The PSP offers some gut reactions to the release of the Union’s 2012 schedule.
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Moaning about the unbalanced schedule
While the claim that the strength of schedule differences between conferences is real – the West has a tougher conference – is the claim that differences in the strength of schedule exist between teams supported by statistical analysis?
2012 Philadelphia Union schedule released
Home opener on Mar. 18 will be against Colorado. 14 games will be nationally televised. The Union will host New York, DC and New England at PPL twice.
Season Review: Roger Torres
The PSP takes a look at the Union’s little engine that could and hopes the team will secure his future in Philadelphia.
Season review: Freddy Adu
Freddy Adu had an eventful 2011. PSP recaps the grand redemption tale of American soccer and looks at the question of whether he’ll even be in Philadelphia in 2012 to see it through. Read on for PSP’s season review of Adu.
Season review: Michael “Marfan” Farfan
The Union couldn’t believe he was available in the second round. Now the rest of the league can’t believe they passed him up. Michael Farfan came into his own in the second half of the 2011 season. Can he build on it in 2012?