PSP roundtable: Post-season, but pre-postseason
You’ve pined for it and now it’s here. Before the playoffs, the PSP staff gathers for a post-season-but-pre-postseason roundtable.
You’ve pined for it and now it’s here. Before the playoffs, the PSP staff gathers for a post-season-but-pre-postseason roundtable.
Everyone knows the Union’s playoff history. PSP’s Nick Fishman reports from Jim Curtin’s weekly presser on what a win on Sunday would mean to the city and his team.
The Union host their first playoff game in eight years this Sunday. Fan’s View writer Ryan Sedwick is excited — and says you should be too.
It’s all about the narrative. If you’re so inclined, the Union just completed their best-ever season, will be hosting their second-ever home playoff game, and the future is bright. But that’s not the only way to read the last three games…
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The Union have 3 finalists for MLS end of season awards, while Canada looks for a big crowd when they take on the USMNT tonight. Women in Iran finally got to see soccer, while South Koreans won’t see their team play North Korea.
As the international break gets going, the USMNT handled Cuba easily on Friday night 7-0, and now turns its attention to “rival” Canada. The Bethlehem Steel earned a 1-1 draw north of the border as they faced Ottawa. In the Philly Unity Cup final, Liberia defeated the United States 3-0, marking their third straight Unity Cup Championship.
PSP photographer Paul Rudderow was on hand Sunday night as the Philadelphia Union finished out the regular season with a 2-1 loss to New York City FC.
Plus, Steel play tonight, Mike Petke was paid to play youth players, must-win game for Canada vs. USA, more.
Not much about Sunday’s Union game felt good for Union fans. There’s room for levity today.
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