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Daily news roundups / Featured

Adu, du, du, Adoop, doop, doop, that’s all I want to say to U

KYW/PSP talk to Freddy Adu. Union news including power rankings roundup. Get your Independence WPS Semifinal tickets now because the match won’t be live on TV in the Philly area. More news.

Freddy Adu
KYW Philly Soccer Show / Podcasts

KYW Philly Soccer Show: Freddy Adu

Freddy Adu is the guest on the latest Philly Soccer Show, co-hosted by KYW’s Greg Orlandini and PSP’s Eli Pearlman-Storch.

Featured

MLS releases new DP rules for young players

MLS has announced new age-based rules for Designated Players that reduce the hit younger players make on a team’s salary cap. The new rules may reduce the amount Freddy Du will take up of the Union’s salary cap in 2012.

Featured / MLS

Standings showdown

Three of the Eastern Conference teams in striking distance of the Union in the Eastern Conference standings are each playing two games between Wednesday and Sunday. In an increasingly crowded playoff field, here’s what the standings might look like if the Union cannot secure three points in Columbus.

Featured / Match stats / Statistics

Stat chat: Union v Dallas

The Union remain undefeated when they score at least two goals in 2011. A look at Saturday’s numbers, comparing the first and second halves, plus a look at how Freddy did.

Daily news roundups / Featured

Nowak tweets, more news.

As reports emerge of rapidly falling temperatures in Hell, Peter Nowak joins Twitter. Le Toux on taking PKs. A plague of locusts. Changes in DP rules forthcoming. Four riders seen on white, red, black, and pale horses. More news.

Featured / Player ratings / Union

Player Ratings and Analysis: Union 2-2 Dallas

Le Toux nets two and Freddy Adu gets his feet wet in the Union’s 2-2 draw with Dallas. We’ve got player ratings and analysis.

Daily news roundups / Featured

Adu debut, Le Toux for two, Angel rumors, more news

The news of Adu’s debut and Le Toux’s two goals on Saturday was pushed out of the spotlight on Sunday as Twitter popped with news of a possible move by Juan Pablo Angel to the Philadelphia Union. Independence drop final game of the regular season to finish second.

Featured / Union / Union match reports

Match report: Union 2-2 FC Dallas

Sebastien Le Toux put away two penalty kicks to earn the Union a late point against FC Dallas. (UPDATE: Video highlights added to post.)

Featured / Photo essays

Union v FC Dallas in photos

PSP photographer Daniel Gajdamowicz was on the sidelines for Saturday’s match between Philadelphia Union and the FC Dallas. Here’s a photo essay of all the action.