The Philadelphia Union Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
So close: Indiana Vassilev’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Orlando City moved on, Indiana Vassilev reports back to Philadelphia Union, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nathan Harriel goes up and wins it — 7.68
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.68 for the rest of it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Philadelphia Union walk away from AJ Marcucci
$2.2M was the most the club would pay and New York Red Bulls were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deadline passes with 15 signed and 1 gone
That is the business done at Philadelphia Union until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Philadelphia Union make their move for Hosei Kijima
$830.0K on the table at DC United. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kai Wagner signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kai Wagner commits to Philadelphia Union for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Agustín Anello in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Philadelphia Union this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Santiago Ramirez
Philadelphia Union asked and Veracruz said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Philadelphia Union against Toronto FC
1‑2 to Toronto FC, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
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