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.

Coronavirus / Union

Guesses about the Union’s unannounced regular season schedule

PSP’s Tim Jones pulls together what is so far known about MLS’s resumed 2020 regular season. Cathcart the Crystal Ball is alive and waking up.

Coronavirus

PSP Seven-a-side draft: Designed for huge, open, outdoor space

Former Bethlehem Steel FC lead writer Tim Jones picks his squad for seven-a-side matches to be played outdoors in lots of open space.

Commentary

Outside the box towards a 2020 game schedule

Tim Jones speculates about three ways MLS and its players could cope with an acutely concentrated schedule and maintain health and effectiveness among those players.

Philadelphia Union II

Union II acquire teenage Spanish midfielder on loan

Tim Jones adds a few details to the Union II’s announcement of on-loan teenage Spanish midfielder David Rabadan, including what the team’s new white Jerseys will look like.

Union II preseason squad in Florida 2020, 2nd Clearwater camp.
Analysis / Philadelphia Union II

Facts and educated guesses about Philadelphia Union II

The picture of the Philadelphia Union II — pun fully intended — begins to come into focus.

Commentary

Preseason observations: Philadelphia Union 2-3 FC Dallas

PSP’s Tim Jones shares his observations from the livestream of Wednesday’s mid-morning preseason scrimmage against Dallas.

Analysis / Philadelphia Union II

Takeaways from Sven Gartung’s first media conference call

Getting acquainted with Union II’s new head coach.

Philadelphia Union II

Union II announce Sven Gartung as new head coach

Ernst Tanner announced the coaching staff for Philadelphia Union II, including a new role in the organization for Brendan Burke.

Preseason

Preseason not a match report: Union 1, Montreal 0

Observations from Wednesday night’s live-streamed scrimmage.

Analysis

Four to watch in preseason

PSP’s Tim Jones wonders who might “break out” during this preseason as Brenden Aaronson did last year.