Preview: Union vs Dynamo
Houston needs three points off the struggling Union to make ground in the playoff race. Philly needs their young core to turn energy into results.
Houston needs three points off the struggling Union to make ground in the playoff race. Philly needs their young core to turn energy into results.
PSP photographer Daniel Gajdamowicz’s look at Wednesday night’s loss to Columbus Crew
A controversial, late penalty kept the Union from stealing a valuable road point on their first visit to Houston’s BBVA Compass Stadium.
Will John Hackworth make changes against a Houston team that attacks with all the subtlety of a charging rhino? It’s possible, but it would signal a limit to Hack’s belief in the guys that have breathed fresh life into the Union.
The Union are 2-0-2 against Houston all time. We’ve got all of the match stats, highlights from our match reports and analysis, video highlights, and more.
Danny Califf won’t be celebrating like he did against Orlando, as he’ll sit tonight vs. Chicago. Zach Pfeffer and two Union youth players get call-ups to the USMNT U-18s. Philly’s largest adult amateur league, the Casa Soccer League, plays its week 2 today. And more news.
Season preview time? PSP checks in with a look at Philadelphia Union’s conference and projects the Union to finish in 7th place.
DC and New York – those rivalries were obvious. But in only two seasons the Union have developed a few more. Who will join the list in 2012?
Montreal fleeced Chivas, gave Brian Ching and Houston the ultimate boot to the face, took Justin Mapp off the Union’s hands, and made some really good expansion draft picks. PSP thinks Montreal might be the new evil geniuses in MLS.
For the first time in too long, the best team in Major League Soccer won the MLS Cup. In a season in which MLS average attendance surpassed the NBA, NHL, and all but nine domestic soccer leagues in the world, that’s a great thing for professional soccer in America. PSP lays it out.
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