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A pro-rel what-if in the USL

by Tim Jones × on October 23, 2019 at 11:30 am × 3 comments

After a rough season for Bethlehem Steel, PSP’s Tim Jones takes a look at what the USL Championship and League One would look like if relegation were on the table.

Daily news roundups

News roundup: A charter to Atlanta, soccer returns to Chester High, and NWSL announces Louisville team

by John Osborn × on October 23, 2019 at 10:17 am × 6 comments

Plus Jordan Morris wins Comeback Player of the Year, two local teams advance in Open Cup, Qatar tries to air-condition the outdoors, and much more.

Player ratings: Philadelphia Union 4-3 New York Red Bulls

by Mike Servedio × on October 22, 2019 at 1:36 pm × 21 comments

Individual grades from the Union’s first ever playoff win.

For Pete's Sake / Union

Resilient Union exorcise a decade of demons

by Peter Andrews × on October 22, 2019 at 1:30 pm × 8 comments

Sunday afternoon was so Union… until it wasn’t. PSP’s Peter Andrews on a team no longer haunted by the past.

Photo essays / Union

In pictures: Philadelphia Union 4-3 New York Red Bulls

by Earl Gardner × on October 22, 2019 at 12:03 pm × 19 comments

The end of a decade-long slump for the Union, and the end of an era for PSP.

Analysis / Union

Playoffs and paper bags

by Chris Gibbons × on October 22, 2019 at 10:21 am × 16 comments

Some thoughts on a match that was downs and ups and ups and ultimately UP.

Daily news roundups

News roundup: Union in the record books, Sacramento joins MLS, fan violence in Mexico

by Sean Griswold × on October 22, 2019 at 9:00 am × 8 comments

The Union’s playoff match against the Red Bulls was one for the record books, while MLS continues expansion by adding Sacramento as its 29th team. Louisville is also getting a soccer team, joining the NWSL in 2021. A brawl in the stands occurred during a match in Mexico causing the match to be abandoned.

Philadelphia Union II / USL Match report

Match report: Charleston Battery 5-1 Bethlehem Steel

by Sean Griswold × on October 21, 2019 at 10:30 am × 3 comments

The Bethlehem Steel fell to the Charleston Battery 5-1 in their season finale on Saturday afternoon, making it the fourth time in the last five games that the Steel have given up five or more goals in a match.