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2011 Independence schedule released

February 17, 2011 by Ed Farnsworth 1 comment

The 2011 Independence schedule is now avaialble.

Culture, Fan Culture, Featured, Local

Bark Tees

February 17, 2011 by Ed Farnsworth 3 comments

Bark Tees is a local company that specializes in unofficial Philly sports team t-shirts. Founder Ben Lee talks to the PSP about his love of Philly sports, how Bark Tees got started, the help the Sons of Ben have given the company, and more.

Daily news roundups, Featured

Holder update, Greek details, more news

February 17, 2011 by Ed Farnsworth 6 comments

Details of the Union’s preseason training trip to Greece. Holder college coach says signing announcement “premature.” Two Independence plus three locals with US women U-23 team in Spain, more news.

Featured

Thorne Holder signed?

February 16, 2011 by Ed Farnsworth 2 comments

Tweets are a’ twittering that Thorne Holder has signed with the Union.

Featured, USMNT, World Cup

In the books: The Ten Shirt

February 16, 2011 by Ed Farnsworth 2 comments

The PSP reviews “The Ten Shirt,” a novel that imagines an alternate reality in which the US is in the 1982 World Cup final.

Fan Culture, Featured, Local

Becoming official

February 16, 2011 by Ed Farnsworth 4 comments

Mike Quarino, Vice President of Ticket Sales and Fan Relations for the Union, talks about what it takes to become an officially recognized supporters group; namely, all of the hard work and less glamorous things that the Sons of Ben do so well like being truly organized. He also says the club is “all for re-classing more sections into a ‘standing section'” if the demand is there.