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It seems someone has made a PSP app. Who knew?

Philadelphia Union

Look for PSP's Chicago Fire vs. Philadelphia Union match preview later today.

While Danny Califf and Peter Nowak told reporters that they had put the "miscommunication" flap behind them at a meeting earlier in the week, Nowak indicated at Wednesday's press conference that Califf's status for Saturday's game in Chicago was still uncertain.

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Philadelphia Union

This day in history, February 28, 2008: MLS announces Philadelphia will join the league as its 16th franchise in the 2010 season. (Not sure if this counts as a birthday, but it makes for a nice headline. More importantly, it's just a great day to remember.

It has been a strange few weeks for Korean football and the fact that the final round of qualification for the 2014 World Cup is about to start has almost been forgotten. National team head coach Choi Kang-hee has been one of the most successful coaches in Korea and Asia over the last few years but increasingly in recent weeks he has been looking stressed.

Philadelphia Union

Sky Sports reports that Bolton manager Owen Coyle "claims no decision has been taken as yet regarding a permanent deal" for Sebastien Le Toux.

Jonathan Tannenwald tweets, "A Union source says the team 'would not use Tim Ream as a benchmark' in any negotiations over Le Toux regarding transfer fee.

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Philadelphia Union

Like it or not, everyone with any knowledge of the Union going into Saturday's game against Vancouver will be watching to see how the fans at PPL Park react to the return of Sebastien Le Toux. The Inquirer's Marc Narducci reports that Peter Nowak says, "I hope and believe that the fans will support and stand behind our team and help us to win the game because we need them more than anything right now.

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Union v Schalke friendly

At Tuesday's press conference, Schalke manager Huub Stevens said, "We're here with a strong team, the strongest team we can have right now, guys like Raul, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Jermaine Jones. If they feel good enough they'll play.

US Open Cup

Reading United won its first US Open Cup match in five tries on Tuesday night, defeating New York Greek American Atlas, 2–1.

A rebounding shot from Ryan Finley found Pedro Ribeiro to put Reading on the board in the 37th minute. Finley would give Reading the 2–0 in the 55th minute when a foul from former Philadelphia Union defender Christian Arrieta resulted in a free kick delivery from Steven Neumann.

Jon Levy Well we've witnessed a couple starkly mixed results as we head into game three of Klisny's "five game tournament," or as we at TYAC call it, "The Curious Case of the Kljestan Exclusion: Part One Million". We jest. But "The American Fan Longs For A Guy Whose Ripped Up His Knee A Couple [...]