Reports and reaction from Saturday's loss against New York Red Bulls. Adu absence fuels rumor and
speculation. Reading and Ocean City out of playoffs. FC Sonic defeat NYRB U-23 to advance to NPSL
championships. More news.
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Philadelphia Union
At Wednesday's press conference in which Peter Nowak announced that a deal was in place to trade
Danny Califf, the spin was that the former Union captain was ready to go "home" to Southern
California. Kerith Gabriel reports Califf's reaction when listening to the press conference was,
"It made me want to throw up.
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.
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Philadelphia Union
On Sunday, Union sporting director Diego Gutiérrez was not wrong when he said of the Danny
Califf trade rumors, "Whether he's here tomorrow or not—my guess is he will be." Did anyone think
to ask him if Califf would still be a member of the Union on Tuesday?
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Philadelphia Union
Vote MacMath for Save of the Week!
Zac MacMath is ranked at No. 10 on the latest Castrol Weekly Top 20. In the Full Castrol Index,
MacMath comes in at No. 29, followed by Sheanon Williams at No. 70 and Brian Carroll at No. 78. The
previous highest ranked Union player was (I think) Danny Califf at No.
Photo: Courtesy of Junior Lone Star
The weekend of May 18-20 will be one to forget for the Stars as they started their inaugural
season in the National Premier Soccer League with two successive losses.
FC Sonic 2–0 Junior Lone Star
In their league opener on Friday, May 18th, the Stars traveled to Bethlehem, PA where they lost
0-2 to FC Sonic.
