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.
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PSP Union Postgame Show: Philadelphia Union 3-0 Columbus Crew
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 roundup: Union win, Blake out, Morris and Altidore win the Gold Cup
Both the Union and USMNT won last night, but Andre Blake may miss some more time. Today’s news.
Gold Cup final recap: USMNT 2–1 Jamaica
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.
Match report: Philadelphia Union 3-0 Columbus Crew
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.
The life — and murder — of a U.S. Soccer president
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.
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