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Daily round-up: Jet, Pfeff, and MLS in France

RSL has a jet! What!? A Zach Pfeffer profile, a red card for tackling a streaker, Paul Riley wins the Charlotte Moran Award, and CNN calls Major League Soccer the MSL. Sigh.

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Soccer for Union scabs

Swerving Suarez, shots from distance and Eto’o does it like only Eto’o can.

Daily news roundups

Starting young, more news

Stories on the Union website emphasized youth soccer over the weekend. Big East “lukewarm” on Villanova using PPL for football, thank goodness. Seattle beaten by Portland and Vancouver. Goal-line technology possible at 2014 World Cup, more news.

Featured / Union

Full Union broadcast schedule: All over the dial

The full Union 2011 broadcast schedule is released. The team joins the rest of Philadelphia’s sports world on Comcast SportsNet.

Casa Soccer League / Local Leagues / Photo essays

Casa Soccer League

Although the MLS season is just around the corner, there’s still plenty of soccer going on in Philadelphia. Here’s a photo essay by PSP photographer Daniel Gajdamowicz of the Casa Soccer Indoor League, now in full swing and in Week 6.

Featured / Union

Can we just get to the soccer already?

With the Year Two bearing down on us, the Union’s preseason off the field leaves a sour taste for even the most rabid supporters.

Daily news roundups / Featured

Tweets from Greece, previews and more

Tweet roundup from Greece (it’s a slow news day!), season previews, more on FC Dallas as the Land of Misfit Former Union Players, owner of local soccer blog affiliate bought by the owner of another local soccer blog affiliate, you weekend TV listings and more.

Featured / Independence

Independence well represented on US national squads

As the Independence start preseason training, six players are absent with the best excuse in the world: they’re representing the USA.

Daily news roundups / Featured

Le Toux inks marketing deal, more news

Le Toux signs major marketing deal. Official Philadelphia Union Soccer Schools announced. Making cuts is not easy. Marcelo Bielsa to become USMNT technical director? More news.

Featured / Union

“Let us play the game and be ready for March 19”

Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com’s The Goalkeeper has posted further quotes from Wednesday’s press conference with Peter Nowak.