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Bethlehem Steel FC

by Ed Farnsworth × on April 20, 2011 at 10:49 am × 12 comments

Bethlehem Steel FC were the most successful American soccer team of the first half of the Twentieth Century, rising quickly from an informal local side to professional national powerhouse in less than twenty years.

Daily news roundups / Featured

Ruiz for goal of the week, more news

by Ed Farnsworth × on April 20, 2011 at 10:43 am × 2 comments

Ruiz nominated for Goal of the Week. Saturday’s draw means drop in power rankings. Okugo makes Best XI. RSL news ahead of CONCACAF CL final first leg. Mail bombs in Glasgow. Getafe “Team Dubai” rebranding, still time to support the Anderson Monarchs film. More news.

Featured

Feilhaber to Revs after Union pass

by Dan Walsh × on April 19, 2011 at 9:05 pm × 8 comments

UPDATED: Philadelphia Union could have had U.S. international midfielder Benny Feilhaber after Chivas USA chose not to take him with their top allocation draft position. Instead, the Union passed, and New England took him.

Featured / Local

When 1-0 is not enough…

by Eli Pearlman-Storch × on April 19, 2011 at 10:57 am × 26 comments

Before so much as kicking a ball, the Philadelphia Union made Carlos Ruiz the new face of the franchise. But his lazy play is in marked contrast to a Union team that finished 2010 ripe with confidence and chemistry. After unseating Danny Mwanga in the starting lineup, is the chemistry problem Ruiz?

Daily news roundups / Featured

MOF still absent, Feilhaber unlikely, El Clasico excitement

by Adam Cann × on April 19, 2011 at 9:45 am × 3 comments

Will Nakazawa write a Union song on his ukulele? Will any team splash the cash for Feilhaber? Will you miss any of the next three Madrid/Barca showdowns? And more news…