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Player ratings, Union

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

October 22, 2019 by Mike Servedio 21 comments

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

Resilient Union exorcise a decade of demons

October 22, 2019 by Peter Andrews 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

October 22, 2019 by Earl Gardner 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

October 22, 2019 by Chris Gibbons 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

October 22, 2019 by Sean Griswold 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

October 21, 2019 by Sean Griswold 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.