Opportunity cost, offensive tactics, and roster planning
Tim Jones thinks through why the Union have regressed towards an attack reliant on crosses into the box.
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
Breaking News
Union announce Jack de Vries loan to Venezia
Tim Jones breaks down the Union Homegrown’s move to Italy.
Analysis
How will the Union manage World Cup qualifiers?
Quite a few Union players could miss time down the stretch. Tim Jones takes a detailed look at those absences and how the club might manage them.
Match Report
Match observations: Philadelphia Union II 3-1 West Chester United
Tim Jones reports from the most recent Philadelphia Union II match.
Analysis
Estimating the Union’s contract negotiation priorities
Tim Jones charts the contract situations of the Union’s roster, examining who might be next in line for a new deal.
Analysis
A new Union II roster update
A new Union II roster has appeared. Tim Jones breaks it down and guesses at a likely game day roster against a strong opponent.
Commentary
Mid-summer player development report
Here is PSP’s annual mid-season player development enumeration of the players in the pipeline.
Analysis
Follow-up on the new MLS player development league
The cracked, cloudy PSP crystal ball tries to see who some of the 20 MLS participants in the new player development league might be.
Breaking News / MLS
MLS officially announces a new professional league for 2022
MLS has officially announced starting a new professional player development league in 2022.
Philadelphia Union II
Match report: Philadelphia Union II 1-2 Ocean City Nor’easters
A friendly at the Power Training Complex saw the Union’s reserve side beaten by Ocean City.
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