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Unirea Urziceni

February 18, 2010 by 0 comments

Liverpool’s Europa League campaign begins today against Unirea Urziceni. The surprise champions of the Romanian league made a good showing in the Champions League group stage, finishing in third place and only one point behind Stuttgart. Urziceni is located in southeast Romania. It takes almost half the town to fill […]

Daily news roundups

Daily news roundup

February 18, 2010 by Ed Farnsworth 0 comments

For a glimpse of what fans of one of the Union’s Axis of Evil are thinking about the new squad, check out this piece in a DC United blog. More on our fair city’s hosting of the USA v Turkey friendly on May 29 and 2018/2022 World Cup hopes from […]

Schoolyard Goalkeeping Sinks Arsenal Again

February 17, 2010 by Ben Tracy 1 comment

Anyone wondering to what extent goalkeeping can derail an otherwise very good team need only look at Arsenal. The Gunners’ goalkeeping situation reached farcical proportions today after young Polish ‘keeper Lukasz Fabianksi gifted Porto a 2-1 advantage in the first leg of their Champions League tie. Fabianski was filling in […]

Daily news roundups

Daily news roundup

February 17, 2010 by Ed Farnsworth 0 comments

The 24th annual Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association (EPYSA) Workshop will feature a Q & A session with Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz, an autograph session and on-field demonstration by Philadelphia Independence players, and lots of workshops with coaches from the youth, college and professional level as well as vendor […]

USMNT, World Cup

U.S. Men to take on Turkey in Philadelphia

February 16, 2010 by Mike Servedio 0 comments

The U.S. will take on Turkey at Lincoln Financial Field on May 29th in what will be their final tune up before the World Cup, according to the Associated Press. An official announcement is due out tomorrow at a press conference with mayor Michael Nutter, U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati, […]

Union

Union announce two new sponsors

February 16, 2010 by Dan Walsh 0 comments

Philadelphia Union announced two multi-year corporate partnerships Tuesday. Herr’s snacks will be the “Official Salty Snack of the team and stadium”, while SCA’s Tork products will be the “Official Paper Provider of the team and stadium”. This basically means Herr’s will sell all the chips and similar stuff at the […]