MLS

The quiet departure of Carlos Valdes

by Dan Walsh × on January 8, 2013 at 11:30 am × 43 comments

Most accept that Carlos Valdes will leave the Union this winter. Few know exactly why. PSP explores this mystery.

Featured / MLS / Union

Designing the kit

by Ed Farnsworth × on January 2, 2013 at 12:11 pm × 17 comments

Sometime soon, the Union will release their new third kit. PSP talks to adidas America’s Mike Walker, who manages the kit design of all 19 MLS teams, about the design process.

Featured / MLS

MLS-USL deal is huge for American pro soccer

by Dan Walsh × on December 24, 2012 at 11:31 am × 9 comments

The proposed MLS-USL partnership is a big deal, and not just because Philadelphia Union and the Harrisburg City Islanders pioneered it. It could be one of the most significant developments ever in American professional soccer. PSP explains.

Featured / MLS

Califf heads big names available in Re-Entry Draft

by Dan Walsh × on December 4, 2012 at 4:39 pm × 10 comments

The Union now have their chance to bring back Danny Califf, if they want to. PSP previews the upcoming MLS Re-Entry Draft with a look at Califf and other intriguing players available. UPDATED.

Featured / MLS

MLS Cup Final Recap: LA Galaxy 3–1 Houston Dynamo

by Jeremy Lane × on December 1, 2012 at 7:38 pm × 2 comments

Most predictions had LA winning the MLS Cup for the second year in a row. That’s what happened, but the Galaxy could have won more comfortably than they did.

Featured / MLS

Suck it up and root for Houston: MLS Cup Final Preview

by Eli Pearlman-Storch × on November 30, 2012 at 2:08 pm × 6 comments

In what is truly a case of the lesser of two evils, Union fans should don their unused Flyers orange and support the Dynamo in Saturday’s MLS Cup Final.

Featured / MLS

The silly season — and why it’s uniquely silly in soccer

by Dan Walsh × on November 27, 2012 at 11:50 am × 3 comments

The silly season has begun for U.S. soccer fans, but if you think the off-season rumor mill in baseball is crazy, the beautiful game puts it to shame. Here’s why.

Featured / MLS / US Soccer History

Greatest season ever? Wondolowski v Lassiter

by Steve Holroyd × on October 31, 2012 at 10:30 am × 1 comment

Though Chris Wondolowski equaled Roy Lassiter’s 1996 record of 27 goals in season, he did so with more games played (and more PKs scored). Which player had the greatest season by a goalscorer in MLS history?