Tim Jones

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.

Match report: Bethlehem Steel 1-1 Harrisburg City Islanders

by Tim Jones × on March 17, 2017 at 3:00 am × 1 comment

A hybrid side of Steel professionals and Academy amateurs holds Harrisburg City Islanders full preseason squad in the wind in Wayne.

Philadelphia Union II

Steel profile: Anthony Fontana

by Tim Jones × on March 15, 2017 at 10:30 am × 15 comments

Is Newark Delaware’s Anthony Fontana, a YSC Academy junior who practiced with the Philadelphia Union start-to-finish this preseason, their next home grown signing?

YSC Academy

YSC Academy seniors announce college choices

by Tim Jones × on March 10, 2017 at 10:00 am × 3 comments

Union-affiliated YSC Academy announces its seniors’ college plans, and 100% will be playing soccer somewhere.

Philadelphia Union II

USL hybrids, profits and imitating baseball

by Tim Jones × on March 7, 2017 at 10:00 am × 9 comments

As professional soccer evolves in the United States, it has begun to imitate the oldest of American pro sports. PSP’s Tim Jones explains.

Philadelphia Union II / USL Match report

Match report: Bethlehem Steel 1-0 Temple

by Tim Jones × on March 5, 2017 at 3:30 am × 3 comments

Steel blanked Temple on the back of an Adam Najem goal. Fellow Union players Brian Carroll, Giliano Wijnaldum and Marcus Epps also featured.

USL Match report

Match report: Villanova 2-3 Bethlehem Steel

by Tim Jones × on March 2, 2017 at 5:00 am × 0 comments

Santi Moar led Bethlehem to victory in another warmup for the Union’s USL affiliate.

Feature / Players to watch

Player to Watch: Derrick Jones

by Tim Jones × on March 1, 2017 at 10:00 am × 7 comments

Mental quick study Derrick Jones may become the first product of the Union Academy and wholly-owned affiliate Bethlehem Steel FC to start for the Union as a complementary player to Haris Medunjanin and Alejandro Bedoya.