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Daily news roundups / Featured

Marfan to train with Sunderland? Additional troubles for WPS. More news.

SBI tweets that Michael Farfan is going on a training stint with Sunderland. WPS future again in question after court ruling. Draft news and Peanut Chews. Argentina v Brazil at the New Meadowlands. More news

Daily news roundups

Insert Adu wordplay here, All-Star update, SuperDraft news

Freddy Adu wants to play in Europe, All-Star game might be in Philly or somewhere else, new mock SuperDrafts, a great review of the homegrown player rule and more.

Featured / Local / Reading United AC

Buy local: Local players draw MLS eyes in draft

Last year, Reading United alum C.J. Sapong was MLS Rookie of the Year. This year, Matt Hedges and a host of other players with ties to RU and the Philly area will be in play for Thursday’s MLS amateur draft. PSP runs them down.

Featured / The Pine Barrens League

The Pine Barrens League, part 6: The battle against the Donovans

Schnauzer and company continue their play to the finals. This time they face the Donovans.

Daily news roundups / Featured

MLS All-Star game in Philly?-Not so fast says DN. More news.

Daily News reporter Kerith Gabriel tweets that reports of MLS All-Star game in Philly are premature. Abby Wambach and Marta say they may not play in WPS in 2012. More mock drafts. Combine news. Dempsey hat trick. More news.

Daily news roundups

Wenger wins Hermann, 5 Union players in U-23 camp, more news

Former Reading United star Andrew Wenger was named top college soccer player of the year, five Union players are back in the Olympic camp, Omar Gonzalez suffers a crushing injury, Allentown native Billy Schuler heads to Norway, and more news.

Featured / Season Reviews / Union

Season review: Peter Nowak

Peter Nowak has a lot of roles to play for the Philadelphia Union. From bringing in players to organizing them on the pitch, 2011 was a mixed bag for the Union chief. But if he learned one thing this year, it was how to interact with the fans. Through Twitter and a better understanding of what it means to be the face of a beloved franchise, Nowak embraced the Union’s 12th man. What will 2012 hold for the biggest name on the Union?

Featured / Local / Union

IS IT SOCCER SEASON YET?

The PSP offers some gut reactions to the release of the Union’s 2012 schedule.

Featured / Match stats / MLS / Statistics

Moaning about the unbalanced schedule

While the claim that the strength of schedule differences between conferences is real – the West has a tougher conference – is the claim that differences in the strength of schedule exist between teams supported by statistical analysis?

Daily news roundups / Featured

Reaction to schedule, More Adu, Indy’s plans, Henry loan official, more news

Roundup of reaction to 2012 Union schedule. Adu says, “my dream is to play in Spain.” Riley on Indy’s draft plans, McNeill and Buczkowski re-signed. Henry loan to Arsenal official. Ching says he will go to Montreal. More news.