Because Philadelphia made major changes during the World Cup break, we revisit the pending end-of-year roster decisions that will reflect performance under the new arrangements.
Analysis
Union II Midseason Roster Review 2026: Goalkeepers and Defenders
Alex Hayden concludes the 2026 Union II midseason roster review with a nod to both PSP founding editor-at-large Dan Walsh and Tim Jones, whom Walsh first assigned this annual task to in 2016.
Union II Midseason Roster Review 2026: Midfielders
Alex Hayden continues the Union II midseason roster review as assigned ten years ago by PSP founding editor-at-large Dan Walsh.
Union II Midseason Roster Review 2026: Forwards
Obedient to the Dan Walsh command given in 2016, Alex Hayden begins another midseason Union II roster analysis ten years later.
A further step towards proving a concept
Tim Jones discusses how the U. S.’s 2026 World Cup roster further proves the concepts underlying the Philadelphia Union’s academy, and then analyses what that proof means for the current needs of the Union’s player development system.
Unofficial Philadelphia Union Discipinary Report
As the Union traverses its first sequence of midweek MLS games, Tim Jones has aggregated the team’s accumulated yellow cards, finding two immediate threats of suspension and a possible move to mitigate the most likely one(s) when it/they occurs/occur.