In the past few weeks we've two impressive stories of professional soccer players battling off
field problems. The first was David Testo who made public the fact that he is gay. That is
challenging in and of itself, but it takes that much more courage to come out when you're a
professional athlete. As impressive as that story was, I was struck by another.
Photo of Taylor Twellman at Union's 2011 home opener by Earl Gardner.
Philadelphia Union
Deportivo Saprissa president Juan Carlos Rojas has confirmed in an interview with a Costa Rican
radio station that the Union has been in contact with the club about Josue Martinez, saying "I
would not go into much detail but there has been interest from Philadelphia [in Martinez].
Philadelphia Union
Here's the skinny on new signing Josue Martinez from Kenneth Hernandez, soccer writer for Costa
Rican daily Al Dia:
- "Martínez is a player for the future. He's still young and he has a lot to give. But he's just
21 and he needs to establish himself as a forward who responds with goals.
There was only one thing DC United fans knew for sure going into the 2011 season, and that was this
season couldn't be any worse than the previous one. After setting the standard for futility, the
team not only climbed ...
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All of us at PSP hope you had a Happy Christmas and are recovering well from the excitements
of the day. Here's a brief news roundup to look at in between naps and one of the Boxing Day games
from England on Fox Soccer Channel.
Philadelphia Union
The Goalkeeper projects various Union starting XI's depending on different scenarios (attacking
formation, defensive formation, departures for the Olympics), starting with the basic assumption
that most (if not all) of the recent signings will automatically start, and looks at what this
could mean to players who were on the 2011 roster.
