The Philadelphia Union Gazette
Market9 Nov 2026
Jovan Lukić has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Philadelphia Union they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Ben Bender says Philadelphia Union went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Philadelphia Union
Kai Wagner 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Olwethu Makhanya gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Olwethu Makhanya is on it.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Jovan Lukić knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Philadelphia Union, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market9 Nov 2026
The Indiana Vassilev talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Philadelphia Union know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market9 Nov 2026
Talks stall between Philadelphia Union and George Marks
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market9 Nov 2026
Still no signature from Olivier Mbaizo
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Philadelphia Union could get for him.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
George Marks has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and George Marks has written the date down.
In brief
- Squad Kai Wagner is training like a man with a point to make
- Squad Tim Weah back in training