2018 Philadelphia Union season

Philadelphia Union
2018 season
Owner Jay Sugarman
Head Coach Jim Curtin
Stadium Talen Energy Stadium (Capacity: 18,500)
MLS TBD
MLS Cup Playoffs TBD
U.S. Open Cup Runner-up
Top goalscorer League: 2 players tied (5)
All: Cory Burke (6)
Highest home attendance 19,013
July 21 vs LA Galaxy
Lowest home attendance League: 14,795
April 7 vs San Jose Earthquakes
All: 3,565
June 5 vs Richmond Kickers
Average home league attendance 16,155
Home colors
Away colors

The 2018 Philadelphia Union season is the club's ninth season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer.

Background

MLS SuperDraft

The Union selected three players from the third and fourth rounds of the 2018 SuperDraft[1]

Round Pick Name Position Nationality School
3 54 Mike Catalano Midfielder United States United States Wisconsin
55 Aidan Apodaca Forward United States United States California Baptist University
4 77 Matt Danilack Forward United States United States Dartmouth

Roster

Current squad


No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed From
Goalkeepers
1 John McCarthy United States GK July 4, 1992 United States Rochester Rhinos
18 Andre Blake (INT) Jamaica GK November 21, 1990 United States UConn
29 Jake McGuire United States GK September 3, 1994 United States University of Tulsa
Defenders
3 Jack Elliott (INT) England CB August 24, 1995 United States West Virginia University
4 Mark McKenzie (HGP) United States CB August 12, 1998 United States Bethlehem Steel FC
5 Olivier Mbaizo Cameroon DF August 15, 1997 United States Bethlehem Steel FC
12 Keegan Rosenberry United States RB December 11, 1993 United States Georgetown University
15 Joshua Yaro (GA) Ghana LB/CB March 7, 1994 United States Georgetown University
16 Richie Marquez United States CB May 26, 1992 United States University of Redlands
26 Auston Trusty (HGP) United States CB August 12, 1998 United States Bethlehem Steel FC
28 Ray Gaddis United States RB January 13, 1990 United States West Virginia University
32 Matthew Real (HGP) United States LB July 10, 1999 United States Bethlehem Steel FC
33 Fabinho Brazil LB March 16, 1985 Australia Sydney FC
Midfielders
2 Warren Creavalle Guyana DM August 14, 1990 Canada Toronto FC
6 Haris Medunjanin (INT) Bosnia and Herzegovina CM March 8, 1985 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
7 David Accam Ghana MF September 28, 1990 United States Chicago Fire
8 Derrick Jones (HGP) United States MF March 3, 1997 United States Bethlehem Steel FC
9 Fafà Picault United States MF February 23, 1991 Germany FC St. Pauli
10 Bořek Dočkal (DP) (INT) Czech Republic ACM September 30, 1988 China Henan Jianye
11 Alejandro Bedoya (DP) United States CM/RM April 29, 1987 France FC Nantes
14 Fabian Herbers Germany CF August 17, 1993 United States Creighton University
20 Marcus Epps United States CF January 16, 1995 United States South Florida
21 Anthony Fontana (HGP) United States MF October 14, 1999 United States Bethlehem Steel FC
24 Adam Najem Afghanistan MF January 19, 1995 United States Akron
25 Ilsinho (INT) Brazil CM/RM October 12, 1985 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Forwards
17 C.J. Sapong United States CF December 27, 1988 United States Sporting Kansas City
19 Cory Burke (INT) Jamaica CF December 28, 1991 United States Bethlehem Steel FC
27 Jay Simpson (INT) England CF December 1, 1988 England Leyton Orient

Last updated: May 30, 2018.
Source: Philadelphia Union Roster

Last updated: May 30, 2018.
Source: MLS Designations

DP indicates Designated Player
GA indicates Generation Adidas Player
HGP indicates Home Grown Player
INT indicates MLS International Player and qualifies for an international roster spot

Current staff

As of February 4, 2018[2]
Position Staff Nationality
Head coachJim Curtin United States
Technical director and assistant coachChris Albright United States
Assistant coachB.J. Callaghan United States
Assistant coachPat Noonan United States
Goalkeeping coachTim Hanley United States
Head athletic trainerPaul Rushing United States
Team coordinatorJosh Gros United States
Sporting directorEarnie Stewart United States
Academy directorTommy Wilson Scotland

Competitions

Preseason

MLS season

U.S. Open Cup

Friendlies

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlanta United (Q) 32 20 6 6 67 39 +28 66 Conference Semi-finals[lower-alpha 1]
2 New York Red Bulls (Q) 32 20 7 5 60 33 +27 65
3 New York City FC (Q) 32 15 9 8 55 41 +14 53 Knockout round
4 Philadelphia Union (Q) 32 15 12 5 48 46 +2 50
5 Columbus Crew 32 13 10 9 39 41 −2 48
6 D.C. United 31 12 11 8 56 49 +7 44
7 Montreal Impact 32 13 15 4 45 52 −7 43
8 New England Revolution (E) 32 9 12 11 47 51 −4 38
9 Toronto FC (E) 31 9 16 6 55 60 −5 33
10 Chicago Fire (E) 32 8 17 7 47 59 −12 31
11 Orlando City (E) 31 7 20 4 40 70 −30 25
Updated to match(es) played on October 13, 2018. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goal differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions will not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.[3]

League standings

Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City and Toronto FC qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League by winning their respective domestic cup competitions, not through MLS.

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
6 New York City FC 32 15 9 8 55 41 +14 53
7 Portland Timbers 32 14 9 9 50 46 +4 51
8 Seattle Sounders 31 15 11 5 45 33 +12 50
9 Philadelphia Union 32 15 12 5 48 46 +2 50
10 Columbus Crew 32 13 10 9 39 41 −2 48
11 Real Salt Lake 32 13 12 7 51 54 −3 46
12 LA Galaxy 32 12 11 9 61 60 +1 45
Updated to match(es) played on October 13, 2018. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. ↑

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
21 8 3 10 29 34  −5 27 5 2 4 18 14  +4 3 1 6 11 20  −9

Last updated: July 31, 2018.
Source: MLS

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHHAHHAHAAAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHAAHAHAHHA
ResultWTLTLLWLLWWTWLLWLLWLWLWWWWTLWWTW

Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2018. Source: 2018 MLS season & Weekly MLS Standing
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Position references Eastern Conference standings.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 31 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player TotalMLSMLS CupU.S. Open Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defenders
3 DF England Jack Elliot 80800000
4 DF United States Mark McKenzie 706+100000
5 DF United States Olivier Mbaizo 00000000
12 DF United States Keegan Rosenberry 1411410000
15 DF Ghana Joshua Yaro 00000000
16 DF United States Richie Marquez 00000000
26 DF United States Auston Trusty 1401400000
28 DF United States Ray Gaddis 1108+300000
32 DF United States Matthew Real 30300000
33 DF Brazil Fabinho 403+100000
Midfielders
2 MF Guyana Warren Creavalle 200+200000
4 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Medunjanin 1411410000
7 MF Ghana David Accam 14011+300000
8 MF United States Derrick Jones 100+100000
9 MF United States Fafa Picault 906+300000
10 MF Czech Republic Bořek Dočkal 1331330000
11 MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 1411410000
14 MF Germany Fabian Herbers 30300000
20 MF United States Marcus Epps 613+310000
21 MF United States Anthony Fontana 411+310000
24 MF United States Adam Najem 00000000
25 MF Brazil Ilsinho 1135+630000
30 MF Cameroon Eric Ayuk Mbu 00000000
Forwards
17 FW United States C.J. Sapong 12211+120000
19 FW Jamaica Cory Burke 1123+820000
27 FW England Jay Simpson 200+200000

Statistics are from all matches as documented by Soccerway.com.[5]

Top scorers

As of 31 May 2018
Place Position Name MLS MLS Cup Open Cup Total
1 MF Brazil Ilsinho 3 0 0 3
MF Czech Republic Bořek Dočkal 3 0 0 3
2 FW United States C.J. Sapong 2 0 0 2
FW Jamaica Cory Burke 2 0 0 2
3 DF United States Keegan Rosenberry 1 0 0 1
MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Medunjanin 1 0 0 1
MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 1 0 0 1
MF United States Marcus Epps 1 0 0 1
MF United States Anthony Fontana 1 0 0 1
Total 15 0 0 15

Goalkeepers

As of 31 May 2018
Nat. No. Player Apps Starts Record GA GAA SO Yellow card Red card
Jamaica1Andre Blake 14145–5–3161.07400
United States27John McCarthy 000–0–000.00000
United States29Jake McGuire 000–0–000.00000
Total5-5-3151.07400
Record = W-L-D

Transfers

In

Date No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Source
December 20, 201714MFGermany Fabian HerbersUnited States Philadelphia UnionSigned new contract[6]
December 20, 201725MFBrazil IlsinhoUnited States Philadelphia UnionSigned new contract[6]
December 20, 201733DFBrazil FabinhoUnited States Philadelphia UnionSigned new contract[6]
December 21, 201721FWJamaica Cory BurkeUnited States Bethlehem Steel FCSigned[7]
January 18, 201832DFUnited States Matthew RealUnited States Bethlehem Steel FCSigned as Homegrown Player[8]
January 18, 20184DFUnited States Mark McKenzieUnited States Bethlehem Steel FCSigned as Homegrown Player[9]
January 19, 20187MFGhana David AccamUnited States Chicago Fire$1,200,000 allocation money[10]
April 17, 20185DFCameroon Olivier MbaizoUnited States Bethlehem Steel FCSigned[11]

Out

Date No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Source
November 1, 20174DFUnited States Ken TribbettUnited States Penn FCDeclined contract option[12][13]
November 1, 20175DFUnited States Oguchi OnyewuDeclined contract option[12]
November 1, 20178MFUnited States Maurice EduDeclined contract option[12]
November 1, 20179FWUnited States Charlie DaviesRetiredDeclined contract option[12][14]
November 1, 201710MFNetherlands Roland AlbergBulgaria CSKA SofiaDeclined contract option[12][15]
November 1, 201713MFUnited States Chris PontiusUnited States LA GalaxyEnd of contract[12][16]
November 1, 201714MFGermany Fabian HerbersUnited States Philadelphia UnionDeclined contract option, re-signed new contract[12][6]
November 1, 201719DFEngland Aaron JonesDeclined contract option[12]
November 1, 201725MFBrazil IlsinhoUnited States Philadelphia UnionDeclined contract option, re-signed new contract[12][6]
November 1, 201732DFNetherlands Giliano WijnaldumNetherlands Williem IIDeclined contract option[12][17]
November 1, 201733DFBrazil FabinhoUnited States Philadelphia UnionEnd of contract, re-signed new contract[12][6]

Loan In

Date No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Source
February 28, 201810MFCzech Republic Bořek DočkalChina Henan Jianye F.C.Loan for 2018 season[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Philadelphia Union Select Three Players In MLS SuperDraft". Philadelphia Union. January 22, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Technical Staff". Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ Strauss, Brian (April 6, 2017). "MLS clubs have resolution over qualifying for future CCL after format change". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ Strauss, Brian (6 April 2017). "MLS clubs have resolution over qualifying for future CCL after format change". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Player Stats". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Philadelphia Union Re-Sign Fabinho, Fabian Herbers and Ilsinho". Philadelphia Union. December 20, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Philadelphia Union Sign Forward Cory Burke". Philadelphia Union. December 21, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Philadelphia Union Sign Homegrown Defender Matthew Real". Philadelphia Union. January 18, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Philadelphia Union Sign Homegrown Defender Mark McKenzie". Philadelphia Union. January 18, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Philadelphia Union Acquire Designated Player David Accam". Philadelphia Union. January 19, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Union Sign Defender Olivier Mbaizo". Philadelphia Union. April 17, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Philadelphia Union Exercise 2018 Options On 11 Players". Philadelphia Union. November 1, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Penn FC picks up Tribbett". www.uslsoccer.com. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  14. ↑ Seth Vertelney (2 March 2018). "Former U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies announces retirement". www.goal.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Official: Roland Alberg signs with CSKA Sofia". Brotherly Game. October 31, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  16. ↑ "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Chris Pontius". LA Galaxy. January 22, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Willem II records brother Wijnaldum" (in Dutch). NOS. January 5, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Philadelphia Union Acquire Attacking Midfielder Borek Dockal". Philadelphia Union. February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
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