Ah, that sweet feelin’.  It looks just like any other package, sitting there by the door.  But any other package wouldn’t give me this vaguely inappropriate tingle, now would it? High points include a well-designed full size scarf (a major improvement over last year’s “summer scarves”)  and a Union lanyard from which your season ticket card is meant to hang. There is (isn’t there always?) one problem- the plastic sleeve the card sits in is…
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  The start of a new season is always a magical time.  It’s a rebirth, a rebooting of hopes that rose and fell the year previous, a joyous gathering of fans, friends, and fanatics who find each other right where they left each other, and so give new breath to what died when the last whistle blew. Season 3′s first days will be no less happy, but they will be different.  The changes we face this month will be more drastic than…
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[Don't forget to enter for your chance to Win a Union Travel Mug from Philly Union Talk] Goals for.  Goals against.  Pass completion percentage.  Minutes, miles, years, days, months.  No sports fan can resist the temptation of cold hard stats. Maybe it’s the fantasy of being able to understand what’s basically inscrutable, to make logical sense out of a wildly unpredictable and emotional thing.  We want to make order from chaos, and so we crunch…
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It’s that time of year again, Union fans.  As of now, our controversial roster is pretty much what it’s gonna be.  Following an offseason of unusual turnover, heart-rending surprises, vicious debate, and a deluge of tweets fit for no man’s daughters, we’ve got ourselves a team.  For better or worse, Union 3.0 has arrived. Now we’ve gotta figure out what to do with it.  Undoubtedly, Nowak & Co. are huddling in one of their favorite undisclosed locations, poring over…
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Time to knock certain wannabe monarchists off their golden pedestal- Javi and Paul’s predictions for this week’s match.

Is it time to add a few thousand seats to our beloved stadium? The Inquirer seems to think so. Do you?

Was Carlos Ruiz’s goal that good, or that fortuitous? You be the judge.

The Fish makes the highlight reel in the Union’s first non-binary victory. Let’s break it down.

In a record-breakingly packed PPL, the U nabbed a point from a Beckham-less Galaxy, in what was probably the most thrilling 15 minutes of the season so far.

Some piss-poor officiating almost ruined this one for the U. Fortunately, piss-poor officiating also saved it for us. DOOP.