Philadelphia Union's Supporters' Shield Triumph Forged By Togetherness Union players credited a tight bond formed in preseason as one of the key driving factors to the best MLS regular-season point total in 2025.

The Union’s Supporters’ Shield triumph was built by a foundation forged in preseason.

Column on Saturday’s match:

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Breaking Down the Philadelphia Union and the Supporters' Shield Challengers A look at what the Union and their closest competitors for the Supporters' Shield have left in the regular season.

The Union lead the Supporters’ Shield race with three games left, but there’s plenty of work left to be done.

A detailed look at the Union’s Shield competition with less than a month left in the MLS regular season.

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Philadelphia Union Prove They Are Trophy Worthy in 2025 With Road Win over FC Cincinnati The Union played like a title-winning side in the 1-0 road triumph.

The 2025 iteration of the Union keeps proving they have “it” and that “it” is what is driving belief that another addition to the trophy case is coming.

Column on the Union’s trophy-winning credentials:

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Match Thoughts: Philadelphia Union 4, Chicago Fire 0 “If you keep the zero and score goals, you’re going to win the game." - Kai Wagner

“I’ve seen a lot of good games this year and I think this is amongst the best games I’ve seen not just this year but as a coach in general.” - Bradley Carnell.

Match Thoughts on Union-Fire:

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Milan Iloski Details Move to Philadelphia Union The 26-year-old forward spoke with reporters on Thursday about joining the Union.

Milan Iloski wanted to stay in MLS.

He saw the Philadelphia Union as an ideal fit.

A detailed conversation with Iloski about his move to the Union and what he’ll add on the field:

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Milan Iloski Signing Shows Rare Statement of Intent for Philadelphia Union The former on-loan San Diego FC striker signed for the Union from FC Nordsjaelland.

The Union have made a rare statement of intent with the Milan Iloski signing.

My Union Soccer Blog column on what the move means in the short and long term:

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Mikael Uhre Nets Brace In Biggest Game Since Injury Return Uhre scored his first goals since May in the Union's 3-1 win over Colorado.

Mikael Uhre’s two goals on Saturday night came at an important juncture of the Union’s 2025 season & his time in Chester.

On Uhre’s return & the impact it can have down the stretch:

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Philadelphia Union Recalibrate In Win Over New York Red Bulls Match thoughts on a comprehensive 2-0 victory.

The Union recalibrated in their win over the Red Bulls.

Match Thoughts:

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USOC Match Preview: Philadelphia Union vs. New York Red Bulls “We just have to have this Philly chip on the shoulder that has to come out in all forms."

Bradley Carnell is excited for his first Union-Red Bulls rivalry game on the Union side.

USOC QF Match Preview:

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Familiar Errors Come About In Philadelphia Union's Loss to Nashville SC There’s nothing really new to learn from the Philadelphia Union’s 1-0 loss to Nashville SC.

A bunch of familiar errors reared their head in the Union’s loss on Saturday.

Match Thoughts on Union-Nashville:

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Tai Baribo Safely Out of Israel, Plus Injury Updates The Union's leading goal scorer safely landed out of Israel on Monday afternoon.

Tai Baribo is safely out of Israel, plus all the Union injury updates from Bradley Carnell ahead of Wednesday’s game in Chicago.

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Tai Baribo is safely out of Israel.

Bradley Carnell just said in his press conference that Baribo landed at his destination 25-30 minutes ago.

Philadelphia Union Pull Off Another Improbable Win Thanks to Markus Anderson Anderson scored the game-winning goal almost a full year after he was banished from the first team due to a mistake against Cincinnati.

The Union’s last-minute win over Charlotte seemed improbable in the moment.

But when you take a step back it was created by the process that’s been in place in Chester since January.

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How The Union Plan to Manage Roster Depth During Gold Cup Andre Blake, Quinn Sullivan, Nathan Harriel and Danley Jean Jacques will all be away from the club competing at the Gold Cup.

The Union have four key absences due to Gold Cup duty.

Bradley Carnell provided insight on how the club will adjust while they are off on international duty.

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Bradley Carnell Provides Injury Updates on Mikael Uhre and Tai Baribo Uhre and Baribo will at least miss Saturday's clash with Charlotte.

Mikael Uhre and Tai Baribo are out for Saturday, and likely longer.

The update on the forwards, plus some praise for Chris Donovan amid the minutes increase he’s about to receive:

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Carnell on injuries to Uhre & Baribo:

“The next two weeks I’m not even thinking about them. If they start progressing in the next two weeks and then spend another 10 days getting ready, I’m not sure of those timelines.”

It's Time to Officially Move the Goalposts on the Philadelphia Union's 2025 Expectations The Supporters' Shield and U.S. Open Cup are now the goals to achieve at the halfway point of the 2025 campaign.

It’s Time to Officially Move the Goalposts on the Union’s 2025 Expectations

My Union Soccer Blog Column:

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Match Thoughts: Philadelphia Union 3, Inter Miami 3 The Union failed to close out another top-tier Eastern Conference foe at home on Saturday.

Union-Miami Match Thoughts:

Union played well, but Miami also had a clear pathway back into the game.

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BREAKING: Union Trade Daniel Gazdag to Columbus Crew The Union dealt the club's all-time leading scorer to an Eastern Conference foe on Wednesday morning.

The Union have traded Daniel Gazdag to Columbus.

The backbone of the deal, according to sources, is that Gazdag wanted a pay raise in his new deal.

The Union were not willing to meet his demands. Columbus was and a deal happened.

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Match Preview: Philadelphia Union vs. St. Louis City SC Bradley Carnell faces his former side on Saturday, plus a chat with Indiana Vassilev about playing his former club.

Union-St. Louis Match Preview:

Featuring a conversation with Indiana Vassilev about his former team, Bradley Carnell and more

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Match Thoughts: Nashville SC 3, Philadelphia Union 1 The Union were done in by a handful of mistakes in their first loss of the 2025 MLS regular season.

Union-Nashville Match Thoughts:

⚽️Bad defending
⚽️Whiffs in attack
⚽️Thoughts on the whole penalties debacle

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Olwethu Makhanya Embracing New Opportunities in Philadelphia Union Defense The 20-year-old center back talked to Union Soccer Blog about his journey to a starting spot and how he remained positive during tough times.

Olwethu Makhanya kept a remarkable level of positivity as he waited for his turn in the Union XI.

I chatted with the center back about the process and the new opportunity to compete for starting minutes in 2025:

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Match Thoughts: Philadelphia Union 4, FC Cincinnati 1 Tai Baribo powered the Union with a hat-trick. The team is developing an identity under first-year head coach Bradley Carnell.

Match Thoughts from the Union’s win over FC Cincinnati:

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Match Thoughts: Union 4, Orlando City 2 The Union made a solid first impression in Bradley Carnell's first game as head coach.

5 Match Thoughts from the Union’s win over Orlando:

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Jovan Lukic Happy To Have Chance in MLS with Philadelphia Union The 23-year-old midfielder learned a lot from his first move away from Serbia and is genuinely happy to be part of the squad the Union are building.

Jovan Lukic is genuinely happy to have a chance with the Union.

You’d be too if you dealt with everything he has.

Lukic opened up about how excited he is to be in Philly on Thursday.

New Union Soccer Blog post:

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Kai Wagner Talks New Coach, Getting Back to Winning in 2025 and Transfer Rumors The Union left back talked about expectations for 2025 and the latest offseason interest in him.

Kai Wagner wants the Union to get back to winning ways.

“You will always hear me say that I want to win games. I don’t want to lose games anymore. Last year was just too many. It’s just about winning games.”

More with Wagner at Union Soccer Blog:

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Bruno Damiani Comes to Philadelphia Union as Ideal Fit at Forward The Union's year-long pursuit of the Uruguayan forward officially ended on Tuesday in a club-record transfer deal.

Bruno Damiani has arrived in Chester as the ideal fit at forward for the Union.

On the process to sign him, how he fits and what the striker depth chart looks like now:

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Ernst Tanner Revamped the Philadelphia Union Roster Just As He Said He Would If anything, the Philadelphia Union sporting director has stuck true to his word about offseason acquisitions.

My column on the Union off-season:

Ernst Tanner did exactly what he said he’d do this offseason and now every success or failure is solely on him.

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Breaking Down the 2025 Philadelphia Union Depth Chart A position-by-position breakdown of the 2025 Philadelphia Union depth chart

The 2025 Philadelphia Union season begins on Saturday.

Here’s a detailed look at the roster and where it stands:

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Union Notes: Carnell on Pierre, Westfield, Lukic Signings, Preparing for Friday's Preseason Game The Union face FC Cincinnati on Friday as part of their preseason trip to Clearwater.

Union Notebook:

⚽️Carnell on Pierre, Westfield and Lukic signings

⚽️What it means to be a dynamic No. 6

⚽️What to expect in Friday’s preseason match

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