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Fan’s View: What motivates your Union ticket purchase?

by Scott Ellis × on May 28, 2014 at 11:55 am × 37 comments

With Philadelphia Union playing so badly, Fans’ View writer Scott Ellis looks at the factors that determine whether you buy tickets to see the team.

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Fans’ View: The 33% 2014 Power Rankings

by Seth Finck × on May 21, 2014 at 10:51 am × 8 comments

Seth Finck thinks its time for some Union-specific rankings to help make some sense of this season’s roller coaster of varying disappointments and tiny triumphs

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Fans’ View: How do you rate Coach Hackworth?

by Scott Pugh × on May 14, 2014 at 11:09 am × 44 comments

Many Union fans are angry with the team’s performance and calling for John Hackworth’s firing. Scott Pugh examines how, outside of wins and losses, a coach’s performance might be objectively evaluated.

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Fans’ View: How much is this going to cost?

by Staci Klemmer × on May 7, 2014 at 11:05 am × 22 comments

Providing youth players with quality playing and training experience can get expensive. Staci Klemmer considers the costs.

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Fans’ View: Getting defensive

by Scott Ellis × on April 30, 2014 at 10:44 am × 9 comments

With the offense misfiring, can Union fans find beauty in defense?

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Fans’ View: The U-Goldberg Device

by Seth Finck × on April 24, 2014 at 10:45 am × 9 comments

Soccer teams are like a Rube Goldberg device. Sometimes that device makes breakfast. Seth Finck is getting hungry.

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Fans’ View: Will we ever get a Steven Gerrard?

by Scott Pugh × on April 16, 2014 at 10:45 am × 12 comments

Liverpool’s run toward the EPL title and the image of Steven Gerrard crying with joy after last week’s big win prompt the question for one Philadelphia Union fan: Will a hometown boy ever find that glory with the Union?