It was the goal heard around the American soccer world — or at least, it was one of them last week. J.T. Noone keyed the week’s most improbable comeback with a 22-yard goal to lift Harrisburg to a near-miraculous upset in the US Open Cup.
Author: Dan Walsh
Player of the Week: Andrew Wenger
Andrew Wenger might make a habit of this: He’s PSP’s Philadelphia Player of the Week after scoring in his first start for Montreal.
The Philadelphia-Ankara connection
What do the Union have in common with a team in Turkey? PSP connects the dots, dissects Saturday’s game-winning goal, offers a suggestion for the U.S. Open Cup, and raves about NBC Sports and Landon Donovan in this Five Thoughts piece.
Player of the Week: Chase Harrison
Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Chase Harrison played for 10 teams over the last seven years, but he didn’t get his first MLS start till Saturday. He sure made it count.
PSP is looking for writers
PSP is looking for writers interested in writing about youth soccer, the U.S. Open Cup, Reading United, the Harrisburg City Islanders, high school and college soccer, the fan’s point of view on Philadelphia Union, and more. Click on to for more details. (UPDATED.)
Philadelphians Abroad
Morgan Langley (pictured) scores for Harrisburg, Bobby Convey and Jeff Larentowicz face off, Dan Gargan makes news on and off the field, and more in this week’s Philadelphians Abroad roundup.