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Quick Reference

Union vs Portland quick reference

Get up to snuff with the Union-Timbers series history. We’ve got highlights from our match reports and analysis, video highlights, match stats, and more.

Philadelphia Union II

USL to create Division 3 all over again

Having spent two years working hard to win promotion from division three status, less than three months after succeeding has the league announced its new D3 entity in a complex gambit to absorb the remnants of NASL?

Daily news roundups

News roundup: Union seek points at home as questions swirl, USWNT beat Russia, and more

The Union head into an important game while many ask if it’s time for a formation change, USWNT win 4-0, and the rest of the day’s news.

Soccer on TV

Footy on the Telly April 7-14

This Week on TV (or online), you can catch the Union and Christian Pulisic twice as well as Tranquillo Barnetta.

Match previews / Union

Match preview: Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers

Will the Timbers to fly across the country and give the Union three artisanal, small batch, organic points?

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KYW Philly Soccer Show / Union

KYW Philly Soccer Show: Jamie Goldberg

Timbers reporter Jamie Goldberg joins the guys to preview this weekend’s matchup against Portland. Plus Bedyoa’s position and recapping the loss in D.C.

Press Conference

Summary of Jim Curtin’s weekly press conference

Jim Curtin talked about the importance of the Union’s upcoming three game homestand, tweaking the midfield shape, and juggling CJ Sapong and Jay Simpson in his midweek presser.

Analysis / Union

A business theory explains the Union’s season so far

New insights about the Union’s 2017 season, courtesy of a business theory from the London Business School called the Sigmoid Curve. (Yes, really.)

Analysis / Featured

On advanced stats in soccer, part 1: Navigating the soccer data desert

Adam Schorr tries to dig into advanced statistics to explain the Union’s 2016 fall, only to discover that soccer stats are awfully hard to come by.

Daily news roundups

News roundup: “2016 is not 2017,” preferred positions, CCL letdown, more

Jim Curtin’s weekly press conference gave fans a whole lot to think about and another year, another all-Liga MX CCL final.