Attendance at USMNT matches is down 23%. The USMNT has lost its first two Hex matches for the first time ever. The malaise surrounding the team is obvious. What do you think?
Commentary
What do the Union need this off-season?
PSP’s Dan Walsh runs down Philadelphia Union’s likely off-season needs.
Ken Tribbett’s errors obscure larger facts in Union playoff loss
Ken Tribbett will have nightmares for years about Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore, but there was more to the Union’s playoff loss than that, PSP’s Dan Walsh writes. Also, a note on the retiring Conor Casey.
Making the playoffs is an achievement. Enjoy it.
Worry about the offseason when we get there, says Peter Andrews. The Union aren’t dead yet.
Union playoff appearance more formality than achievement
When Roland Alberg was caught on camera apparently telling Tranquillo Barnetta to “f*ck off” during Sunday’s loss to NYRB, it seemed to sum up the Union’s late season collapse into the playoffs, PSP’s Dan Walsh writes. But that wasn’t the only thing.
The Union’s collapse is not a regression to the mean
The Union should be a good team right now. Instead, they’re collapsing toward the playoffs so poorly that they don’t deserve the off-season, and the coaching staff deserves some of the blame, writes PSP’s Dan Walsh.