When Roland Alberg was caught on camera apparently telling Tranquillo Barnetta to “f*ck off” during Sunday’s loss to NYRB, it seemed to sum up the Union’s late season collapse into the playoffs, PSP’s Dan Walsh writes. But that wasn’t the only thing.
The Union should be a good team right now. Instead, they’re collapsing toward the playoffs so poorly that they don’t deserve the off-season, and the coaching staff deserves some of the blame, writes PSP’s Dan Walsh.
Union host Orlando on Sunday. Jay Sugarman on the Union’s new training complex and acquiring Alejandro Bedoya. More news.
Bethlehem went from being a mid-table team getting hot in July to a 12-game season-ending winless streak. Head coach Brendan Burke talked to PSP to reflect on the season, the lessons learned from it, and how that could impact Bethlehem going forward.
Barnetta will return to his Switzerland to play for his hometown club after the Union’s 2016 season.
Scott Pugh on how Saturday’s win over New England demonstrated how everything we hoped to see with the addition of Ernie Stewart is starting to happen.
Bethlehem Steel’s playoff chances may have ended once they loaned former USL all-star center back Mickey Daly to the Carolina RailHawks, seemingly for nothing. So why were Bethlehem and parent club Philadelphia Union so charitable? Tim Jones has a theory.
Union sign 17-year-old defender from Media, Pa. to a homegrown deal.
Bethlehem Steel FC have played multiple games without a full substitutes bench, going without a backup goalkeeper or backup center back.. What gives? PSP’s Tim Jones explains the situation.
Philadelphia Union introduced US international Alejandro Bedoya as the newest member of the club in a press conference with Jim Curtin and Earnie Stewart.
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