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It’s Always Soccer in Philadelphia: 2025 Union Postmortem
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The Philadelphia Union crashed out of the playoffs with a 1-0 home loss to NYCFC in the Eastern Conference semifinal on Sunday night. They didn’t roll over and die in standard big-game Union fashion, but they were lacking quality in front of goal and their blue collar pressing game was a little frenetic, disjointed, and janky. The typical sharpness and bite just wasn’t there.
Still, it goes down as a tremendously successful season. 66 points, a Supporters’ Shield triumph, and a total defiance of low expectations makes this one of the best Philadelphia Union seasons of all time. We broke it down in pragmatic fashion on the season-ending IASIP podcast:
rundown:
- 0:25 – NYC recap
- 13:10 – the season is a success
- 19:20 – Supporters Shield asterisks and re-litigation
- 31:20 – Ernst Tanner allegations
- 48:16 – if Ernst goes, does Jay Sugarman go?
- 54:47 – who stays and who goes, player edition
- 1:10:00 – the ceiling for German moneyball
- 1:22:30 – “winter” schedule switch
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com