Tim Jones

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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.

Organization Professional Roster Analysis Depth Chart

by Tim Jones × on November 4, 2024 at 11:45 am × 9 comments

Here is the depth chart that ties all the discussions of individual players provided over the previous six installments into one visual whole.

Analysis / Union / Union II

Organization Professional Roster Analysis #5

by Tim Jones × on November 4, 2024 at 11:22 am × 0 comments

Photo courtesy Philadelphia Union Communications Since the Philadelphia Union’s season has ended and the club is undergoing a self-declared roster transition, we expand our usual end-of-year analysis of the younger professional prospects to include the first team as well. At the professional level there are two major subdivisions of the […]

Analysis

North Texas versus Union II: Deeper meanings

by Tim Jones × on November 4, 2024 at 11:00 am × 0 comments

Next Saturday’s professional-level player development league championship final means more than just the game because of what the competitors represent.

Analysis / Union / Union II

Organization Professional Roster Analysis #6

by Tim Jones × on November 3, 2024 at 2:58 pm × 0 comments

We finish our end-of-season discussion of the Union organization’s professional rosters, including current amateurs who currently play active roles.

Match Reports / Union II

Playoff match report: Philadelphia Union II 4 -0 Columbus Crew 2

by Tim Jones × on November 2, 2024 at 10:43 pm × 2 comments

Union II won its first hardware in team history Saturday night.

Commentary / Union II

Eastern Conference Final preview: Philadelphia Union II hosts Columbus Crew 2

by Tim Jones × on November 1, 2024 at 2:53 pm × 5 comments

For the first time ever Philadelphia’s professional level player development side will be playing for an actual trophy, so we are previewing a farm team’s match.

Analysis / Union / Union II

Organization professional roster analysis #4

by Tim Jones × on October 31, 2024 at 11:01 am × 2 comments

In part four of our roster survey we look at the first-team deep reserves who were stalwarts of Union II’s historic 2024 season, including the teenage midfield trio.