Contributors to the Shield
PSP’s Tim Jones examines the role Bethlehem Steel FC played in developing contributors for the Union’s 2020 roster beyond the Academy boys.
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 / Philadelphia Union II
Analysis
Was the Union’s defense tiring?
Tim Jones examines the Union’s recent tendency to give up late-game goals.
Commentary
The $6 million sale was not the big story
Tim Jones takes a deep dive into the news that Philadelphia Union II will no longer compete in the USL Championship and changes to the developmental pipeline coming next year.
Analysis
Thinking about Austin FC’s expansion draft and the Union
Tim Jones makes some assumptions about an Austin FC expansion draft, and speculates about whom the Union might protect and expose.
Philadelphia Union II
The unsettled future of Union II
Tim Jones explores the reports that Philadelphia Union II will leave USL Championship to join an MLS professional reserve league.
Commentary / Philadelphia Union II
A very close look at Union II’s 2020 players
Tim Jones discusses the Union II players whose two-year trial period is expiring, and those who have made significant contributions to the season.
Analysis
The Union first team’s 2021 roster
With the transfer window now open, Tim Jones looks at what he thinks he knows about the Union’s roster for 2021.
Analysis / Philadelphia Union II
Union II’s decimated striker corps
Tim Jones reviews the Union II’s striker situation and a possible reason why they have scored so few goals.
Commentary / Philadelphia Union II
A look at Union II’s roster: Part one
Tim Jones digs into the new role of the Union Academy in filling the USL squad’s roster.
Analysis / Philadelphia Union II
The end of Union Academy amateur U18/19s
Tim Jones runs down the changes in the national youth development structure that may lead to the end of the Union Academy’s amateur U18/19 team.
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