Gilberto Mora

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Philadelphia Union
8 Nov 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Gilberto Mora

11 Edition

The Philadelphia Union Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Gilberto Mora keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Philadelphia Union may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Olwethu Makhanya stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Olwethu Makhanya and Philadelphia Union agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Words at Philadelphia Union training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jovan Lukić is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Philadelphia Union Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Philadelphia Union turn down Morelia for Bruno Damiani

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Boardroom

Dawid Bugaj will join Philadelphia Union for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Dawid Bugaj has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Philadelphia Union have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Match

3 matches without a goal for Philadelphia Union

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Bruno Damiani gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

A bad afternoon for Philadelphia Union against DC United

0‑1 to DC United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Tempers go at Philadelphia Union

Gilberto Mora was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Quinn Sullivan

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Words at Philadelphia Union training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Bedoya is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Andre Blake

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

In brief

3 Edition

The Tijuana Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A one-man rearguard from José Antonio Rodríguez

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Tijuana count the cost of losing Ignacio Rivero

14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

Tempers go at Tijuana

Unai Bilbao was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Alejandro Gómez falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

Mourad rescues a point for Tijuana

It needed Mourad to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Pachuca, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Domingo Blanco

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief