Newer thoughts about Philadelphia Union II’s 2021 competitive platform
Recent USL announcements cast doubt on a possible MLS U23 Reserve League in 2021, but hints are emerging that Union II will play a meaningful developmental schedule.
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What can the Union expect from Stuart Findlay?
English soccer writer and reporter James Nalton provides a detailed look at the team’s newest signing, Stuart Findlay.
Analysis / For Pete's Sake
An unexpected departure: thoughts on Ray Gaddis’s retirement
PSP’s Peter Andrews processes the sudden news of Ray Gaddis’s departure, and looks ahead to how the Union might replace him.
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Examining the Union’s forthcoming contract negotiations
After compiling available contract data, Tim Jones forecasts 2021’s queue for contract renegotiations.
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Thinking about a possible MLS Reserve League
In the absence if any official announcements or much other evidence, Tim Jones thinks about some details that might characterize the rumored and widely assumed future MLS Reserve League.
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Thinking through Union absences for 2021 international play
PSP’s Tim Jones presents a worst-case analysis of Union international absences in the season ahead — an important consideration as the club builds a new roster.
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Force majeure? A look at the current MLS labor situation
With the pandemic continuing to wreak havoc on MLS’s finances, PSP’s Steve Holroyd breaks down where things now stand between the league and the players.
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Examining the Union’s 2021 roster: Replacement versus addition
PSP’s Tim Jones builds projected depth and roster charts for the 2021 Union, and ponders what roster moves on which Ernst Tanner and Chris Albright may be working.
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The meaning of two Best XI Homegrowns
Tim Jones iconoclastically unpacks what it meant for Brenden Aaronson and Mark McKenzie to make the 2020 MLS Bext XI.
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A look at potential internal roster replacements
With key players likely to leave the Union this offseason, Tim Jones takes a look at potential replacements from the organization’s position pipelines.
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