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Players of the week: Bethlehem Steel FC

As the USL season wrapped up, Bethlehem earned their first trip to the playoffs. PSP looks at why the Steel are our “players of the week.”

In pictures: Bethlehem Steel 1-1 St. Louis FC

Rob Simmons was on the scene as Bethlehem Steel FC drew against St. Louis.

News roundup: Portland Thorns claim crown

Steel claim 8 seed in USL Eastern Conference, Gulati defiant, and the rest of the day’s news.

Match report: Bethlehem Steel FC 1-1 St. Louis FC

Bethlehem ended the regular season with frustrating home draw, with Matt Real scoring his first goal as a professional.

Match report: Chicago Fire 3-2 Philadelphia Union

Despite an improved performance, the Union’s road woes continued in their final away match of the season as they lost the lead to a potent Chicago Fire led by Nemanja Nikolic.

Steel playoff update

With a win Bethlehem will finish 6th and play at the Tampa Bay Rowdies. With either draw or a loss, they will finish 8th and play Louisville in Louisville Friday night.

PSP’s chat with Bobby Warshaw, American soccer’s most unique new voice

Harrisburg-area native Bobby Warshaw is perhaps the most unique voice in American soccer, and he talked recently with PSP’s Dan Walsh about his life after soccer, life behind the scenes for pro soccer players, new book, frustrations with Philadelphia Union, and recent time spent in a Syrian refugee camp overseas. As always, Warshaw is full of surprises.

Book review: When the Dream Became Reality, by Bobby Warshaw

PSP’s Dan Walsh reviews the recently published book by the retired player and Harrisburg-area product, finding it a wholly authentic view of American soccer players’ life behind the scenes.

Philadelphia Union vs. Chicago Fire quick reference

Get up to speed on the Union-Fire series history. We’ve got all of the match stats, highlights from our match reports and analysis, video highlights, and more.

Footy on the telly: October 13-20

Now that we don’t have to worry about booking a trip to Russia anymore…

We can watch UEFA Champions and Europa Leagues; the FIFA U-17 World Cup; a USWNT Friendly; all sorts of domestic and international league and college fixtures; and the Union as they play out the string, and player contracts, too.