Orlando’s mayor will visit PPL Park this weekend as her city considers building a soccer-specific stadium for a prospective MLS club. She’ll get a complex view in Philadelphia, and if MLS officials are smart, they’ll look at the complex view cities like Orlando offer.
PSP photographer Daniel Gajdamowicz’s look at the Union’s US Open Cup loss.
Sporting Kansas City ended the Union’s US Open Cup run in the semifinals on Wednesday night, earning a 2-0 victory in physical match.
The Union want the cup. KC wants the cup too. Only one team can have it, which means Jack McInerney needs to remind SKC what a first half brace looks like.
The US Open Cup final will be played at PPL Park only if the Union beat Kansas City in the semifinals and Chivas USA also beats Seattle, after KC was announced Friday as winner of a sealed bid for hosting rights.
On a night where the midfield struggled for the Union, the strikers and defenders more than picked up the slack, keeping Kansas City off the score sheet while knocking four goals past Jimmy Nielsen.