10. You joined the Sons of Ben way back when soccer in Philadelphia was just an idea being passed around. You rallied, cheered, begged, and pleaded just to get this city noticed as a soccer city. 9. You sleep in your Philadelphia Union jersey. Or, in the case of the night before the home opener, you lay in bed with your Philadelphia Union jersey on, but don’t get any sleep out of excitement. 8. You…
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Northeast Corridor USA.  It’s packed up in here.  We got NYC and Boston to the North.  B’ more and Washington DC to the South.  As a general rule I hate all teams from New York and Boston.  New Yorkers think everything New York is the best.  It’s an annoying trait that makes domination over the Mets most enjoyable.  Boston is a great city.  Really it is.  Unfortunately, it is teeming with Massholes, and it is…
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Photo by DDFic You wake up, and immediately remember it’s April 10th. Home Opener.  Your tickets are already in the car so there’s no chance you could forget them at home.  You throw on your Mwanga jersey, and run out the door…but wait, it’s only 9:00 AM and the game isn’t until 6:00 PM.  You spend the first couple of hours pacing back and forth.  You check the clock: 9:04 AM.  What you thought was…
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Cup Competitions in soccer are unique; a mini season within a season.  I really can’t think of an equivalent in other major sports.  Cup ties are always competitive games, because winners advance and losers are knocked out.  Cup competitions also offer hope- a season that otherwise would have been deemed unsuccessful can be saved by a nice run in the cup.  Most Importantly, Cup Competitions offer more fixtures. Now that I’m using Union games as…
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Photo by Oquendo New defender Cristian Arrieta will be packing his bags for Philly, courtesy of the Puerto Rico Islanders.  Hopefully our new friend will compliment the Union’s established style of tough physical defense, aiding the boys in blue with their task of shutting down the opposition and forever robbing them of whatever glimmers of hope may have lived in their pathetic souls.  Arrieta will be receiving the team’s standard-issue mohawk used in key defensive…
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A week after parting ways with DC United, Danny Szetela has found a new home in Philadelphia, temporarily.  According to sources close to Szetela, the former US youth national team star has signed a trial contract with the Philadelphia Union which will last two weeks. Union coach Nowak has a history with Szetela.  Nowak coached him on the US national team, and apparently Szetela left enough of a lasting impression to get another look a…
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