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MLS is scheduled to release the 2012 schedule today at 2pm. We'll post the Union schedule as soon as it is available.

Who will the Union play in their home opener? After using some logic based on what schedule details are already known (the Union open the season at Portland on March 12, play in Chicago on March 24, play in Toronto on May 26 and September 15 while playing host to Toronto on July 7), The Goalkeeper writes, "I would not be surprised if it is against the New York Red Bulls, the Houston Dynamo or David Beckham's Los Angeles Galaxy.

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When I was gathering the season stats for all of the Philadelphia Union players to share with the PSP writers for our forthcoming 2011 season review series I realized no passing stats were available, either for the club or for individual players. Actually, that's not precisely true; you can find passing percentages for the team on a game-by-game basis by clicking on the Stat tab for each game's MatchCenter page at MLSsoccer.

The Union has become well-known for its innovative use of social networking tools. The latest bit of cleverness is this: when their Facebook page gets 92,012 likes, they will unveil the new designs for the first and second kit. You can 'like' the Union by clicking here. As of this writing, there are only 6,500 'likes' to go.

Villyan Bijev was a forward who put up good numbers with Cal Odyssey of the USSDA and was one of the first two to sign Letter's of Intent with the University of Washington and Coach Jamie Clark. The young American with a Bulgarian passport will now be skipping his college commitments to instead come-up through the Liverpool system.

Player Profile: Stewart Downing

AnfieldIndex Liverpool FC Stats | Liverpool FC Blog | Liverpool FC Forum On Friday 15 th of July 2011 it was announced that Stewart Downing had completed his long awaited move to Liverpool Football Club. It has to be said that this signing has been somewhat underwhelming for most Liverpool fans, especially with the suggested price tag of £20 million.

It's a shame that in a game where the Quakes played like they did last year as well as the first 3 games of the season, it will actually be compared to the Conference Final tragedy. Granted the result isn't as bad as the Colorado game last year, but the goal itself was the same. The Quakes played an attacking game while keeping a solid defense.

Former New England Revolution goalkeeper Adin Brown is making his return to MLS. Brown will be joining the expansion Portland Timbers for the 2011 season Timbers head coach John Spencer told ExtraTime Radio on Tuesday.

Adin Brown became a fan favorite while backstopping the Revs to the MLS Cup in 2002.