PSP’s Dan Walsh weighs in on the Union’s draft and Zach Pfeffer trade, lays out the skinny behind Anderson Conceicao’s background and generally floats some words about all the Union’s recent moves.
Commentary
A look behind a different curtain: Arbitration 101
PSP contributor and labor lawyer Steve Holroyd lays out the arbitration process as revealed in the release of the latest documents in Peter Nowak’s lawsuit against the Union, and what to expect next.
Questions on the home(grown) front
Homegrown Jimmy McLaughlin is quietly out, Keegan Rosenberry and Darius Madison do not appear to be in, but Derrick Jones is. What’s going on with Philadelphia Union and Bethlehem Steel FC on the homegrown player front? PSP’s Dan Walsh has a look. Also, Bethlehem Steel FC needs a shorthand name. Time for PSP readers to step up.
On “free agency” and the future of MLS
Peter Andrews on how the limited grant of free agency in the most recent CBA presents a danger to the league’s status as a “single entity” under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
The latest Union coach speculation
Despite Jim Curtin getting the nod from ownership for a return next year, there has been some speculation about alternatives on the coaching staff. PSP’s Dan Walsh takes a crack at it.
The return of Brendan Burke
Why is the naming of Brendan Burke as head coach of Bethlehem Steel such a positive for the Philadelphia Union organization? Sean Doyle explains.