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Match report: Union 0-2 Kansas City

by Eli Pearlman-Storch × on July 12, 2012 at 2:06 am × 27 comments

Sporting Kansas City ended the Union’s US Open Cup run in the semifinals on Wednesday night, earning a 2-0 victory in physical match.

Featured / Match previews / Union

Preview and tactics: Union vs Sporting KC

by Adam Cann × on July 11, 2012 at 12:00 pm × 8 comments

The Union want the cup. KC wants the cup too. Only one team can have it, which means Jack McInerney needs to remind SKC what a first half brace looks like.

Featured / Union

PSP talks to Union striker Antoine Hoppenot

by Adam Cann × on July 11, 2012 at 11:34 am × 6 comments

Antoine Hoppenot has been in spectacular form for the Union this season. PSP talks to him about his role on the team, adjustments he has made since college, and fitting into the Philly locker room.

Featured / Philadelphia Soccer History

Before Hoppenot, there was Fidelia

by Steve Holroyd × on July 11, 2012 at 11:07 am × 7 comments

A supplemental draft pick from New Jersey whose first language is French lighting up games as a super sub—sound familiar? Meet Pat Fidelia of the NASL’s Philadelphia Fury.

Fans' View / Featured

Fans’ View: That Doopin’ Feelin’

by Seth Finck × on July 11, 2012 at 10:42 am × 4 comments

Do you know what it feels like to ride a unicorn across a rainbow eating a perfect cheeseburger just after being given a pot of gold? Neither does Seth Finck, but he thinks Doop might be pretty close.

Daily news roundups / Featured

We want the Cup, more news

by Ed Farnsworth × on July 11, 2012 at 10:14 am × 11 comments

US Open Cup previews. Hackworth expects fast and physical game. KC want revenge. Union players all over the weekly awards. More news.

Featured / MLS / Union

The case for John Hackworth

by Dan Walsh × on July 10, 2012 at 12:02 pm × 14 comments

PSP makes the case to drop John Hackworth’s interim tag and keep him as Philadelphia Union manager on a more permanent basis.

Featured / Player ratings / Union

Analysis & player ratings: Union 3-0 Toronto FC

by Eli Pearlman-Storch × on July 10, 2012 at 11:29 am × 24 comments

In a battle of the cellar dwellers, the Union earned their second consecutive league victory, pounding Toronto FC in a match that could have been far more lopsided.