Union Home Kit.

Things are coming along very nicely in Chester, PA currently for Major League Soccer's newest expansion club. Since my last update back in September, the stadium has come on leaps and bounds with being close to 50% complete, open tryouts in New Jersey have just taken place, the home kit has just been shown to the public officially with the jerseys making their way to retail stores by the end of this week and the first three opponents of the Union have been announced.

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MLS are like that handy man father or uncle. Whenever they are ready to fix things or have tools to do it, expect an explosion of sorts.

Well you have to give Don Garber credit for his moxie, but his move to place the MLS Cup final on primetime on Sunday is borderline insanity.

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Confirming a report made by the Wasington Post's Steven Goff on Wednesday, Philadelphia Union president Tom Veit acknowledged this morning that the club may end up playing their first-ever league game in a venue other than the 18,500-seat stadium that is currently being built for them in Chester. Instead, there is a possibility that the team will kick off their first season in the league at 68,000-seat Lincoln Financial Field, home of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. Click to continue reading...

Many Philadelphia fans are stirring with excitement over start of 2010, and the addition of Philadelphia to MLS. With the start of the season yet to be set and a tight construction schedule ahead of the team, Union fans might not get a chance to kickoff the season in their new stadium.

Because of the uncertainties about next year, Philadelphia's front office are keeping their options open as to the site of the first kick in 2010.

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Many Philadelphia fans are stirring with excitement over start of 2010, and the addition of Philadelphia to MLS. With the start of the season yet to be set and a tight construction schedule ahead of the team, Union fans might not get a chance to kickoff the season in their new stadium.

Because of the uncertainties about next year, Philadelphia's front office are keeping their options open as to the site of the first kick in 2010.

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From the Philadelphia Union Front Office, the team has announced the hiring of Cara Joftis as its new Director of Marketing. Joftis joins the expansion Major League Soccer organization, set to begin play in the spring of 2010, after serving as the Vice President of Sponsorships and Brand Promotions for Citizens Bank. Click to continue reading...

So, as a native of the Philadelphia area here in the US I'm confronted with something of a dilemma. Growing up in Philadelphia you are generally brought up with a healthy (and some would say unhealthy) bit of mania for the local professional sports teams across all major American sports. As a kid who played just about every sport available growing up and growing up in an era (late 70s and early 80s) when all of the local teams were challenging for championships I formed life-long attachments to my teams - the Phillies in baseball (that's the defending World Series champion Phillies I might add); the 76ers in basketball; the Flyers in hockey; and the Eagles in football (our version). Click to continue reading...

I got a breaking news e-mail tonight from a few sources - Michael Vick has signed with the Philadelphia Eagles. Sigh. How is that even news worthy? No, the big story tonight is the story thatGrant Wahl has broken that...

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The placekicker for the Philadelphia Eagles enjoyed a fun little training session with some of the boys.
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While preparing for Gold Cup quarterfinal foe Panama, the USMNT took a break to boot field goals with Philadelphia Eagles kicker David Akers.With the USWNT set to face Canada twice in four days, century seekers Abby Wambach and Christine Sinclair compare notes (warning: this audio seemed quite loud, so maybe start with the sound low). Click to continue reading...

Tonight the U.S. Men's National Team plays Panama at 8pm eastern on Fox Soccer Channel and Telefutra. Be sure and support the team as they look to adance in the Gold Cup!

Not sure who will be in the starting line up tonight. This new guy, Pro Bowler David Akers of the Philadelphia Eagles might have a good shot after watching this video!

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Cot damn y'all. Check out Stuart and Santino nailing 50-tard field goals at the Philadelphia Eagles practice facility with David Akers. Not a bad showing at all by the boys but you just know that somewhere in Toms River, NJ Tony Meola remains unimpressed. Click to continue reading...

Santino Quaranta and Stuart Holden knocked the soccer ball and pigskin around with Philadelphia Eagles kicker David Akers the other day at Men's National Team training. All three did a great job with each other's sport. The US team takes on Panama tomorrow night at 7 p.m. CT on Fox Soccer Channel in Philly in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Click to continue reading...

The other day we showed you pictures of Philadelphia Eagles kicker David Akers' visit to MNT training. Here's the video:

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Philadelphia Eagles kicker David Akers stopped by USMNT practice and showed a couple of MLSers how it's done. Tune in below:

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The U.S. Men's National Team had a special guest at their training session today - Philadelphia Eagles kicker David Akers. Akers - who used to play soccer - challenged our own Santino Quaranta and Houston's Stuart Holden to a friendly competition of kicking field goals, before he put on some goalkeeper gloves to face some shots.

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No, that's not our third goalkeeper - although judging by his performance, he could have had a different career...
The sprawling 'keeper pictured is three-time Pro Bowl kicker David Akers, who came out to the U.S. team training session for a bout of sharing professional secrets with Stuart Holden and Santino Quaranta. Click to continue reading...

After our day off yesterday it was back to work on Wednesday for the U.S. Men's National Team. We were back at the Philadelphia Eagles complex and the 18 players in camp put in a good shift as the U.S. starts to gear up for Saturday's quarterfinal against Panama...A full photo gallery is available at ussoccer. Click to continue reading...

Today's training session featured smaller numbers, as a few players departed camp while Brad Evans, Chad Marshall and Robbie Rogers joined up with the Columbus Crew for a visit to the White House in Washington D.C. We went to the Philadelphia Eagles training complex, which as you can see from the above photo, is close to where we'll be playing Panama on Saturday night (you can see Lincoln Financial Field in the background above the trees). Click to continue reading...

Today's the day that the Philadelphia Eagles take their next step toward their first Superbowl win! How's them apples?  Cocky, eh?  Well, as I see it the Eagles are poised to join the Phillies with a championship ... and Philly is poised to join Boston as a recent multi-championship town.  Won't that be something, the Biddles [. Click to continue reading...

Real Salt Lake has announced that Philadelphia Eagles executive Bill Manning will be President of RSL effective April 15th, 2008.

Manning, who has had a distinguished 15 year career in sports, joins RSL following four seasons as Vice President, Sales and Service with the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL.

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