Sunshine, cheap beers, hot dogs with hilariously customized pretzels, and four very gracious Union players made for a great day at the still-virginal PPL Park.  Founding members were able to get an early close-up look at our new home, which in person was even more grand than months of construction-cam photos had indicated. The facility is an oasis dotting the hellscape that is Chester, a place for whom any level of economic rehabilitation would prove…
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What’s done is done.  Danny Califf’s red card happened, and it’s over with.  It supplied us here at PhillyUnionTalk.com with some great material, but it’s time we move on and play the hand we were dealt.  The most hotly debated topic at the bar last night:  Who’s going to captain the team for the crucial away game against the Red Bulls? This is an interesting one because there are a couple of good choices, but there is no clear…
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The Philadelphia Union head up to Toronto today. I know this to be true: away games are extremely difficult.  Toronto may be off to a slow start, but BMO Field is actually one of the loudest venues in the League.  Add the crowd noise to the desperation that comes with being 0-2, and the Union have a tough task on Thursday night.  The Union must be disciplined and concentrate during the early stages of this…
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Sebastien Le Toux is our deadly striker…As the previous poster noted,Le Toux was the real star of the show last night.  Three chances came his way and he finished them all off.  The range of quality in the finishing was impressive: one header, one cool finish in the far corner, and a free kick masterpiece.  Le Toux is getting all the headlines today, as he should. Not to be forgotten…The 10 other dudes out there…
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