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Player of the Week: Fafa Picault

A brace to clinch a playoff spot and coast into a USMNT call-up? A brilliant Saturday night from Fafa Picault earns him Player of the Week honors.

Match Report / USL Match report

Match report: Indy Eleven 1-1 Bethlehem Steel FC

Bethlehem Steel are unable to steal fifth place from Indy Eleven on the road and still remain in playoff contention.

Philadelphia Union II

Baseball diamonds as soccer pitches

Playing soccer in a minor league baseball park provides lots of ready-made seats, parking, concessions, and lights. But a quality soccer pitch? Not so much, not even with the oil billions in the Bronx.

Player of the Week / Union

Player of the Week: Andre Blake

The Jamaican keeper is consistently amazing, and that’s the best kind of consistency.

Philadelphia Union II

Match report: Ottawa Fury 0-0 Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem went up to Canada’s capital and came back with a point.

Player of the Week / Union

Player of the week: Jay Simpson

Tripling your MLS goal scoring record will do that.

USL Match report

Match Report: Bethlehem 4 – 0 Toronto II

The game was a “must-win” against a team that had scored 16 goals in its previous six games. Bethlehem Steel FC prevailed 4-0 to remain in 6th place in the USL eastern conference playoff race with three more games to play.

People in the Stadium

People in the stadium: Steve and @fiiishbonez

Breakdancers. At a Union game. One is called Fish. PSP’s Gerald Van Wilgen continues his series of profiles of interesting people he sees around the stadium.

Philadelphia Union II

Organizational core principle: Maximize and fulfill potential

Tim Jones offers explanations why Bethlehem head coach Brendan Burke, USL Coach of the Month for August, was able to bring Bethlehem back into playoff contention.

Featured / Philadelphia Union II / Raves

Raves: Matt Mahoney, the underdog come good

Of the dozens of players who have trialed with Bethlehem Steel, only one has ever made the team and returned for a second year: former Temple Owl Matt Mahoney.