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Bethlehem Steel are not the first player development side to implement a thorough-going youth movement. They are the first to rely heavily on teenage international players. They have six such among their total of nine international players.
Starting seven current or former academy players, a young Bethlehem Steel side dropped their Talen Energy Stadium debut 1-0 to visiting North Carolina FC.
Bethlehem Steel FC began its serious experiment with youth successfully in northern Alabama Sunday, defeating expansion side Birmingham 2-0 on goals by Kacper Przybylko and Zach Zandi.
Bethlehem has moved to a brand new fan base for 2019. Watching a player development side is not the same as watching a conventional one. Here’s what you need to know.
Bethlehem’s league has made some changes for 2019, as has Steel itself.
Tim Jones asked YSC Academy Schoolhouse Head of School Dr. Nooha Ahmed Lee about Sporting Director Ernst Tanner’s focus on the 17-t0-21-year-old player age group.
Philadelphia Union chief business officer Tim McDermott talked with PSP about the future of Bethlehem Steel FC in the Lehigh Valley.
PSP updates readers on ways the Bethlehem Steel FC player development project has changed since last October.
Bethlehem Steel FC now have eight players on their 2019 roster, completing a loan for Cameroonian U-23 international defender Steve Kingue January 25.
Steel FC have signed 2018 amateur standout defender Ben Ofeimu.
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