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.

Philadelphia Union II

The Steel should lock in Burke

by × on October 25, 2017 at 10:15 am × 7 comments

Brendan Burke has grown since the beginning of the Bethlehem Steel project, and his departure would be a significant loss.

USL Match report

Match report: Louisville City FC 4-0 Bethlehem Steel FC

by × on October 21, 2017 at 1:40 am × 5 comments

Louisville controlled the match against a Bethlehem side that couldn’t overcome the absence of Santi Moar and the presence of some very one-sided officiating.

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Meaningful late-October soccer, in Louisville

by × on October 18, 2017 at 11:45 am × 6 comments

This week the Bethlehem Steel are getting the attention their season’s performance deserves. Playoff soccer is a different animal. PSP reviews the key points of the regular season games, guesses the Steel’s line-up, and identifies a potentially key Louisville personnel difference.

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Steel playoff update

by × on October 14, 2017 at 10:30 pm × 3 comments

With a win Bethlehem will finish 6th and play at the Tampa Bay Rowdies. With either draw or a loss, they will finish 8th and play Louisville in Louisville Friday night.

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Steel clinch playoff spot

by × on October 12, 2017 at 10:43 pm × 3 comments

Bethlehem Steel FC qualify for the USL playoffs for the first time in their modern history since the Tampa Bay Rowdies eliminated Orlando City B 2-0 Thursday evening. They could finish 8th, 7th or 6th, and will have an away playoff game the weekend of October 20-22.

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Bethlehem Steel: Progress at striker

by × on October 12, 2017 at 10:15 am × 7 comments

The numbers back the eye-test. Cory Burke and Seku Conneh are much more productive strikers in the 2017 season. Standing pat worked.

Analysis

Chaos: The Canadian Premier League, NASL, and USL

by × on October 5, 2017 at 10:46 am × 16 comments

Soccer Canada has approved the Canadian Premier League for play in 2018. NASL met Friday to try to appeal from U. S. Soccer’s demoting them from division 2. The only certainty about the future of minor league professional soccer in North America is that it won’t be the same in 2018.

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The Steel and the playoffs — it’s gonna be close

by × on October 4, 2017 at 11:00 am × 0 comments

PSP looks at the Steel’s playoff chances, both the old-fashioned eyeball instinctual way and using Chris Sherman’s statistics. the techniques both old and new say it will be extremely close against Red Bulls 2 for the final slot and the right to go to Louisville on Friday October 20th.

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Match Report Bethlehem 2-2 Tampa Bay

by × on September 28, 2017 at 7:45 am × 0 comments

Bethlehem Steel score two equalizers to take a point from the 4th place Tampa Bay Rowdies, only the second point they have taken from an eastern conference top four side all season. But both have occurred in the last 12 days.

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Match report: Bethlehem 3-2 Pittsburgh

by × on September 25, 2017 at 3:30 am × 2 comments

Bethlehem Steel FC returned to the playoff picture with a big win over Pittsburgh, thanks to big days from Santi Moar, Adam Najem, and Cory Burke.

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