Skill, preparation, and chance
The Union aren’t close to being a good team. They are, however, closer than you might think to being in the thick of things.
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Explaining the Steel’s 2017 road record
Bethlehem Steel head coach Brendan Burke explains why the 2017 road record is already 250% better than 2016’s — two points and the away records table.
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Some Union players still have much to fight for
Hopes are low for the team finding success with what’s left of the season, but there are still several players with things left to prove by the end of the year.
Commentary / Featured / Union
The Union, the process, and the No. 10
There has been ample time for Philadelphia Union to acquire help at the No. 10. Through two transfer windows, the Union found nobody. PSP’s Adam Cann lays out the problem in depth and takes the front office to task on it.
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Doubting the process
The Union held a town hall meeting for season ticket-holders but refuse to let anyone else know what happened. PSP’s Adam Schorr thinks he knows why.
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You should be happy the Union aren’t signing a No. 10 this summer
Steve Whisler is relieved the Union passed on Nicolás Martinez.
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On miracles and passion
Another up and down season has this writer watching the game but not loving it. All it took was a moment of Brazilian brilliance to begin to unlock the love.
Commentary / Philadelphia Union II
A Machiavellian response to USL’s complaining owners
If USL were to expel its player-development sides, NASL could succor them, solve its problems, and make two equal division two leagues in North America a permanent situation.
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In defense of Roland Alberg
The Union have a problem. After a very public confrontation on Wednesday night, Roland Alberg is the most disliked player on the team. With fans, media, and teammates all angered, Nick Fishman comes to Alberg’s defense.
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On concussions
The rules for treating concussions properly and the rules governing a soccer game are incompatible, as Derrick Jones’s recent injury may help to illustrate. That incompatibility is, and continues to be, unacceptable.
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