"Reading storm past Royals?" you wonder. "I thought Reading were the Royals."

And you'd be right if were were talking about the team in the England's Coca Cola Championship.

But we're talking about Reading United—the Player Development Partner of the Philadelphia Union—and the North Virginia Royals, both of whom play in the USL's Player Development League.

Philadelphia Union partner Reading United AC got their USL Premier Development League season started with a bang on Sunday with a 5-0 victory at home over Hampton Roads Piranhas.

Billy Schuler (UNC) scored the team's first goal of the season in the 19th minute. Only the athletic play of Piranha's keeper Ryan Zmuda kept the visitors in the match as Reading unleashed a barrage of shots for the rest of the half.