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.
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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.
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 4: The first account of soccer-style football after codification?
Our series continues with a look at football in Philadelphia after the 1863 code, including what may be the first newspaper accounts of a soccer-style game in the city.
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 2: Colonial football
Our series continues with a look at football in colonial and post revolutionary Philadelphia.
Jay Sugarman finally steps up
Philadelphia Union principal owner Jay Sugarman. In a news conference. About the Union. Wait, what? Yeah. Really. PSP reacts with hearts aflutter.
Assessing the Curtin hire
Great move? Or unambitious and cheap? PSP’s Dan Walsh assesses Philadelphia Union’s decision to hire Jim Curtin as manager.