Raves: Justin Mapp
We tip our cap to Mapp – the slightly underachieving, immensely talented, somewhat balding left wing Union sensation!
We tip our cap to Mapp – the slightly underachieving, immensely talented, somewhat balding left wing Union sensation!
He’s the youngest Union player, one of the smallest, and maybe the most daring. Jack McInerney, here’s your rave.
The Union closed out PPL Park’s first season with an energetic and victorious performance in front of their tireless and rowdy fans.
One PSP contributor tells how his friend got jumped, beaten with a tire iron and carjacked at 9th and Morton streets in Chester on Tuesday night, while on his way to the U.S.-Colombia match.
Everyone loves Sebastien Le Toux, but goal-scoring doesn’t matter if you can’t stop the other team, as Philadelphia Union fans learned the hard way. Now that the shutouts are finally coming, it’s largely because of center backs Danny Califf and Michael Orozco Fiscal. PSP raves about the center back pairing of the Union’s present and hopefully the future.
Only 8,823 fans showed up for Tuesday’s USMNT match vs. Colombia at PPL Park. Just 2,250 came for the USWNT-China match. Why did so few people show up? PSP lays it out.
Tonight’s U.S.-Colombia match at PPL Park gave Bob Bradley an opportunity to call on a number of in-form, European based players to stake their claim to spots in the US setup for the next four year World Cup cycle.
UPDATED: An Edson Buddle goal from a David Beckham corner kick was the difference as the Union fell to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Galaxy before a record crowd at PPL Park. PSP has postgame analysis, player ratings, photos and video highlights.
Tonight’s U.S. national team match vs. Colombia wraps up a seven-day stretch of soccer unlike any other. It’s the last of four matches over seven days at PPL Park. PSP previews each.
The Galaxy are a very good MLS team. What do the Union need to do in the offseason to join the league’s elites?
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