A look at the race for first place
PSP’s Tim Jones offers a non-statistical look at what the Union must do — and what help they must get — to finish the season in first place in the East.
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
Analysis
What happened to the Union’s centerback advantage?
Why has a previous position of strength become shakier?
Commentary
Updates on the Union Academy
PSP’s Tim Jones identifies a new source for information about the Academy from the Union website.
Analysis
On the signing of Jack de Vries
PSP’s Tim Jones explains how the 17-year-old lefty’s signing shows how Ernst Tanner is subtly changing the player development model within Keystone Sports’ soccer teams.
Commentary
Two points on Bethlehem’s Lousiville win
Bethlehem not only beat Lousiville City FC for the first time ever on Saturday, they did it at narrow, dual-surfaced Slugger Field in the city at the falls of the Ohio River where the defending champs had not lost since April.
Analysis
Union Academy prospects with big decisions before NCAA preseason
Late July and early August are times when new Academy talent may sign with the Union or the Steel.
Analysis
Looking ahead at the season’s midpoint
This coming offseason will bring a new collective bargaining agreement between MLS and MLS’s Players Association. And there will be a players association organized in USL Championship as well.
Analysis
Steel’s “on loan” players at mid-season
PSP assesses the Bethlehem Steel 2019 players that are on loan trying to earn contracts to remain with the club for the next 12 to 24 months.
Analysis
Assessing Bethlehem’s contract players at mid-season
The mid-year analysis of Bethlehem’s players, begun last Thursday with the first-teamers who come down, continues with those under contract to the Steel.
Analysis
The countdown clock for Union prospects
Planning for the future is a continuous process, and by a season’s midpoint conversations are very likely underway about the next season’s roster. PSP begins its customary mid-season roster analysis with the first-teamers who usually come down to Bethlehem for their game minutes.
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