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Follow Friday – USL, MISL, Blogs, and News

Stealing a page from Twitter’s playbook, today’s piece is dedicated to highlighting some great news outlets for professional soccer in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Upper 90 – Derek Meluzio Derek does great work covering soccer in the Harrisburg area and following the Harrisburg City Islanders. I have really enjoyed some […]

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Union fans wanted for team rock song

Update on “Join or Die”, Jay D Clark’s song about Philadelphia Union: Clark is looking for some Union fans to add some singing and chanting to a final version of the track. If you’re interested, email management@jaydclark.com. You’ll get credit on the song and might appear in the video. Clark expects […]

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Samuel Dalembert, The Union's Biggest Fan

ESPN.com covered the 2009 MLS Superdraft from the floor and has uploaded some interviews to their site. 76ers 6’11” center Samuel Dalembert was in attendance at the draft, complete with a Union scarf. Dalembert was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and has been doing work to raise awareness after the earthquake, but […]

Orozco linked to Union
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Orozco linked to Union

American defender Michael Orozco has been linked to Philadelphia Union after breaking his contract with San Luis of Mexico’s Primera division. Orozco, 23, had been starting for the team but was released from his contract so he could join Philadelphia, according to a report today by Univision. He can play […]

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Local singer rocks new Union song

Philadelphia Union now have an unofficial team song. No, not a supporters group chant. A rock song, by legit musicians. And it’s pretty good. Local musician Jay D Clark laid down the track, “Join or Die”, with Chuck Treece, a well-known session artist who has performed with Pearl Jam, Billy […]

Union: Best MLS draft ever?
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Union: Best MLS draft ever?

Philadelphia Union’s expectations just got a whole lot higher. The Union stole the show at Thursday’s Major League Soccer amateur draft in Philadelphia, wheeling and dealing to acquire two extra first round picks to load up on youth before grabbing a couple of potential later round steals. That wide haul […]

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New Wonderland

Oregon State has a pretty good State of the Program video… because Danny Mwanga is a pretty good player. The first minute features two Mwanga highlights; check out his speed in the first one and the technique on display in the second. So the Philadelphia Union will build their attack […]

Union draft Mwanga, Okugo, McInerney, Stahl
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Union draft Mwanga, Okugo, McInerney, Stahl

Philadelphia Union selected Oregon State forward Danny Mwanga today with the first pick in the MLS Superdraft in Philadelphia. The Union followed that by taking UCLA midfielder Amobi Okugo and U-17 international Jack McInerney with the sixth and seventh picks, acquired via trades in the last day. Then Philadelphia used […]

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Union trade for another 1st round pick

Philadelphia Union acquired the No. 6 pick in today’s draft by sending allocation money to Dallas. The deal gives the Union three of the draft’s top seven picks and is the club’s second trade in the last 24 hours. “The opportunity to move up and select another player who we […]

Union trade for Fred, first round pick
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Union trade for Fred, first round pick

Philadelphia Union acquired Brazilian midfielder Fred and the 7th pick in today’s MLS college draft from D.C. United. The Union traded the first slot in Major League Soccer’s allocation order to D.C. United, allowing United to sign U.S. international goalkeeper Troy Perkins, who had been playing for Vålerenga in Norway’s […]