Brotherly Game Daily Links: Kacper’s Union Debut

Philadelphia Union News

Trivia: The first 10 Union goals
Seba was a part of a lot of them but can you get the exact order right?

OTD 2019: Union down Montreal
Exactly one year ago Monday, Philadelphia Union picked up a crucial victory against the Montreal Impact. The match not only gave the Boys in Blue 3 points, it saw the MLS debuts of Matt Freese, Kacper Przybylko.

Jim Curtin and Patrice Bernier join to debate Philadelphia Union and Montreal Impact Mount Rushmores
The Union head coach shares stories from his playing days (Fire, Bob Bradley, Preki’s Chivas USA, Maldini jersey swaps), explains where he comes from and how he’s developed as a coach and puts together his own Philly pantheon.

MLS News

Armchair Analyst: The most important goals in MLS regular-season history
We’re within sight of 20,000 total MLS goals across regular-season and postseason play. Add in the Concacaf Champions League, and we inch closer still. With that in mind, it seems a good time to sort out which ones stand out not necessarily for their greatness, but for their importance.

Armchair Analyst: The most important goals in MLS postseason history
Today is for the most important non-MLS Cup postseason goals in MLS history.

What worked (and didn’t) with the inaugural MLS Designated Player class
Back in 2007, however, Designated Players were a newfangled experiment, a dramatic shift for a league founded on an ethos of cost control and careful spending – and one that less than half its member clubs took a flyer on.

U.S. Soccer News

The Top 30 USMNT goals of the 2010s
As much as the number of goals scored by the aforementioned stars matter, it is worth noting just how many goals were set up by the likes of Bradley, Donovan, Dempsey and Altidore, which helps put some serious perspective on just what those player meant to the USMNT program over the past decade.