A record 10 MLS teams entered the 2024 Concacaf club championship.
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Tuesday morning: What We’re Reading
Cavan Sullivan, 14, invited to the Union’s preseason camp … Kelyn Rowe at peace … Caden Clark’s long road back home.
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Major League Soccer: Offseason moves
• Andres Perea traded by Orlando City to Philadelphia. The 22-year-old midfielder spent three seasons with the Lions but his playing time dropped in 2022 to just 799 minutes. His three-year contract with the Union includes an option for 2026 and costs the 2022 MLS runner-up $450,000 in 2023 GAM and $300,000 in 2024 GAM with another […]
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Philadelphia Union unveils plans for $55 million sports complex
Philadelphia Union announced plans for a $55 million sports and recreation complex to be built on the Chester Waterfront in between Subaru Park and the Union Power Plant office building. The 32-acre WSFS Bank Sportsplex will be home to Philadelphia Union II, the Philadelphia Union Academy and the YSC residency program and help bridge the geographical […]
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Weekend Focus: Young Union midfielder Quinn Sullivan served well by Philly family tradition
The early days of the Philadelphia Union weren’t great. Starting with its inaugural season in 2010, the Union made the MLS playoffs three times in its first nine seasons but failed to win a postseason game. It really wasn’t until 2019 when the club’s fortunes began to change with a playoff win that year, followed […]
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Weekend Focus: Brenden Aaronson begins new chapter in Austria
It has been a big month already in American soccer by way of young players standing out in Europe and with a wave of movement in the transfer market. On Sunday, those worlds might collide when one of the top young American players in the game is likely to make his debut with Red Bull […]
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Philadelphia's depth is decisive again as it takes MLS's Eastern Conference lead
The Philadelphia Union moved into the lead in MLS’s Eastern Conference on goal difference Wednesday thanks to a 2-0 win over FC Cincinnati. The Union has been plagued by injuries and suspensions but its depth proved decisive again. Making hissecond start at right back, 21-year-old Cameroonian Olivier Mbaizo set up Pole Kacper Przybylko for the […]
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How Philadelphia Union put itself in very good spot heading into busy May
As the MLS season turns from April into May, teams are beginningto have to deal with the triple whammy: injuries, suspensions and a heavy load of games. Those issues will seriously test the depth of any team, and they will be compounded byinternational call-ups in June and July. One team that has shown it has […]
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Fabian signing: Philadelphia Union gets its 'missing piece'
The Philadelphia Union, which has frustrated fans with its unwillingness tospend big players, completed its biggest signing ever when it acquired 29-year-old Mexican midfielder Marco Fabian from Eintracht Frankfurt. Fabian didn’t cost the Union a transferfee — Eintracht will get 5 percent of any future transfer fee — but he will command the highest salary […]
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What They're Saying: Haris Medunjanin
“I prefer to play away because it’s unbelievable that we play on this kind of field. It’s unbelievable. We’re a team that already achieved the playoffs, we play good soccer andto play on this kind of field is a shame.” — Philadelphia Union midfielder Haris Medunjanin, after a 1-0 loss to the New York Red […]