Article republished on businessofsoccer.com

It has been known for some time that the Philadelphia Union would be launching a third kit. Hints and mixed messages had been spread across the web for several months in soccer forums and on social media sites (i.e. Twitter).

As the Houston Dynamo broke ground on their new downtown stadium this weekend, word was spreading that a Jamaican central defender named Jermaine Taylor would be joining the team on trail this week. Jesus Ortiz at the Chronicle seemed convinced that unless Taylor falls flat in his trial, he's all but guaranteed to get a contract offer from the team.