The Philadelphia Union released the most recent changes in jersey numbers today via the club's twitter account.
Number changes and additions: pic.twitter.com/ExcshZ5SQ1
— Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) February 4, 2016
Tranquillo Barnetta has given up his former number 85 for a more traditional 10, which was held previously by Cristian Maidana, while John McCarthy moves from 55 to 27, which was recently vacated by Zach Pfeffer.
Other players got new numbers as well. Chris Pontius took number 13, which was last held by Michael Lahoud. Walter Restrepo is now number 20, which was last held by Jimmy McLaughlin. Steven Vitoria's 23 will now be worn by Anderson Conceicao, while Andrew Wenger's 11 will now be worn by Fabian Herbers. Keegan Rosenberry took number 12, last held by Aaron Wheeler in 2014, and last but not least, Ethan White's number 15 now belongs to Josh Yaro.
Update: Brand new signing Roland Alberg will wear number six.
The complete list is as follows:
Number |
Player |
1 | Andre Blake |
2 | Warren Creavalle |
5 | Vincent Nogueira |
6 | Roland Alberg |
7 | Brian Carroll |
8 | Maurice Edu |
9 | Sebastien Le Toux |
10 | Tranquillo Barnetta |
11 | Fabian Herbers |
12 | Keegan Rosenberry |
13 | Chris Pontius |
14 | Eric Ayuk |
15 | Josh Yaro |
16 | Richie Marquez |
17 | CJ Sapong |
20 | Walter Restrepo |
22 | Leo Fernandes |
23 | Anderson Conceicao |
27 | John McCarthy |
28 | Ray Gaddis |
33 | Fabinho |