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Philadelphia Union II

Union unveil Bethlehem Steel FC USL name and logo

Union unveil Bethlehem Steel FC name and logo for their new USL team.

Philadelphia Soccer History

Philly and the US Open Cup Final

As the Union prepare to host their second US Open Cup final, a look at Philadelphia-area teams in the final throughout the history of the country’s oldest national soccer tournament, which has had local winners ten times since 1914.

Philadelphia Soccer History

The founding of the Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Association

A look at the founding of the EPSA, originally known as the Foot Ball Association of Eastern Pennsylvania and District, in April, 1913, six days after the founding of the United States of America Football Association, known today as the US Soccer Federation.

Philadelphia Soccer History / US Open Cup

Philadelphia German Americans win the 1936 US Open Cup

On May 3, 1936, Philadelphia German Americans became the first amateur team, and the first team from the city of Philadelphia, to win the US Open Cup.

US Soccer History

Meet the Babe Ruth of American Soccer

Billy Gonsalves didn’t make US Soccer’s All-time Best XI, but Steve Holroyd explains how he is the Babe Ruth of American soccer.

Daily news roundups

KC news and previews, chemistry, BSFC on MLS Insider, more

News and previews of tonight’s big game in KC. Carroll says Union locker room has the chemistry to make it to the playoffs. Bethlehem Steel segment in latest MLS Insider on NBCSN. More news.

Philadelphia Soccer History

Philly soccer’s greatest dynamic duos

Conor Casey and Jack McInerney have developed a strong scoring partnership, another in a long line of Philly soccer dynamic duos. Steve Holroyd takes a look at the top goalscoring partnerships from Philly pro soccer history.

Philadelphia Soccer History

First women’s soccer team in Philly, 1922

Women’s soccer has come a long way. In Philadelphia in 1922, it came all the way from England.

Featured / Philadelphia Soccer History

Playing on hallowed ground: Connecting the Union and Bethlehem Steel

The Union honored the region’s soccer history with a Bethlehem Steel-inspired third kit. PSP’s resident Lehigh Valley voice, Chris Luczkowiak, explains how the club could further those connections by playing a US Open Cup match at Bethlehem’s Steel Field.

Featured / Philadelphia Soccer History

Why Bethlehem Steel FC?

When the Union take to the pitch at PPL Park on Saturday they will be continuing their own chapter in the long history of soccer in the Philadelphia area that stretches back to Bethlehem Steel FC and beyond.