Philadelphia Union just lost their most exciting player and a veteran team leader. They chose to protect their star-crossed goalkeeper instead of the guy he lost his job to. Quite a strange day. PSP breaks down today’s expansion draft, with observations on what it means for the Union and a look at the overall draft.
Vancouver take Shea Salinas in the fourth round, Alejandro Moreno in the seventh round, of the Expansion Draft. Chris Seitz is protected after Salinas is picked.
Salinas and Jacobson unprotected. A trade for another holding midfielder. What gives? PSP looks at who Philadelphia Union exposed for Wednesday’s draft, as well as other big names around the league who could get drafted.
Young phenom Zach Pfeffer is training with Hoffenheim as the Union prepares to announce its academy structure. More protected list speculation. Penn advances in NCAA championship tournament while Princeton is eliminated. MLS Cup final picks and pieces. USWNT World Cup qualifier playoff against Italy is a return to the beginning. Your weekend TV listings and more news.
17-year-old Agudelo scores in USA debut. Jay DeMerit to sign with Vancouver today. FIFA bans and fines six including two executive committee members but clears Spain/Portugal 2018 and Qatar 2022 of vote trading. SAF says modern soccer players are “fragile human beings,” and more morning news
No Philadelphia Union player dazzled quite the way Shea Salinas did this season. Now if only he could stay healthy. PSP has a season review of the guy with the jet packs in his cleats.
Could a recent article on the Union’s website signal that Shea Salinas will be protected? Goal.com says Seitz is why Le Toux is not MVP. WPS is on the verge of collapse as FC Gold Pride folds. Colorado v Dallas in MLS Cup final. Special 1 TV looks at Wayne Rooney’s radical treatment and more morning news.
Vote Le Toux, Mwanga, Salinas for goal of the season, PSP for best soccer blog. Mwanga is in the clear and the fall and rise of Sheanon Williams. New player movement rules for MLS? Clinton to represent US in WC bid final presentation. Impact is out of control, there are a thousand tennis balls on the pitch, Footy on the Telly and more morning news.
We feature portraits of some of your favorite Union players as taken by PSP photographers Daniel Gajdamowicz, Paul Rudderow and Nicolae Stoian.
Who should the Union protect? Who will they lose? And what the hell are the real rules to this thing? (Some of what you’ve read elsewhere is wrong.) PSP breaks it down with an entirely too detailed preview.
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