[Editor's note: We welcome back contributing writer and longtime friend Ryan Reft. He's
kindly allowed us to repost this essay from his groupblog Tropics of Meta. For some of his past
contributions to CultFootball see here, here and here.]
Over the past fifteen to twenty years, historians have increasingly emphasized the role of
sports as both a driver and reflection of society.
Photo: Paul Rudderow
Union
Before the Union won the rights to Chris Agorsor they announced that Eduardo Coudet had been
waived, thus ending weeks of speculation about his status with the club. The addition of Agorsor
combined with the subtraction of Coudet means that the club's roster remains at 25 players.
Photo: Paul Rudderow
Union
Before the Union won the rights to Chris Agorsor they announced that Eduardo Coudet had been
waived, thus ending weeks of speculation about his status with the club. The addition of Agorsor
combined with the subtraction of Coudet means that the club's roster remains at 25 players.
Earlier today, the Brotherly Game identified a report from the Colombian news outlet El Pais
that claimed young midfielder/forward Andres Ramiro "Manga" Escobar could be on his way to the
Philadelphia Union.
I've dug up a few more tidbits on Escobar from that article and elsewhere. Here's the most
interesting snippet from the El Pais report:
Sin entrar en precisiones, el empresario del jugador dijo que en esta negociación se manejaría
una cifra "un poco" superior a los números de la operación que llevó a Fabián Castillo
al Dallas FC, también de la MLS.
