[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] Philadelphia Union midfielder Zach Pfeffer is among the players called up for the U-18 U.S. men’snational team training camp that begins Sunday at The Home Depot Center. The camp is the first since Spaniard Javier Perez has been named head coach. Pfeffer, 17, made his first MLS appearance in 2011, starting in […]
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Get to know … Philadelphia's Michael Farfan
[MLS RISING STAR PROFILE] San Diego product Michael Farfan, who earned a starting role for the Philadelphia Union late last season, finishedthird in 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year voting and was named among the Top 10 right midfielders by SoccerAmerica. Avery Raimondo spoke with the 23-year-old about on- and off-field experiences for the Soccer […]
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Ramos, Reyna … next Hernandez?
[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] New Jersey’s St. Benedict’s Prep has produced two of the great names of American soccer inTab Ramos and Claudio Reyna and a host of other future pros, including U.S.World Cup player Gregg Berhalter. The next Gray Bee to make it big could be Mexican-born midfielder Cristhian Hernandez
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An unfriendly friendly
[VIDEO PICK] The danger of friendly games between teams from different countries is that when things go wrong they can go terribly wrong. Case in point: ThePhiladelphia Union’s final international friendly in Costa Rica against Belen that ended in a 2-0 win for the hosts when a brawl broke out and the game was abandoned […]
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MLS preseason this week …
[SCOREBOARD] The Philadelphia Union, the only MLS team still training abroad, got goals from Chandler Hoffman, Roger Torres and Antoine Hoppenot to beat the Costa Rican under-20 national team, 3-0, in San Jose. For all the preseasonschedules and results … Chicago Fire (MLS record: 1-3-1) Jan. 29: 0-0D.C. United in Naples, Fla. Feb. 1: 3-0 […]
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Philly strives to complete makeover in Costa Rica
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Fans of the Philadelphia Union are understandably nervous as their team prepares for the final phase of preseason training in Costa Rica. TheUnion will scrimmage Municipal Perez Zeledon on Sunday and next week does the same against Costa Rica’s U-20s and Belen before returning to Philadelphia. Coach Peter Nowak says thetrip offers his […]
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Albright heads back home to Philadelphia
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Veteran defender Chris Albright has returned to his hometown of Philadelphia, signing with the Union.He is in his 13th MLS season, having previously played for D.C. United, New England, Los Angeles, New England (again) and New York after first joining the league as a Project-40 player with Miami in1999. French-born striker Saer Sene, […]
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Colombian signing further proof Philly wants a different look
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Peter Nowak is regarded as among the more secretive of MLS head coaches, but in his own way he hinted last month during the MLSSuperDraft that the renovation of his roster was far from finished. “We don’t want to scramble at the draft table and thinking how it’s going to be and what […]
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Boyd to Portland, Conde back in MLS
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Scottish striker Kris Boyd, the leading scorer in Scottish Premier League history with 164 goals in296 games, is headed to MLS. Courted by the Houston Dynamo and its Scottish-American coach, Dominic Kinnear, the 28-year-old striker is instead headed to thePortland Timbers, coached by former Scotland international John Spencer. Boyd was recently released from […]
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MLS All-Star Game headed to Philadelphia
[DATEBOOK] Major League Soccer will hold the 2012 AT&T MLS All-Star Game July 25 at the Philadelphia Union’s PPL Park. The 2012 AT&TMLS All-Star Game will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2, Galavision or Telefutura, and in Canada on TSN and RDS. The All-Star Game will mark the ninth time in […]