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Austin Berry trade makes Union a contender

The Union’s trade for Austin Berry filled the team’s biggest gap. After answering every key offseason question, John Hackworth’s team looks like a conference title contender.

MLS

The changing transfer marketplace for MLS

How did the Union have a shot at Nogueira and Maidana? PSP’s Dan Walsh looks at how economics, corruption, and declining or stagnant foreign competition are changing the transfer marketplace for MLS.

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Polls

Poll results: Here’s what you think of the Union’s offseason

PSP wanted to know what you thought about the Union’s offseason. Here’s what you told us.

Breaking News

Hackworth confirms Zat Knight talks

Philadelphia Union’s manager indicated the team is considering several center back acquisitions, including the Bolton captain.

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Breaking News

Union eying two Delaware County sites for practice complex

Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz called the need for a practice facility the team’s top priority during his annual State of the Union conference call. A complex could include multiple fields, including some open for public use. Also, Alejandro Moreno will not return as a Union TV analyst in 2014.

Union

Nick Sakiewicz, behind the curtain

Nick Sakiewicz isn’t going anywhere. He explained why to PSP and laid out more than we ever knew about the Union’s ownership group, his thoughts on Toronto’s big spending, the Mo Edu contract and more.

Union

Former Real Madrid, Benfica players among Union trialists

Former Union midfielder Fred, Villanova midfielder Mike Seamon and former Toronto forward Fuad Ibrahim are among the other players training with the Union this week. UPDATED

Analysis

Killing the offseason

After a mostly dormant December, Philadelphia Union have suddenly and dramatically revamped their midfield. PSP thinks they look like a playoff team, save for one not-so-small thing.

Union

Are the Union’s offseason pieces falling into place?

PSP talked to sources around MLS, including John Hackworth, and has some updates on all the team’s pending player personnel moves (Valdes, Nogueira, Edu, Anding, Parke’s replacement) a week before training camp.