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Press Conference

Transcript: Jay Sugarman on the Earnie Stewart hiring

Transcript of Jay Sugarman’s conference call with reporters on Earnie Stewart being named as sporting director.

Daily news roundups

Union land Stewart for SD, recaps and reactions to Sunday’s season ending win, more

Union announce Earnie Stewart will be club’s sporting director beginning Jan 1. Recaps and reaction to Union win in season finale. More news.

Breaking News / Press release

Official: Earnie Stewart named Union’s Sporting Director

Stewart will be club’s sporting director, effective January 1, 2016.

Postgame

Postgame video and quotesheet: Union 1-0 Orlando

Mike and Eli’s postgame wrap. Interviews with Nogueira and Blake. Transcript of Jim Curtin’s postgame press conference.

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Union match reports

Match report: Philadelphia Union 1-0 Orlando City SC

Sebastien Le Toux earned and scored a penalty to give the Union a win in their final game of 2015.

Philadelphia Soccer History

Philadelphia and the other first professional soccer league in the U.S.

Philadelphia was central to the formation of the first two pro soccer leagues in the US, the National League baseball-backed American League of Professional Football, and the American Association of Professional Football, which played its first games before, and outlived, the ALPF.

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Daily news roundups

Readying for Orlando, Nogs wants to stay, mini-pitch, more

Season finale on Sunday against Orlando. Nogueira wants to stay with the Union. Union unveils mini-pitch in Chester. More news.

SEPA Soccer Hall of Fame

News from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Hall of Fame

Info on the Coats for Chester collection drive and the Hall’s new Facebook page.

Soccer on TV

Footy on the Telly, October 23-29

Your weekly listings of live soccer on TV, online, and on satellite radio.

A View from Afar / Commentary

On Earnie Stewart, Octavio Zambrano, Shep Messing and the Union GM search

PSP’s Dan Walsh looks at the case for Earnie Stewart as the head of Union soccer operations and shares some new information on how the search process has changed post-Sakiewicz.