Postgame analysis: Montreal Impact 0-2 Philadelphia Union
The Union diverged from some season-long trends Saturday as they diverged from another trend and won their first road game in nearly a year. PSP’s Dan Walsh explains.
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Analysis / Union
Analysis / Union
All of the shots: Are the Union a bad attacking team… or what?
The advanced metrics love the Union, but the results don’t back that up so far. What’s going on?
Analysis / Statistics
Change, Part 2: Analysis – Does stability improve results?
In part 2 if our one-day series on change, Chris Sherman looks at the data to examine how having consistent managers and/or lineup correlates with match results.
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Youth development 2018-style: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.”
PSP has learned new things that reflect the Union’s commitment to youth development broadly defined, above and beyond what we are all seeing this preseason.
Analysis / Philadelphia Union II
Predicting the USL East
Our foolishly fearless forecast is made without benefit of any on-pitch observations.
Analysis / Philadelphia Union II
Pressure creates diamonds – the Steel’s 2018 schedule
The newly-released USL game schedule for 2018 demands that the Steel improve markedly as spring progresses through summer into fall.
Analysis / Philadelphia Union II
The Real, McKenzie signings’ implications for the Steel
While Bethlehem will need to sign another player to replace Matt Real for practice and to fill its minimum USL roster, recovering McKenzie back into the defense on game days plugs a significant hole with a proven USL player since both men are likely to play their games with the Steel next season.
Analysis / Philadelphia Union II
Roster-building: Bethlehem Steel 2018
Lessons from Bethlehem’s 2016 and 2017 rosters and 2018’s partial list allows an incomplete guess at 2018 in the Lehigh Valley.
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The Union, the expansion draft, and a depth chart
PSP guesses whom the Union will protect and expose in the LAFC expansion draft, within the context of its best understanding of the organization’s current depth chart.
Analysis / USL
Monday’s night’s player development lessons
While Red Bulls did not win Monday night’s first leg hosting Toronto in the playoffs, their excellent player development process was fully on display.
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