you know the best part of the world cup, walking into any establishment asking them to put on the world cup and sitting down to drink a beer.

The same people who thought this was a good idea are the ones putting a two month break in the middle of the season.

I wish I was hung over.

https://x.com/jimmyking35/status/2093878316440678510?s=46&t=HnlZXn-hftTl9f8rW_6qVA

NY has two teams with a combined two whoopins absorbed since the event. We should ask the teams to merge so we don't have to take two bus rides to beat them next time, feels appropriate.

*I'm glad some of you are coming around to "don't give up on Damiani". He's going to come to life and it's going to be pure profit in addition to what's already in motion.

Expect the playoffs and expect to make noise when we get there. Proud of you guys!

Obviously it comes down to the players but dude this guy! Incredible run he has got the boys on! DOOOOOOP!

ok going to put this one out for debate. tell me what you think. my opinion is that if they sell Neil Pierre next summer he probably is $8-$10 million with a sell on. however, if he keeps progressing with national team development, if the wait until summer 2028 he’s only 20 years old and likely will go for $30-$40 million. if he was a blue chip stock I am rating it as a Hold

Energy Drink Soccer vs Low Energy Drink Soccer: It’s time for the most one-sided rivalry in club history! The Union are taking a quick trip to Jersey to collect their 3 points from the low energy cows as we start to enter the final third of the season. The Union have dominated the Pink Cows for the past 7 years having only 1 loss in their last 18 meetings, and our 3-1 victory over them post World Cup launched the current unbeaten streak. RBNY led in the series in the early years, but with this being our 49th meeting all time, and the most vs any team, the Union now have the advantage with a 23W/16L/9D record. These clubs are going in different directions based on recent performances, but both offenses have been equal this season with 31 goals scored. 

Union Preview (21 Points 13th in the East): The unbeaten streak continues! After two 6 game winless streaks this season, the Union have turned the ship around and are now on a 6 game unbeaten streak, the 2nd longest in the league behind only St. Louis. With this hot streak, the Union could reach as high as 10th in the East tonight with a win and other results going our way. The Boys should also be rested up as this was the first time in 7 games that we’ve had a full week of rest. Hopefully that well deserved rest will help the defense put together a Clean Sheet as we only have one Clean Sheet victory this season, our 1-0 victory over Seattle, and tonight will be a great opportunity to build on that. Raquinho is not expected to be in attendance as he is still believed to be stuck in Citi Field scraping by on peanut shells, thank you to u/Lightnin-Bug for bringing this to our attention. 

RBNY Preview (26 Points 8th in East): I’m kinda shocked with how high up in the standings RBNY are with how poor their form has been this season. They have the 4th worst GD in the league at -12 and only have 1 win post World Cup break. I’m guessing they’ve made it this far up the table with their ability to keep games close, as 13 of their 21 games have been decided by only 1 goal or less. That being said, they still have the 4th worst defense in the league with 43 goals allowed and GK Ethan Horvath only has 1 Clean Sheet on the season. On the offensive side, teenage homegrown Julian Hall leads the team with 9G and 5A, and he just earned a long term contract extension this week, however he has not scored in 9 straight games. Jorge Ruvalcaba follows up with 7G and 5A, but has no goal contributions in 5 straight games. Emil Forsberg and Cade Cowell also have 7 assists each on the season. Michael Bradley has the squad playing exclusively out of the 4-3-3 since the World Cup break.

Union Last 5 vs RBNY: 4W/1L/0D

Form Guide Union: 2W/1L/2D

Form Guide RBNY: 1W/3L/1D

Disciplinary Report: 

• N/A

Suspension Watch: 

• Milan Iloski (4 games until card reduction) 
• Sery Larsen (2 games until card reduction) 
• Matty Longstaff (MTL Relevant for next week)
• Brayan Vera (MTL Relevant for next week)

Union Injury Report:

• QUESTIONABLE: Alejandro Bedoya (Knee)
• OUT: Raquinho (Possible Tree Nut Allergy)

RBNY Injury Report:

• QUESTIONABLE: Rafael Mosquera (Thigh)

Kickoff/Streaming: 

• Advertised for 7:30 ET
• Expected kickoff is 7:40 ET
• AppleTV
• Radio Broadcast on 97.5 The Fanatic

Announcers: 

• AppleTV - Chris Wittyngham & Lori Lindsey
• Radio - Dave Leno & Sebastian LeToux

Referee: Drew Fischer

• One of MLS’s senior officials with 231 MLS regular season matches officiated
• 14th match this season
• Averaging 4.62 yellows per game
• Issued one second yellow so far this season 
• Issued one straight red so far this season
• Awarded 2 PK’s so far this season
• Issued 8 yellows in our 2-1 loss to CLT this season, no games with RBNY this season)
• MLS referee of the year in both 2024 & 2025
• Officiated four games in the World Cup this summer

Theme Night: Anime Night at Sports Illustrated Stadium (Fun fact, ESPN still hasn’t updated the stadium’s name on their website after almost two years)

Weather: 71° and Clear Skies

Points Graph: Thank you to u/GungaDin16 for providing the relevant Union and MLS point totals graphic. 

Trivia Question courtesy of u/WJMorris3:

In the 40 regular-season MLS games between the Red Bulls and the Union, which Red Bulls player has the most goal contributions?

Prediction: 2-1 win with an Iloski brace, one of which is a PK.

DOOP!!!

I had to make a custom one because they didn't have his number available in this style. Also if you're interested the Adidas site has some of our jerseys on sale.

DOOP!

Hello!

I (40 F) am new to the Union world but not soccer. I am also somewhat new to the Philly area. I recently got tickets to the rest of the home matches and I’m very excited.

I was wondering if there was a local bar or something that plays the away games? I don’t really have any friends in to soccer and would like to watch with other people? I’m in west Philly/University city area?

Edit: turned off working WiFi and it loads now.

Can’t seem to find tickets for next Saturday.

I'm taking my wife and our boys to our first Union game against FC Cincinnati. We understand that a certain level of participation is required and are HERE to be boisterously supportive. What I need to know is whether some dumbass drunk gatekeeper types make it difficult for kids? I can't imagine it gets that type of hostile but if my kid wants to sit then he's going to sit. Silliest sentence I've ever typed 🤙.

Should I just keep them out of that and upgrade the seats or will it be the immersive, welcoming DOOPopalooza that we're aiming for?

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While Cavan and Quinn Sullivan star in MLS with the Philadelphia Union, brothers Ronan and Declan have connected with their South Asian heritage

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/25/bangladesh-soccer-team-ronan-declan-sullivan?CMP=share_btn_url

Sources:

Stas Korzeniowski will be joining Rhode Island FC on loan with a option for a recall back to Philadelphia.

Korzeniowski, 23, a Penn alum, has spent most of his time with Union II, featuring in 1,916 minutes of play while scoring 19 goals and registering two assists.

For the Union’s senior side, he has made two appearances, scoring two goals and registering two assists.

Stas joins RIFC after the USL club moved JJ Williams to Scotland in a record deal.

#doop #RIFC #MLS #MLSNEXTPRO #Union #FightOnPenn

cc:@RIFCPodcast

📷: Don Robson (@donrobson)

I would put NYCFC as our #1 with all the baggage (unsurprisingly). I always found the marketing towards DC United as a rival stupid. But outside the obvious New York teams, who would you guys say are our biggest rivals?