Results tagged “philadelphiaunion”

In the first really big piece of news for the Philadelphia Union since the team got a name (and a badass logo), it was announced today that Peter Nowak will be the manager when the team takes the field next spring. Nowak has two MLS titles under his belt—one as a player, and one as manager of D.C. United—so he brings more-or-less instant credibility to the Union franchise. He'll be officially introduced as manager at a press conference tomorrow afternoon.

It's never too early to indoctrinate your children...

We spend a lot of time on Twitter, doing our best to deliver a good mix of our headlines and real-time updates. And, in case you're not following us yet, or aren't on Twitter at all, you should know that ours is a very Twitter-friendly city.That's why we've decided to start a daily post lining up some of the more interesting tweets that fellow Phillyists have pushed out into the statusphere. In most cases, we leave the details to the original tweets, so click through, read, and follow your fellow Philadelphians. But, all alliteration aside, if you're on Twitter and we haven't found you yet, leave a link to your profile in the comments!

After word leaked late last Thursday night that the Philadelphia MLS franchise would be called the Union, this morning's "official" announcement was nothing if not anticlimactic. But those who attended the official announcement did get the first crack at buying official Union merchandise—which the rest of us can now get at the team's official website.