Local connections abound as the Union select Southampton, Pa.native Ryan Richter from La Salle with the fifth pick of the first round. Defender Josh Walburn from Princeton was the second round pick. Wilmington, De. native and FC Delco alumni Matthew Marcin was picked from Providence College in the third round.
PSP grades a draft that saw the Philadelphia Union selected goalkeeper Zac MacMath of Maryland, midfielder Michael Farfan of North Carolina and F/M Levi Houapeu of UMBC.
The PSP travels on the Founding Members bus to the SuperDraft. Updates on events as they unfold will be posted all day.
Since the first MLS draft in 1996, ten goalies have been drafted in the first round. The results are decidedly mixed. Does it make sense for the Union to use their first pick on a goalie?
With just about 24 hours to go before the MLS SuperDraft, a look at Corey Hertzog, Zarek Valentin and Michael Tetteh and their Union prospects.
The Inquirer reports that the Union has a shirt sponsor – Bimbo Bakeries. By the way, it’s pronounced “Beembo.”
The Union announced on Wednesday the signing of Zach Pfeffer as their first Homegrown Player. The 15-year-old is the fourth youngest player to sign a MLS contract.
Soccer is not often seen as an American sport, but MLS – for all it’s flaws – is America’s version. Steeped as it is in American history, Philadelphia needed a manager who considered the MLS his sport, and the MLS Cup his championship. Peter Nowak was widely praised as that manager when he arrived. After a complicated season, where does Philadelphia’s manager stand now?
Chris Seitz went in the MLS Re-Entry draft and then got traded for a amateur draft pick. Why didn’t the Union do that rather than let him go for nothing? A look at the Union’s missed opportunities in the first MLS Re-Entry Draft.
Possibly the most exciting prospect on a team full of them, can we expect big things from the under-20 US international in 2011? Yes we can…
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