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Eric Ayuk and the tale of Rainbow FC

Is Eric Ayuk’s former club exploiting a loophole in FIFA’s ban on third party ownership with Ayuk and other MLS players? PSP’s Dan Walsh lays out the story of a fascinating business operating on soccer’s frontier.

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John McCarthy: He’s one of us

Sean Doyle on new Union starting goalkeeper John McCarthy.

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Season Reviews: The sillier moments of the year

Chaco’s kids, Mo’s kicks, and a horde of goalkeepers: Peter Andrews on some of 2014’s sillier situations.

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Season Review: Antoine Hoppenot’s ups and downs in 2014

Unable to find the back of the net, or even many minutes with the Union, Antoine Hoppenot took his loan opportunity with Harrisburg City Islanders to become a better, more confident player. His next step is to again prove himself in MLS in 2015.

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Interview: Orlando City SC head coach Adrian Heath

Orlando City SC head Coach Adrian Heath talks to PSP about trading for Amobi Okugo and drafting Danny Mwanga and Pedro Ribeiro.

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Season Review: Reevaluating John Hackworth’s firing

PSP’s look back at the 2014 Union season moves on to a reevaluation of John Hackworth’s firing and considers the factors that led to it.

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Season review: Reevaluating the Maurice Edu Trade

PSP’s Peter Andrews reconsiders the Maurice Edu trade, on all fronts.

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Okugo to be traded to Orlando City

Source tells PSP that Amobi Okugo will reject Philadelphia Union’s bona fide contract offer and sign with Orlando City SC. Updated

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Season Review: Austin Berry – What went wrong?

Kevin Kinkead recounts Austin Berry’s first season with the Union, which began with high expectations, and ended with disappointment after injury, illness, and a slide down the depth chart under Jim Curtin.

Featured / Philadelphia Soccer History

The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 5: Local college-based football after the 1863 Laws of the Game

Our series continues with a look at college football in Philadelphia after the 1863 Laws of the Game, and how rival rules of the game resulted in what would become American gridiron football supplanting soccer-style football in intercollegiate sport.