The Philadelphia Union Thread

Curtin just said that "you could see a debut for one of the young guys, I'll leave it at that" in a sideline interview.

Paxten Aaronson debut incoming! He's the only one on the bench who hasn't debuted yet.

 

Flach was fantastic today.

I see why a club like St. Pauli has been stuck in the BL2.

 

dear mls clubs find ernst tanner clones

 

What a steal for Philadelphia.. the guy is worth more than what Philly paid for him right now

 

He did, and looked good! Obviously a kid still, but very much another Aaronson is more than just name. Very much looking forward to his development.

 

maybe 7-10x

 

They have to be the best front office in the league at the moment, right?

 

What Seattle has done so far this season without Morris and only limited minutes from Lodeiro has been impressive.

 

Yeah, Lagerway’s resume with RSL and Seattle is perhaps the best for an executive in MLS history. Arena can build a 1st team as well as anyone, but Lagerway prioritized academies also.

 

Some Union Youth updates the past week+:

Looks like U2 had a friendly with DC where many HGs played and scored:

✅ High press
✅ Intercepted pass
✅ Slotted far post

Homegrown Cole Turner with tonight’s @PhilaUnionII game winner vs @dcunited! pic.twitter.com/5ixjpOKWSH

— Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) June 5, 2021

Fellow grad Caden Stafford draws the PK and McGlynn made it 1-1 in the 70th. https://t.co/LMcpghliWY

— Philadelphia Union II (@PhilaUnionII) June 5, 2021

Miscic on USL team of the week after scoring again:

Selmir Miscic on the Team of the Week https://t.co/IAmmnTicEX

— Matt Ralph (@MattRalph_) June 7, 2021

I believe Miscic is still only 18 but with all the other HGs around his age that are still with the Union he may not be in the long term plans. But seems like they will be able to flip him for value if he keeps this up.

For Stafford, I always liked what I saw from him in U2 but not sure if it's enough for a HG contract.

 

Homegrown Throne 👑@TheSoccerWire has named @phlunionacademy the top youth team in the US for the first time🔥#DOOP https://t.co/o1Ib4rkejO pic.twitter.com/N5KXmzEf6Q

— Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) June 15, 2021

 

The only debate someone from Dallas can have about this is that they have had more successful homegrowns which is solely because they invested in their academy earlier. Outside of that Philly is better in every way: more elite prospects, better scouting/recruiting, better coaching, better residency, and better schooling

 

next step is for the fcd twitter account to update its bio

 

Today I learned the Dallas twitter admin hangs out around here. Hello!

 

One ranking doesn’t stop 15 years of talent development, buying useless 30 year olds and overpaying them while playing them over your homegrowns does

 

For real, if Dallas hit on like one-third of their foreign signings, they'd have won a chsmpionship in the last decade. Philly is unique in the league at being great at developing domestic players and finding value abroad. Flach merges the two, since he is USMNT eligible.

 

The 20/21 Cavan Sullivan highlight film- grab some popcorn. I guess the only question is when will this kid make a first team appearance- 15, 14 ??
He's still only 11.

 

He was the only 2025 u17 eligible player (2008’s and younger) to be called into the regional YNT camps. When asking Philly people if he was deserving all of them were unanimous in saying the call up was merited. Cavan has to have the work ethic and professionalism but the talent is no doubt there

 

nothing is better for the future than kids of didnt quite make it pros turned coaches matriculating through the system.

 

Not better than Weston but he is one of the ones that never played for Dallas. I'd put Aaronson as the best player to come out of Philly or Dallas excluding Weston.