Articles written by: Tim Jones

Still learning soccer after nearly five decades. A southwestern Ohio buckeye transplanted to Chester County. Used to teach history, enjoys new ideas, sometimes bakes bread, is a sports fan, and loves apparently unconnected connections.

Match Reports / Union II

Huntsville City FC 2 (4) – 2 (3) Philadelphia Union II

The Philadelphia Union II lose in PKs on Friday evening in Huntsville.

Commentary

The Union organization’s most recent international call-ups

We share what we know about the activities of the organization’s players called up to duty during the just-completed March FIFA international break.

Match Reports / Union II

Philadelphia Union II 1 (3) – 1 (1) New York Red Bulls II

While Union II did not win in regulation surrounding the equalizer in stoppage time while a man down, they did win the shootout against Red Bull II in their home opener.

Match Reports / Union II

New England Revolution II 0 (4) – 0 (3) Philadelphia Union II

Union II kept a clean sheet against Revs II, but could not collect the second point from the penalty kick shootout.

courtesy Philadelphia Union Communications. A recent image of Sporting Director Ernst Tanner. 8/7/2020
Analysis / News / Union

MLS GAM amounts remaining per club as of February 28, 2025

A new posting of MLS’s Spring Roster Profiles includes remains amounts of of General Allocation Money which suggest whether more deals remain in each club’s future this year.

Commentary / Roster News / Union

The Philadelphia Union Roster Profile on 2025 Roster Compliance Day

The latest official Philadelphia Union roster profile has been published, so we do our best to make its informatiion available to our readers – for the record.

Analysis / Union

No surprises from coach Carnell

While the result in Orlando may have been a surprise, how it was achieved was thoroughly telegraphed by 2025’s Union preseason and 2023’s St. Louis CITY SC performance.

Commentary / Union II

The 2025 version of Philadelphia Union II as of February 19th

We collect and present everything we know and can guess about the 2025 Philadelphia Union II to date.

Preseason / Union

Preseason match report: Philadelphia Union 1-0 CF Montreal

We glean what we can from the Friday closed door Florida event, and an surprise second one Sunday afternoon someplace up north.

Breaking News / Preseason / Union

A rumor: Uruguayan Striker Bruno Damiani

A third major Union roster acquisition may “drop” in the next few days, although some last minute details remain to be resolved.