Articles written by: Dan Walsh

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.

Featured / Season Reviews / Union

Season review: Brad Knighton

Brad Knighton came into the season as the underdog backup goalkeeper, but he won the starting job and played well. PSP reviews his season.

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Seitz, Fred available in MLS re-entry draft

Philadelphia Union made Chris Seitz and Fred available for the first MLS re-entry draft next week, meaning each could be playing for a new team next season. PSP has the breakdown and a look at who’s available to the Union in this MLS version of free agency.

Featured / Season Reviews / Union

Season review: Juan Diego Gonzalez

Juan Diego Gonzalez quickly showed he was a solid starting center back, but do his high salary and Michael Orozco Fiscal’s emergence make him surplus? PSP has a look in our season review on Gonzalez.

Featured / Union

Bon voyage, Shea Salinas & Alejandro Moreno

Philadelphia Union just lost their most exciting player and a veteran team leader. They chose to protect their star-crossed goalkeeper instead of the guy he lost his job to. Quite a strange day. PSP breaks down today’s expansion draft, with observations on what it means for the Union and a look at the overall draft.

Featured / Union

Expansion draft shock

Salinas and Jacobson unprotected. A trade for another holding midfielder. What gives? PSP looks at who Philadelphia Union exposed for Wednesday’s draft, as well as other big names around the league who could get drafted.

Featured / Union

The Union’s next few days

The next few days will see some players leaving Philadelphia Union. Who goes? Who stays? And how could trades factor in? How does it all work, and when does stuff happen? Here’s what to watch for between over the next few days.

KYW Philly Soccer Show / Podcasts

KYW’s Philly Soccer Show

The round table chat is on for this week’s podcast, and everything’s up for discussion: the expansion draft, Philadelphia Union roster moves, the future of Women’s Professional Soccer, the MLS Cup, and American adventures in Liverpool.

Annual Awards / Featured / Season Reviews

PSP’s 2010 awards

Today marks one year since PSP launched, and we’re celebrating it by handing out a bunch of awards we just made up. Check out the first annual PSP awards marking the best and most memorable things of the season. Not only do Danny Mwanga and Sebastien Le Toux make appearances, but so too do Joe Biden and John Blutarsky from Animal House.

Featured / Season Reviews / Union

Season review: Shea Salinas

No Philadelphia Union player dazzled quite the way Shea Salinas did this season. Now if only he could stay healthy. PSP has a season review of the guy with the jet packs in his cleats.

Daily news roundups

Philly hater signs in England, other news

The SoBs and Union try to kick hunger, New England signs a 15-year-old player, Eric Wynalda to coach Chivas USA, and Philly hater Robert Pires finally finds that pretty place to live — in Birmingham, England, the heart of British industry.