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.

Analysis

Examining the Union’s forthcoming contract negotiations

After compiling available contract data, Tim Jones forecasts 2021’s queue for contract renegotiations.

Analysis

Thinking about a possible MLS Reserve League

In the absence if any official announcements or much other evidence, Tim Jones thinks about some details that might characterize the rumored and widely assumed future MLS Reserve League.

Commentary

McKenzie’s and Aaronson’s current paths to Champions League play

Tim Jones deciphers internet sources to explain how Belgian and Austrian first-division teams teams qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

Breaking News

Union transfer Mark McKenzie to Belgium’s KRC Genk

The Delaware native gets his move to Europe as the Union earn one of the highest transfer fees for a defender in MLS history.

Analysis

Thinking through Union absences for 2021 international play

PSP’s Tim Jones presents a worst-case analysis of Union international absences in the season ahead — an important consideration as the club builds a new roster.

Breaking News

Union II announces end-of-season roster moves

Union II announce that three professional players have survived towards 2021’s unknown competitive future.

Analysis

Examining the Union’s 2021 roster: Replacement versus addition

PSP’s Tim Jones builds projected depth and roster charts for the 2021 Union, and ponders what roster moves on which Ernst Tanner and Chris Albright may be working.

Commentary

A look back at Brendan Burke

With Brendan Burke set to leave the Union organization, PSP’s Tim Jones remembers what he learned covering Bethlehem Steel FC’s only head coach.

Analysis

The meaning of two Best XI Homegrowns

Tim Jones iconoclastically unpacks what it meant for Brenden Aaronson and Mark McKenzie to make the 2020 MLS Bext XI.

Commentary / Union

The five new Homegrowns

Tim Jones discusses realistic expectations for 2021’s five new Union home grown players.