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.
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
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.
USL Match report
Match Report: New York Red Bulls 4-0 Bethlehem Steel
An undermanned Bethlehem squad equalled their disastrous 2017 outing in North Jersey, falling 4-0 against New York Red Bulls II.
Analysis
Charting how the Union and Bethlehem were assembled for 2019
Ever wanted to see how the Union and Steel rosters were constructed in visual form? Tim Jones provides a chart-based look at both teams.
Analysis
Derrick Jones’ time
Consider the departure of Bethlehem Steel and Philadelphia Union path breaker Derrick Jones.
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