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The regular season is no more. Neither is the away goals rule. That should mean one thing for the Union: ATTACK!!!!!!!!!
Philly Soccer Show podcast co-hosts Greg Orlandini of KYW NewsRadio and PSP’s Eli Pearlman-Storch are joined by Kerith Gabriel of the Daily News and James Clark of the Press of Atlantic City for a roundtable discussion of the Philadelphia Union’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against Houston Dynamo.
A great defense against a big bruising offense. Can the Union back four activate shutdown mode against a front line that wants to mix it up in the box?
Sunday’s game will kickoff at 5pm. Pauno questionable. Union have youth and experience. Nowak’s three factors for success. More morning news.
Both All-Stars. Both big. Both in their first season as a MLS starter. Who has the advantage in goal? The Union with The Dragon or the Dynamo with Tally Hall?
Looking back at the stats from the Union’s two regular season games against Houston, what were the keys to securing a 1-0-1 record? What will be the keys to prevailing over Houston in the upcoming playoff games?
Peter Nowak might have a claim to MLS executive of the year, but his questionable lineup choices have cost the Union points for two years. Now it’s playoff time, and there will be no decision more important for the Union than the starting lineups. This is Nowak’s time to prove he’s truly a great coach. Will he do it?
We kickoff our lead-up to Sunday’s playoff game with this quick reference guide for how the Union have done against Houston. Includes YouTube highlights of past games, match stats, links to and highlights from PSP’s match reports and analysis, as well as links to this season’s gameday guides.
The number of wins and draws in the last eleven games is almost an identical reverse of the first eleven games – what gives?. Also a quick look at the stats from Saturday’s draw before a look at the consistency question: having started seven different forward combinations and 15 different midfield combinations, where’s the offensive consistency supposed to come from?
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