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Union acquire Nizar Khalfan, cut Gonzalez & Holder

by Ed Farnsworth × on November 23, 2011 at 4:59 pm × 16 comments

Union pickup midfielder Nizar Khalfan in the Waiver Draft after dropping Thorne Holder and Juan Diego Gonzalez. [Updated with video of Khalfan in action]

Montreal: The new evil geniuses of MLS

by Dan Walsh × on November 23, 2011 at 4:54 pm × 7 comments

Montreal fleeced Chivas, gave Brian Ching and Houston the ultimate boot to the face, took Justin Mapp off the Union’s hands, and made some really good expansion draft picks. PSP thinks Montreal might be the new evil geniuses in MLS.

Featured / Union

Mapp to Montreal

by Ed Farnsworth × on November 23, 2011 at 3:06 pm × 14 comments

Justin Mapp was selected by Montreal Impact in the Expansion Draft

Featured / Raves / Season Reviews / Union

Raves: Keon Daniel

by Ed Farnsworth × on November 23, 2011 at 11:20 am × 2 comments

Big, fast, technically gifted, versatile on both sides of the ball. He arrived unnamed and quickly became a fan favorite. Then his return from international duty played out like a tragicomedy.

Daily news roundups / Featured

Interested in Adu, new kit reaction, WPS troubles, Blatter says row over, more news

by Ed Farnsworth × on November 23, 2011 at 10:07 am × 8 comments

Impact interested in Adu ahead of today’s Expansion Draft. Reaction to the new Union kit. Some idiotic Englishmen talk MLS. WPS troubles deepen. Blatter says racism row is over and it wasn’t his fault. More news, including link to Expansion Draft live stream.

Featured / Union

Union unveil new jerseys for 2012

by Dan Walsh × on November 22, 2011 at 5:26 pm × 9 comments

The Union unveiled new jerseys for 2012 today. See that that photo? Yeah, that’s them. [Updated with video]

Featured / MLS

5 thoughts on the expansion draft

by Dan Walsh × on November 22, 2011 at 2:07 pm × 16 comments

Former Reading United star Zarek Valentin was left protected. PSP looks at him and and other big names available to Montreal in Wednesday’s expansion draft, as well as draft projections and a look back at the Union’s own expansion draft in 2009.

Featured / Union

Analysis: Union Protected List

by Eli Pearlman-Storch × on November 22, 2011 at 11:43 am × 8 comments

With their selections for Wednesday’s Expansion Draft, the Union protected all the right players. We evaluate who made the cut and who is on the outside looking in.