Philadelphia Union have announced the date of their 2012 home opener.
Featured
Okugo, Pfeffer in Germany, 5 Union on tour, WPS trouble
Okugo and Pfeffer are training in Germany but soon they’ll join MacMath, McInerney and Mwanga on a tour of the Netherlands, praise for Keon, WPS in big trouble, Tim Ream training in England (!?)
Raves: Veljko Paunovic
Uncomplaining, patient, hardworking, dedicated – Veljko Paunovic deserves this rave.
More on Khalfan, Arena on foreign training stints, Chandler goal, more
More from Vancouver blogs on Khalfan (they will miss him). Houston blog finds old quote from Montreal’s Jesse Marsch calling Ching a diver. Arena thinks players overseas not necessarily a good idea. Video of Chandler goal for Nuremberg. More news.
Raves: Sebatien Le Toux
When the goals are coming it is easy to have a good attitude. It is when they are not that true character is revealed. With the heart of a lion and the will of a champion, Sebastien Le Toux has it in spades.
America’s first footballers
In honor of Thanksgiving, we take a look at the football played by Native Americans when English colonists first began to arrive with a focus on the game played by the original inhabitants of the Delaware Valley, the Lenni Lenape.