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Player ratings: Philadelphia Union vs. Columbus Crew

by Jim O'Leary × on July 27, 2017 at 10:45 am × 33 comments

The same teams, playing the same game, lead to significantly different results.

On concussions

by Tim Jones × on July 27, 2017 at 10:00 am × 3 comments

The rules for treating concussions properly and the rules governing a soccer game are incompatible, as Derrick Jones’s recent injury may help to illustrate. That incompatibility is, and continues to be, unacceptable.

Postgame / Video

PSP Union Postgame Show: Philadelphia Union 3-0 Columbus Crew

by Dan Walsh × on July 27, 2017 at 9:09 am × 1 comment

In case you missed it, here’s the PSP Union Postgame Show, interviews with Union players from the locker room, head coach Jim Curtin, Union fans after and before the game, and the postgame analysis and breakdown with Peter Andrews and Greg Orlandini.

Daily news roundups

Daily roundup: Union win, Blake out, Morris and Altidore win the Gold Cup

by Josh Trott × on July 27, 2017 at 9:00 am × 14 comments

Both the Union and USMNT won last night, but Andre Blake may miss some more time. Today’s news.

Featured / USMNT / USNT Recap

Gold Cup final recap: USMNT 2–1 Jamaica

by Jeremy Lane × on July 27, 2017 at 12:03 am × 10 comments

The United States defeated Jamaica in the Gold Cup final, 2–1, on Wednesday, with goals from Jozy Altidore and Jordan Morris. Jamaica lost their inspirational captain, Andre Blake, early in the first half.

Union match reports

Match report: Philadelphia Union 3-0 Columbus Crew

by Peter Andrews × on July 26, 2017 at 9:32 pm × 49 comments

Philadelphia brushed aside nine-man Columbus Crew 3-0 at Talen Energy Stadium, but an on-field confrontation between Roland Alberg and C.J. Sapong took some luster off the victory.

Philadelphia Soccer History

The life — and murder — of a U.S. Soccer president

by Ed Farnsworth × on July 26, 2017 at 11:01 am × 15 comments

In September 1953, Elmer Schroeder, U.S. soccer’s first American-born president, was brutally murdered in his West Philadelphia apartment. No one was ever convicted for his murder. PSP’s Ed Farnsworth writes about the life and death of a man who was an American soccer pioneer in more ways than one.