for a return next year, there has been some speculation about alternatives on the coaching staff. PSP’s Dan Walsh takes a crack at it.
As one PSP contributor put it, “What the hell is going on, and what happened to the incompetent team we’ve been covering for the last 6 years?” PSP’s Dan Walsh takes stock of last week, when Philadelphia Union drastically changed its paradigm.
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