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.
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.
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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.
Analysis
Roster Building: the Union’s two Sporting Directors
Tim Jones further develops what can be guessed about the Union’s roster asset valuations and the roster’s business prospects for the immediate future.
Analysis / Breaking News
MLS’s plan for a lower-division stepping-stone league
Tim Jones gives his observations on the news that MLS has a new lower division league project, first reported by the Athletic.
Breaking News
Union’s Champions League semifinal dates and times set
Tim Jones reports the dates of the Union’s CCL semifinal and adjustments to the regular season schedule, and examines the ramifications of those changes on the club’s roster.
Analysis
Breaking down the Union 2’s preseason
Union 2, a team without a league, appear to be done with their “preseason.”
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Philly to the semifinals
What lies ahead for the Union in SCCL’s semifinals, by the numbers.
Analysis / Union
Union international roster slots nine and ten
Why buy a tenth roster slot when you have just freed your ninth one? Tim Jones attempts to read the tea leaves.
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