philadelphiaunion.com - 5/11/2009
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On February 28, 2008 Philadelphia was awarded an expansion franchise to be the 16th in the league. The club will begin play in the Spring of 2010. Lead by the ownership group of Keystone Sports and Entertainment, LLC the club operated under the name MLS Philadelphia2010 for much of 2008 and ...
zonqsports.com - 5/11/2009
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zonqsports.com —
Philadelphia's Major League Soccer expansion team has finally
announced their team name and logo. The Philadelphia Union...
will begin play in 2010. My first thought was that the name was kind of bland but the name and logo have both begun to grown on me.
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Philadelphia Announces MLS Team Name
soccerticketsonline.com - 5/12/2009
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soccerticketsonline.com —
The newest team in major League Soccer is
the Philadelphia Union. Union was picked as the name...
of Major League Soccer’s 16th team after an exhaustive internal evaluation aimed at selecting a name that would be both modern and lasting. In choosing Union, the team hearkens to the
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Philadelphia Union – Welcome to MLS
philly.com - 5/12/2009
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philly.com —
WITH A new Major League Soccer team in
town, the next step for the Philadelphia Union is...
to get a coach and actual players. The Union will begin play next spring and team president Tom Veit said a coach would be selected in July or August. He also ...
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Philadelphia Union kicks off new MLS franchise | ...
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A more perfect Union
Major League Soccer —
... to purchase gear, read about the new club, etc. An indepth look at the logo is on the left, giving a background to the new team crest. I’ll be back more with an update on the full press conference later on today. ...
It's Official: New MLS Team is Unionized
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae —
Last Wednesday Matt posted a great rundown of all of the leaked information including the team name, Philadelphia Union, along with the color scheme and crest of the new MLS franchise coming to the Philly area. It all became official today with a slight change in the color scheme but almost exactly as we had expected. The new team website is live and contained this fun breakdown of the team branding:
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Look for the Union label
HexagonalBlog —
... . The team said that the name is representative of the nation's colonial past and the city's central role in the nation's founding. And all this time I was thinking that the name had selected in honor of the city's role in the labor movement. Either way, the team motto "Jungite aut Perite" -- Join or Die -- is just too perfect. The team directors put a lot of work into the meaning of all elements of the logo and the colors and ended up with something that was truly symbolic of the city and its history. Very well done. (Thanks to Kristen Wise at adidas for the logo) ...
Is MLS About to Over Expand?
The Offside —
... . And they will have a pretty kick-ass logo (left) which is explained in more detail on their website . Philadelphia will be joined in 2011 by teams from ...
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