CHECK OUT UNION’S BERNARD AARONSON MAKING IT 3-0!
Behind goals from Anthony Fontana and Ilsinho, each off nice setups from Kacper Przybylko, and this one in stoppage time…
UNION MUZZLES MIAMI FOR 4TH WIN IN LAST 5!
By Hal Whister Anthony Fontana, Ilsinho and Brenden Aaronson each scored as the Union topped Inter Miami 3-0. Kacper Przybylko had assists on…
UNION ROLL OVER MONTREAL IMPACT FOR 2ND PLACE IN EAST!
By Melody Miller Kacper Przybylko scored twice as the Union beat the 10-man Montreal Impact 4-1 at Red Bull Arena.…
UNION WON TO STAY 3 PTS. OUT OF 1ST: HERE’S HOW!
Anthony Fontana came off the bench to score two goals late in the second half, capped off by a 95th-minute…
2 FONTANA GOALS PUSH UNION PAST REVOLUTION FOR 4TH WIN IN 5!
By Wendy Wilson and Reuters Anthony Fontana scored two goals, including the winner in the 95th minute, to lift the host Union past…
HERE’S HOW THE UNION SCORED 3 GOALS AND IMPROVED TO 5-3-2!
By Melody Miller The Union rebounded from a loss at Columbus by blowing out the New York Red Bulls 3-0…
UNION PITCH A BAGEL AT THE RED BULLS!
By Michael Grimm Brenden Aaronson, Kacper Przybylko and Matthew Real scored to lift the visiting Union past the New York…
UNION SAY GOOD-BYE COLUMBUS AFTER SQUEAKER LOSS!
Columbus, which moved up to first place in the Eastern Conference with the win (6-1-2, 20 points) hasn’t given up…
UNION LOSES 1ST IN LAST 8, 1-0 AT COLUMBUS!
By Sally Fahey and Reuters Lucas Zelarayan scored in the 55th minute to lift the Columbus Crew over the visiting Union 1-0 to…
CELEBRATE UNION KACPER PRZYBYLKO’S TWO GOALS!
The Union jumped ahead 1-0 in the seventh minute when they took advantage of a corner kick which ricocheted through…
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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.