Although the MLS season is just around the corner, there’s still plenty of soccer going on in Philadelphia. Here’s a photo essay by PSP photographer Daniel Gajdamowicz of the Casa Soccer Indoor League, now in full swing and in Week 6.
As the Independence start preseason training, six players are absent with the best excuse in the world: they’re representing the USA.
Boyerstown High School and FC Delco alumni Nicole Barnhart has signed with the Philadelphia Independence
The 2011 Independence schedule is now avaialble.
Bark Tees is a local company that specializes in unofficial Philly sports team t-shirts. Founder Ben Lee talks to the PSP about his love of Philly sports, how Bark Tees got started, the help the Sons of Ben have given the company, and more.
Mike Quarino, Vice President of Ticket Sales and Fan Relations for the Union, talks about what it takes to become an officially recognized supporters group; namely, all of the hard work and less glamorous things that the Sons of Ben do so well like being truly organized. He also says the club is “all for re-classing more sections into a ‘standing section'” if the demand is there.
On the other side of PPL Park from the River End is the Bridge Crew, located in an area filled with families and youth soccer clubs. This means different standards of conduct prevail than you might find in more boisterous areas of the park and informs a mission statement that emphasizes positive, sportsman-like behavior. But that doesn’t mean they love the Union any less.
Our Series on the other supporters groups continues with the Corner Creeps, who are located in section 134 in the River End.
Our series on the other supporters groups continues with an interview with Jeffrey Mitchell and Kenny Hanson of the IllegitimateS.
Our series of interviews with “the other Union supporters groups” begins with Armando Rios of the Tammany Saints
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