Season review: Bethlehem Steel roster evaluation, part one
PSP’s Tim Jones evaluates the first-team and Academy players who played for Bethlehem in 2019.
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.
Season Review
Analysis
A pro-rel what-if in the USL
After a rough season for Bethlehem Steel, PSP’s Tim Jones takes a look at what the USL Championship and League One would look like if relegation were on the table.
Analysis
Continue the development!
Tim Jones indulges in a wildly impractical — but imaginative! — scheme for youth player development during the three-month offseason.
Analysis
Replacing the registas
Even though the Union are in the playoffs with a home game no less, It is time to start thinking about the 2020 rosters for Bethlehem and Philadelphia. The front office certainly must be.
Analysis
A look at the Union’s salary structure
The MLSPA published updated salary information for the league last Friday. PSP’s Tim Jones correlates Union salaries with the club’s roster structure and categories.
Analysis
The Nashville-Miami expansion draft
PSP’s Tim Jones puts forth an early guess at whom the Union will protect in the November 19th expansion draft.
Analysis
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.
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.
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