One game. Everything on the line.
This is the stuff that rivalries are made of.
Philadelphia Union vs. the New York Red Bulls. On national TV. It's so on.
If Philadelphia wins, the Red Bulls go home for a long winter. Their disastrous season is over.
The Union win the Eastern Conference and home field advantage if they make it to the conference
finals.
In February 2008, Philadelphia was officially awarded a MLS franchise. Only a few months
earlier, the Philadelphia Eagles had finished at the bottom of their division. The Phillies were
still licking their wounds after being unceremoniously swept out of the MLB playoffs by a surging
Rockies team that would make it to the World Series before crumbling.
While all of your baseball loving friends are watching the Phillies take on St. Louis in the
NLDS, join the Philly Soccer Page for a live chat as the Philadelphia Union take on Chivas USA in
their quest to make the MLS Playoffs on Sunday, October 2. The chat starts at 7:45pm for the 8pm
kickoff. The game is on The Comcast Network.
Quotes:
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Head Coach John Spencer
On the result:
"First 15 to 20 minutes we're a little under the crush they started pretty well coming from a 97
minute game against Revolution; fantastic performance to have to come back and pushed us back,
started well.
The Philly Soccer Page " MacMath: "They wanted to tell me I was ready."
At a conference call Monday afternoon, Zac MacMath talked to reporters about his first half in
MLS, how he found out he was going in, and what he needs to do to help the team reach the
playoffs.
The DOOP we never took | Union Dues
Well, we came up short again in Salt Lake.
Union
A very hearty thank you and big congratulations to Kyle Nakazawa for his wonderfully successful
Team Dinner charity event on Thursday night in support of autism awareness. The PSP had the
pleasure of dining with Amobi Okugo, one of the many Union players who made the time to support the
event.
The Philadelphia Brewing Company's new Kenzinger commercial will soon be airing during Union
game broadcasts on Comcast.
Woody Pase, "the co-director, co-producer, co-writer, co-everything" of the commercial along
with Pete Heacock, his partner at the production company First Capital Industries, talked with the
PSP about the making of the commercial and the decision to buy airtime during Union games.
I have always been a statistics nut. The love of the numbers behind sports came early for me, as
a young boy "keeping book" for my Yankees (I am now a rehabilitated Yankees fan, firmly rooting for
my local Phillies since the Y2K). I'd laboriously watch the games, scribble down every hit, walk,
error, and out (before DVR made it easier to catch what you missed).
Welcome to blogging from sunny Tampa, FL where I'm spending a weekend going to the beach, hanging
out with my wife's siblings and going to see my beloved Phillies in a Spring Training game before
heading back up to what we hope is the tail end of winter in Northern Virginia. Honestly, there
just isn't too much to report on the injury front.
Philadelphia Union is poised to announce a major sponsorship deal that will stamp the routinely
mispronounced name of the giant Mexico-based baker onto the front of the team jersey.
