With the home opener less than two weeks away, the PSP asks the Union about what changes and improvements have been made that will affect the matchday experience in 2011. Among the topics covered are parking at PPL Park, the shuttle bus service, the new season ticket card and paper ticket scanners, as well as food and beverage offerings inside the park.
Le Toux to undergo MRI, MLS on ESPN tonight, fajita cookoff before Dynamo-Union match, and it’s Liverpool’s birthday!
More season previews. The Union trademark “Doop.” FSC in HD coming to Philly. Garber wants refs to “reward attacking soccer.” More news, including a crazy final in Australia.
A poll of MLS players ranks PPL Park the eighth most intimidating stadium in the league. Eighth?!? Union take a few days off. Support ‘Stache Bash. Lousy losers. Your weekend Footy on the Telly listings and more morning news
In a conference call on Wednesday, Union manager Peter Nowak talked about keeping the team’s tactics fluid, what the young talent is showing in camp, and cutting the goals in half this year.
Looking for a place to watch the Union’s season opener? You can watch the game with the PSP at the 700. Angelo’s Soccer Corner will be on hand to give away prizes.
Stories on the Union website emphasized youth soccer over the weekend. Big East “lukewarm” on Villanova using PPL for football, thank goodness. Seattle beaten by Portland and Vancouver. Goal-line technology possible at 2014 World Cup, more news.
The full Union 2011 broadcast schedule is released. The team joins the rest of Philadelphia’s sports world on Comcast SportsNet.
Le Toux signs major marketing deal. Official Philadelphia Union Soccer Schools announced. Making cuts is not easy. Marcelo Bielsa to become USMNT technical director? More news.
Peter Nowak spoke to reporters today via teleconference from Greece. He said the roster is not complete, that the club decided not to exercise the option to buy Orozco Fiscal at the end of his one-year loan on January 1. He said many are “looking at snaps rather than the big picture.”
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