A strong defense, question marks on the attack, and more youth than anyone else in Major League Soccer. This is your Philadelphia Union. The PSP takes a closer look in our season preview.
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“Most MLS players can’t play abroad” debunked
As some skeptics talk about a potential Major League Soccer strike, it’s become common to say MLS is the only league many of the league’s players could make it in in, as if to say, “Strike here, and you won’t play anywhere.” Here’s how Philadelphia Union proves otherwise.
Union to train in Mexico, other morning news
Philadelphia Union will head to Guadalajara, Mexico, for a one-week training session later this month. Let’s see if the snow follows them there like it has to Greensboro, N.C. Union manager Peter Nowak tells the Inquirer he plans to tailor his system to the players, not vice versa. Does that mean […]
Union start training, Lehigh grad joins team
Philadelphia Union began their first training camp on Tuesday in Springfield, Pa. Fifteen of the Union’s 19 players took part in the first of four training sessions set for the Healthplex Sports Club, with training consisting mostly of stretching and agility drills. Field workouts are set to begin next week […]
Local players taken in MLS draft
Lost in all the Philadelphia Union hype was that several local players got drafted by MLS clubs on Thursday. Allentown’s Jason Yeisley, Lehigh University’s Adam Welch, FC Delco product Kevin Tangney and Villanova University’s Mike Seamon all made the cut at the draft. Yeisley and Welch are former players for […]
Mwanga skips combine, Union deal next?
Oregon State forward Danny Mwanga skipped Major League Soccer’s scouting combine this weekend amid reports that Philadelphia Union would pick him first in Thursday’s draft. Mwanga, an 18-year-old sophomore originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was set to head to play in France but apparently changed his mind after […]