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Farming the Union, Cultivating the Fans

March 1, 2010 by Tim Uhrich 8 comments

With today’s announcement of an exclusive partnership with USL-2 side Harrisburg City Islanders, the Philadelphia Union has laid the ground work for a highly developed farm system. Already with a working partnership with PDL side Reading United AC, the Union have now established links to …

Harrisburg City Islanders, Local, Union

Union partner with USL-2 Harrisburg

March 1, 2010 by Dan Walsh 1 comment

Philadelphia Union will partner with the Harrisburg City Islanders of USL-2 in a development contract could see Union players loaned to Harrisburg to get more playing time, the clubs announced today.

Daily news roundups

Daily news roundup

March 1, 2010 by Dan Walsh 0 comments

American international Maurice Edu scored in stoppage time to lead Glasgow Rangers to a 1-0 win over Celtic in the Scottish Premier League. This is one of the biggest rivalries anywhere in soccer, and the celebration was pretty nuts.

Union

Rookies score for Union in 2-2 draw

February 28, 2010 by Dan Walsh 0 comments

Rookies J.T. Noone and Jack McInerney scored today to lead Philadelphia Union to a 2-2 draw against Chivas Guadalajara. McInerney had a hand in both goals, scoring in the 50th minute and feeding Noone for the second goal less than five minutes later to push the Union out in front.

Wonderland

Street Soccer Commercial

February 28, 2010 by Alfredo Silva 0 comments

Some nice street soccer with Capoeira action.

Union

Union "friendly" ends in near-brawl

February 26, 2010 by Dan Walsh 0 comments

Philadelphia Union lost an exhibition match that ended 12 minutes early Thursday to avoid an all-out brawl. Three Union players were sent off in the club’s 3-1 loss to the Atlas U-20 squad, while Atlas saw two players ejected. Few details beyond that were available from the match in Guadalajara, […]