Commentary

On concussions

by Tim Jones × on July 27, 2017 at 10:00 am × 3 comments

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.

Fixing the Gold Cup

by Chris Gibbons × on July 22, 2017 at 1:27 pm × 3 comments

The Gold Cup is the premier competition for CONCACAF supremacy. It does little to further the US Men’s National Team’s international agenda, however, and getting “results” in the competition have little impact results in subsequent World Cups.

Commentary

Bethlehem Steel and the USL to MLS pipeline

by Joseph Williams × on July 20, 2017 at 10:30 am × 3 comments

Bethlehem Steel FC has already developed an MLS quality player, with two more potentially on the way. But what should fans really make of the Union’s USL setup?

Commentary

The missed opportunity in hosting Swansea City

by Jim O'Leary × on July 13, 2017 at 10:30 am × 20 comments

Summer friendlies are great money makers, but could the Union have made more money with a different opponent?

Commentary / Featured / Union

Is tonight’s game a rivalry match?

by Jim O'Leary × on July 6, 2017 at 12:00 pm × 22 comments

In the absence of a true regional rivalry, perhaps Union fans can look further afield to find a match worth getting worked up about.

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Halfway there: Gili starts, Haris’ defense, direct play, and other notes at the midseason mark

by Steven Whisler × on July 4, 2017 at 10:30 am × 7 comments

Giliano Wijnaldum has earned a starting role and why the change in Union fortunes is all about Haris Medunjanin.

Commentary

The Union ship of Theseus

by Chris Gibbons × on June 26, 2017 at 11:15 am × 19 comments

When Earnie Stewart took the helm of the Philadelphia Union, he inherited a fanbase so tired of failure as to mutiny against the team’s ownership. How each defines that relationship is a significant part of the team’s “now” narrative.