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.

Preseason / Union

Observations on the Slavia Prague friendly

by × on January 21, 2025 at 10:08 am × 4 comments

Tim Jones found a Czech language livestream of Philadelphia’s preseason friendly against Slavia Prague and took notes.

Analysis / Union

Anticipating 2025 Philadelphia Union international absences

by × on January 18, 2025 at 11:46 pm × 4 comments

We forecast the Union’s 2025 international call-ups and think about how those absences might be covered.

Breaking News

Recent Philadelphia Union news

by × on January 15, 2025 at 11:31 pm × 11 comments

We report the latest news of the Union from the last several days.

Breaking News / Commentary / Union II

Union II end-of-season roster decisions discussed.

by × on January 9, 2025 at 9:00 am × 2 comments

Union II has publicized its 2024 roster decisions, and PSP has now discussed them.

Photo By Earl Gardner
Commentary / Union

MLS salary cap details updated to 2025

by × on January 8, 2025 at 11:00 am × 6 comments

What to try to remember about the salary cap as we analyze the end of the Philadelphia Union’s 2025 roster build.

Analysis

Philadelphia Union’s 2025 salary cap structure: A counterfactual speculation

by × on January 8, 2025 at 9:00 am × 1 comment

Tim Jones speculates how 2025 GAM and TAM might approximately affect the Philadelphia Union’s 2025 salary structure.

Analysis / Union

The 2025 Philadelphia Union at New Year’s

by × on January 6, 2025 at 2:28 pm × 3 comments

As the year 2025 starts, we provide a possible depth chart of the Philadelphia Union, together with 2024 salaries.

Photo by Earl Gardner
Analysis

2025’s Garber Bucks, aka General Allocation Money

by × on December 19, 2024 at 5:14 pm × 7 comments

For the moment the Union would be second only to Atlanta for 2025 GAM.

Union

Union end-of-season roster decisions elaborated

by × on December 6, 2024 at 8:00 am × 6 comments

We detail the first steps in the Union’s roster build for 2025 and start to unravel what they might mean.

Analysis / Union

2024 San Diego Expansion draft

by × on December 5, 2024 at 8:00 am × 6 comments

We provide everything factual the is currently known about the pending San Diego expansion draft, and guess at whom the Union will protect and expose.

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