The other Keystone Sports playoff team
The Union Development Squad, the Academy’s oldest team, has made its UPSL conference’s qualifiers and is on the road towards the national playoffs.
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.
Union Academy
Analysis
2023’s contract status, expansion draft, and free agency
Tim Jones assesses how the Union might address the expansion draft, who the free agents are, and the first-team contract situations.
Analysis
MLS Cup opponents couldn’t have been built more differently
The Union and LAFC exemplify vastly different approaches to roster building, as Tim Jones explores.
Philadelphia Union II
A look at Union II’s second post-season friendly
Tim Jones watched Union II’s second post season friendly Wednesday and shares his thoughts on what he saw.
Commentary
Union II’s first 2022 post-season friendly
Tim Jones presents the data available about Philadelphia Union II’s first post-season friendly, a 3-2 win at home.
Commentary
Union II end-of-season roster review: Second-teamers
Tim Jones concludes the end-of-season Union II roster discussion by considering the second-team professionals.
Commentary
Union II end-of-season roster review: Amateurs
Tim Jones discusses the amateurs at the older end of the Union organization’s developmental pipeline.
Commentary
Union II end-of-season roster review: First-teamers
Tim Jones zeroes in on the first-team players who appeared for Union II this season.
Commentary / Philadelphia Union II
Looking at the Union’s developmental pipeline
With Union II’s season over, Tim Jones lays the foundation for a detailed examination of the developmental side’s roster.
Analysis / Philadelphia Union II
Saturday’s roster conundrum
Tim Jones guesses at the Union and Union II lineups for Saturday night in Chester and Toronto.
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