‘ASSHOLE, SORE LOSER,’ UNION’S JIM CURTIN SAYS OF ATLANTA COACH!
By Henry Aldridge Union coach Jim Curtin and Atlanta’s Gabriel Heinze shared words Tuesday’s night’s draw, and after the game,…
UNION MARCHES THROUGH ATLANTA, ADVANCING IN CHAMPS LEAGUE!
By Melody Miller The Union drew with Atlanta last night in Chester, and as a result they move on in…
UNION LOST JOSE MARTINEZ AND THE GAME, BUT NOT ANDRE BLAKE!
By Mary Daley Philly was at a disadvantage when, in the 16th minute, Jose Martinez was sent off for a…
WITH JUST 1 GOAL IN 3 GAMES, UNION FALL TO NYCFC!
By Mary Daley Jesús Medina and Valentín Castellanos each scored as visiting NYCFC beat the Union 2-0. The 24-year-old Medina…
HERE’S HOW THE UNION TORCHED ATLANTA 3-0 IN CHAMPIONS!
By Martin Gabler The Union left Atlanta in the dust with a huge three-goal second half. Andre Blake was unbeatable…
KACPER NETS A PAIR AND UNION SWAMP ATLANTA IN CHAMPIONS!
By Martin Gabler Kacper Przybylko scored twice and the visiting Union beat Atlanta 3-0 in the first leg of their…
UNION LOSES TO INTER MIAMI 2-1 — HERE’S HOW!
By Harvey Hoffman The Union gave up two second half goals in their first-ever loss to Inter Miami CF last…
UNION GIVE IT AWAY TO MIAMI IN HOME OPENER!
By Harvey Hoffman Gonzalo Higuaín and Federico Higuaín scored and Inter Miami rallied to beat the Union 2-1 on Saturday…
HERE’S WHY UNION’S ANDRE BLAKE IS GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR!
By Jan Hooper Just seconds into last night’s Union-Crew match, Lucas Zelarayán threaded a pass through the midfield so Luis…
NO BOO-HOO, UNION FANS, A TIE AT MLS CHAMP CREW ISN’T BAD!
By Melody Miller The Union opened its 2021 season in Columbus against the Crew, which won the MLS title last…
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No sports has taken the local market by a bigger storm than the Philadelphia Union, the four-year-old member of the Major League Soccer. And no one symbolizes soccer's growth in this market - with Union news, Union blogs and Union rumors seemingly everywhere - better than Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz.
"My high school played games in Philly and always got beat up," he says as he sits in his spacious office with a view of the the Union's home, PPL Park right out his window.
"So I had a pretty good feel for the city even when I was a kid. Plus, my family used to take us down here for trips." Sakiewicz played professionally in both France and Portugal.
After the World Cup in 1994, where he ran marketing for Mastercard and met all of the founding fathers of the new Major League Soccer, Sakiewicz joined the new league at its inception in 1995 as VP of sponsorship sales and relocated to Manhattan. In 1996, the league asked him to take over as president of the league-owned Tampa Bay Mutiny, and he was named MLS executive of the year after three seasons.
So, when he got a feeler about joining a new team in Philly as CEO and a member of the ownership group - along with Jim Nevels, Jay Sugarman, Robert Buccini, David Pollin, William Doran and Paula Mandle - Sakiewicz fairly leaped at the chance. "Philly is a great town and a great sports town," Sakiewicz says. "But it isn't a real international city. Well help with that. We pride ourselves in that."
When he was informed recently that the last professional sports franchise started in this town that lasted more than a couple of years was the Flyers in 1967, he was taken aback, especially considering the way Union news, Union blogs and Union rumors have proliferated. "
Just another element of the challenge.
Now, on the heels of the 2014 World Cup and interest in American soccer sky, Union news, Union blogs and Union rumors have more resonance than ever.