Union

Photo by EMPICS Sport - PA Images via Getty Images Watching Landon Donovan’s goal vs Algeria and Ian Darke’s call of it still moves me to tears There’s more than one reason to be emotional when rewatching Landon Donovan’s goal against Algeria in the 2010 FIFA World Cup during a global pandemic. The goal was a last gasp winner that sent the Yanks through to the knockout … [Read more...] about ‘Go, go USA!’ goal call still gets me a decade on

Photo by Federico Gambarini/Pool via Getty Images Union join ALL IN Challenge, biggest upsets in MLS Playoffs history and more in today’s links Philadelphia Union News Philadelphia Union Joins ALL IN ChallengeThe Philadelphia Union has joined Fanatics’ ALL IN Challenge, accepted by Philadelphia Union President Tim McDermott, with a VIP weekend built around a Philadelphia … [Read more...] about Brotherly Game Daily Links: Bayern Munich beat Dortmund in Der Klassiker

Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Enjoy today’s links Philadelphia Union News Fight for Philly continues with hand sanitizer donation to Chester Post OfficeThe donation marks the organization’s fifth large donation in as many weeks after donating over 1,000 meals to medical personnel from five hospitals, 3,000 face shields and 2,500 KN95 masks and 800 meals donated to City … [Read more...] about Brotherly Game Daily Links: Union continue Fight for Philly campaign

Derik Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports Relive the comeback against Atlanta United last August, rewatch action from South Williamsport, a movie about FIFA’s rise to power and more... MLS/Union Classics The Philadelphia Union are finally back on the MLS classics schedule with a 2019 replay of the Union’s upset of reigning champions Atlanta United. Atlanta, fresh off of a U.S. Open … [Read more...] about Five Things to Watch: Atlanta United comeback, Little League World Series replays and more

Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Bryan Stevenson was portrayed by actor Michael B. Jordan in ‘Just Mercy’ When Bryan Stevenson moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Montgomery, Alabama to begin the work that would later inspire the 2019 film Just Mercy he did so, as the story goes, with little more than a soccer ball. Before law school at Harvard, Stevenson … [Read more...] about Death row lawyer and subject of 2019 film ‘Just Mercy’ a former Eastern University soccer player

Photo by Handout/FC Barcelona via Getty Images Bundesliga results, Montreal joins other MLS teams in return to training, and more in today’s links Philadelphia Union News Recovered from calf injury, Kai Wagner is happy to be back in trainingWagner missed all of the Union’s preseason games and the matches against FC Dallas and LAFC. Then the COVID-19 pandemic forced the … [Read more...] about Brotherly Game Daily Links: La Liga to return in June

Photo by Corey Sipkin/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Phillies failure of a back-to-back World Series left tears in my face “There’s no crying in baseball.” It’s an iconic line from the 1992 film ‘A league of their own.’ The line is also fitting for this week’s theme, because unlike what Tom Hank’s character may think, there is plenty of crying in sports. For me one … [Read more...] about Community Corner: Sports moment that made you cry

On Monday May 18, the Union had officially been approved to begin voluntary individual workouts on an outdoor training field at the 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington, DE. Also on Monday, Union coach Jim Curtin spoke to the media in his first weekly press conference since MLS suspended the 2020 season, 68 days ago on Mar. 11. … … [Read more...] about Union Coach Jim Curtin and Defender Kai Wagner Address the Media

Some 300 fans and friends waited at the Philadelphia International Airport to greet the 1961 NCAA national champion West Chester men’s soccer team | Serpentine Yearbook, Class of 1962 A plucky group of future teachers and coaches defeated mighty Saint Louis University to win the 1961 national title When you look over a list of NCAA champions in men’s soccer dating back to … [Read more...] about Legacy of West Chester University’s giant slaying in 1961 lives on