2013 Philadelphia Union season

Philadelphia Union

2013 season
Owner	Keystone Sports & Entertainment
Manager	John Hackworth
Stadium	PPL Park (Capacity: 18,500)
Major League Soccer	Eastern Conference: 7th Overall Table: 14th
U.S. Open Cup	4th Round
Top goalscorer	Jack McInerney (10)
Highest home attendance	19,013 v New York Red Bulls June 23, 2013
Lowest home attendance	15,172 v Chivas USA July 12, 2013
Average home league attendance	17,867 (96.58% capacity) 6 sellouts (Through October 27, 2013)
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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The 2013 Philadelphia Union season is the fourth season of the team's existence.

Background

This was the 4th season in MLS for the Philadelphia and the first full year under manager John Hackworth.

Match results

  Win   Loss   Tie

Pre-season Friendlies

2013 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic

MLS Regular Season

The Union ended the season 12-12-10 overall, 7-5-5 at home, 5-7-5 on the road.

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

The Union, along with the other 15 US-based MLS teams, will enter the U.S. Open Cup in the Third Round.

Friendlies

MLS Reserve League

The Union have chosen to affiliate with the USL-Pro's Harrisburg City Islanders and as such, will not field a reserve team this season.

League table

Conference

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	New York Red Bulls !New York Red Bulls (SS) (E1)	59	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	2013 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Sporting Kansas City !Sporting Kansas City	58	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17
3	New England Revolution !New England Revolution	51	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11
4	Houston Dynamo !Houston Dynamo	51	34	14	11	9	41	41	0	2013 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Montreal Impact !Montreal Impact	49	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1
6	Chicago Fire !Chicago Fire	49	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5
7	Philadelphia Union !Philadelphia Union	46	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2
8	Columbus Crew !Columbus Crew	41	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4
9	Toronto FC !Toronto FC	29	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17
10	D.C. United !D.C. United	16	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37

Updated to matches played on October 27, 2013 6:55 p.m. EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

Overall

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	New York Red Bulls !New York Red Bulls (SS) (E1)	59	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League 1
2	Sporting Kansas City !Sporting Kansas City	58	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17
3	Portland Timbers !Portland Timbers (W1)	57	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21
4	Real Salt Lake !Real Salt Lake	56	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16
5	LA Galaxy !LA Galaxy	53	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15
6	Seattle Sounders FC !Seattle Sounders FC	52	34	15	12	7	42	42	0
7	New England Revolution !New England Revolution	51	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11
8	Colorado Rapids !Colorado Rapids	51	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7
9	Houston Dynamo !Houston Dynamo	51	34	14	11	9	41	41	0
10	San Jose Earthquakes !San Jose Earthquakes	51	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7
11	Montreal Impact !Montreal Impact	49	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League 2
12	Chicago Fire !Chicago Fire	49	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5
13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC !Vancouver Whitecaps FC	48	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8
14	Philadelphia Union !Philadelphia Union	46	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2
15	FC Dallas !FC Dallas	44	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4
16	Columbus Crew !Columbus Crew	41	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4
17	Toronto FC !Toronto FC	29	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17
18	Chivas USA !Chivas USA	26	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37
19	D.C. United !D.C. United	16	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League 1

Updated to matches played on October 2013. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

(W1) = Western Conference champion

¹The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A. (Canadian teams cannot qualify for the Champions League through MLS; the Canadian qualifier is the winner of the 2014 Canadian Championship.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League are:

• Winner of the 2013 MLS Cup (Pot A)
• Regular Season Conference Winner that is not the Supporters' Shield Champion (Pot B)
• Winner of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Pot B)

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	46	12	12	10	42	44	−2	7	5	5	23	18	+5	5	7	5	19	26	−7

Last updated: October 27, 2013
Source:
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	T	T	W	L	T	W	L	W	L	T	W	W	T	T	L	W	T	W	L	W	T	L	T	L	L	W	W	T	L	L

Last updated: October 27, 2013.
Source: MLS Results & League table
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff	Nation
Manager	John Hackworth	United States
Technical Director/Assistant Coach/Goalkeeper Coach	Rob Vartughian	United States
Assistant Coach/Reserve Team Head Coach	Brendan Burke	Ireland
Assistant Coach	Jim Curtin	United States
Director of International Player Development	Ricardo Ansaldi	Argentina
Head Athletic Trainer	Paul Rushing	United States
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Steve Hudyma	United States
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Kevin MIiller	United States
Team Coordinator	Josh Gros	United States
Academy Director	Tommy Wilson	Scotland
Equipment Director	Tim Cook	United States

Squad information

Current roster

As of October 1, 2013.^[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
3	Defender	Albright, ChrisChris Albright	United States
6	Forward	Casey, ConorConor Casey	United States
7	Midfielder	Carroll, BrianBrian Carroll (Captain)	United States
8	Defender	Kassel, MattMatt Kassel	United States
9	Forward	McInerney, JackJack McInerney	United States
10	Midfielder	Torres, RogerRoger Torres	Colombia
11	Forward	Le Toux, SébastienSébastien Le Toux	France
12	Forward	Wheeler, AaronAaron Wheeler	United States
13	Midfielder	Lahoud, MichaelMichael Lahoud	United States
14	Midfielder	Okugo, AmobiAmobi Okugo	United States
16	Defender	Anding, DonDon Anding	United States
17	Forward	Ekra, YannYann Ekra	Ivory Coast
18	Goalkeeper	MacMath, ZacZac MacMath (GA)	United States
19	Midfielder	Kléberson, Kléberson (DP, on loan from Bahia)	Brazil
21	Midfielder	Farfan, MichaelMichael Farfan	United States
22	Midfielder	Fernandes, LeoLeo Fernandes	United States
25	Defender	Williams, SheanonSheanon Williams	United States
26	Midfielder	Daniel, KeonKeon Daniel	Trinidad and Tobago
28	Defender	Gaddis, RayRay Gaddis	United States
29	Forward	Hoppenot, AntoineAntoine Hoppenot	United States
31	Defender	Parke, JeffJeff Parke (Vice-captain)	United States
33	Defender	Fabinho, Fabinho	Brazil
39	Goalkeeper	Nikolov, OkaOka Nikolov	Macedonia
40	Midfielder	Gilberto, Gilberto	Brazil
44	Midfielder	Cruz, DannyDanny Cruz	United States

Out on loan

No.	Position	Player	Nation
2	Defender	Valdés, CarlosCarlos Valdés (on loan at Independiente Santa Fe)	Colombia
5	Midfielder	Jordan, GregGreg Jordan (on loan at Harrisburg City Islanders)	United States
20	Midfielder	McLaughlin, JimmyJimmy McLaughlin (HGP on loan at Harrisburg City Islanders)	United States
23	Forward	Hernández, CristhianCristhian Hernández (HGP on loan at Harrisburg City Islanders)	Mexico
27	Midfielder	Pfeffer, ZachZach Pfeffer (HGP on loan at 1899 Hoffenheim)	United States

Squad breakdown

Ages are as of March 1, 2013.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
18	Zac MacMath		GK	(1991-08-07) August 7, 1991	University of Maryland
39	Oka Nikolov		GK	(1974-05-25) May 25, 1974	Eintracht Frankfurt
Defenders
3	Chris Albright		RB	(1979-01-14) January 14, 1979	New York Red Bulls
8	Matt Kassel		DF/MF	(1989-10-30) October 30, 1989	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
14	Amobi Okugo		DM/CB	(1991-03-13) March 13, 1991	UCLA
16	Don Anding		LB	(1991-05-31) May 31, 1991	Northeastern University
25	Sheanon Williams		RB	(1990-03-17) March 17, 1990	Harrisburg City Islanders
28	Ray Gaddis		RB	(1990-01-13) January 13, 1990	West Virginia University
31	Jeff Parke		CB	(1982-03-23) March 23, 1982	Seattle Sounders FC
33	Fabinho		LB	(1985-03-16) March 16, 1985	Sydney FC
Midfielders
7	Brian Carroll		DM	(1981-07-20) July 20, 1981	Columbus Crew
10	Roger Torres		AM	(1991-07-13) July 13, 1991	América de Cali
13	Michael Lahoud		MF	(1986-09-15) September 15, 1986	Chivas USA
19	Kléberson		MF	(1979-06-19) June 19, 1979	Bahia
21	Michael Farfan		LW/RW/AM	(1988-06-23) June 23, 1988	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
22	Leo Fernandes		MF	(1991-12-23) December 23, 1991	Stony Brook University
26	Keon Daniel		LW/RW	(1987-01-16) January 16, 1987	Puerto Rico Islanders
40	Gilberto		MF	(1988-10-20) October 20, 1988	Atlético Sorocaba
44	Danny Cruz		MF	(1990-01-03) January 3, 1990	D.C. United
Forwards
6	Conor Casey		ST	(1981-07-25) July 25, 1981	Colorado Rapids
9	Jack McInerney		ST	(1992-08-05) August 5, 1992	Cobb Futbol Club
11	Sebastien Le Toux		ST	(1984-01-10) January 10, 1984	New York Red Bulls
12	Aaron Wheeler		ST	(1988-05-11) May 11, 1988	KooTeePee
17	Yann Ekra		ST	(1990-12-10) December 10, 1990	Harrisburg City Islanders
29	Antoine Hoppenot		ST	(1990-11-23) November 23, 1990	Princeton University

Last updated: October 1, 2013.
Source: Philadelphia Union

Statistics

Statistics are from all MLS league matches.

Nat.	No.	Player	Pos.	Apps	Starts	G	A			Acquired	Salary	Cap Number
	3	AlbrightChris Albright	DF	2	0	0	0	1	0	Signed	$75,000	$75,000
	4	Soumaré*Bakary Soumaré	DF	3	3	0	0	1	0	Signed	$310,000	$123,529
	5	Jordan*Greg Jordan	MF	0	0	0	0	0	0	SuperDraft	$46,500	$0
	6	CaseyConor Casey	FW	31	25	10	5	9	0	Re-Entry Draft	$175,000	$175,000
	7	CarrollBrian Carroll	MF	33	33	2	1	6	0	Trade	$176,400	$176,400
	8	KasselMatt Kassel	DF	5	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	$46,500	$0
	9	McInerneyJack McInerney	FW	31	25	12	0	4	0	SuperDraft	$125,500	$189,667
	10	TorresRoger Torres	MF	5	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	$121,968	$125,093
	11	Le TouxSebastien Le Toux	FW	32	25	3	12	0	0	Trade	$200,000	$212,813
	12	WheelerAaron Wheeler	FW	10	1	1	1	1	0	Signed	$46,500	$0
	13	LahoudMichael Lahoud	MF	9	3	0	0	1	0	Trade	$90,000	$93,333
	14	OkugoAmobi Okugo	MF	32	32	3	3	7	1	SuperDraft	$101,250	$184,250
	15	Farfan*Gabriel Farfan	MF/DF	6	3	0	0	1	0	Signed	$50,820	$14,948
	16	AndingDon Anding	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	SuperDraft	$35,125	$0
	17	EkraYann Ekra	FW	0	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	$46,500	$46,500
	19	KlébersonKléberson	MF	11	7	1	2	1	0	Loan	$495,000	$368,750 (DP)
	20	McLaughlin*Jimmy McLaughlin	MF	0	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	$60,000	$0 (HG)
	21	FarfanMichael Farfan	MF	29	22	1	1	6	0	SuperDraft	$98,670	$136,170
	22	FernandesLeo Fernandes	MF	7	3	0	0	1	0	Supplemental Draft	$35,125	$0
	23	Hernández*Cristhian Hernández	FW	0	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	$62,500	$0 (HG)
	25	WilliamsSheanon Williams	DF	32	32	2	8	6	1	Signed	$105,000	$110,500
	26	DanielKeon Daniel	MF	24	21	0	1	4	0	Signed	$80,004	$82,892
	28	GaddisRay Gaddis	DF	31	31	0	0	3	0	SuperDraft	$46,500	$46,500
	29	HoppenotAntoine Hoppenot	MF	30	2	3	2	2	0	Supplemental Draft	$48,400	$48,400
	31	ParkeJeff Parke	DF	31	31	0	1	3	0	Trade	$205,000	$216,500
	33	FabinhoFabinho	DF	14	10	1	2	0	1	Signed	$78,000	$82,500
	40	GilbertoGilberto	MF	0	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	$60,000	$80,000
	44	CruzDanny Cruz	MF	32	32	3	2	5	0	Trade	$120,000	$126,500
		Adu*Freddy Adu	MF	0	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	N/A	$368,750 (DP)
						42	41	63	3

* = Not currently part of team.

Last updated: October 27, 2013.
Source: Philadelphia Union

Goalkeepers

Nat.	No.	Player	Apps	Starts	Record	GA	GAA	SO			Acquired	Salary	Cap Number
	1	*Konopka*Chris Konopka	0	0	0–0–0	0	0.00	0	0	0	Signed	$46,500	$0
	18	MacMathZac MacMath	34	34	12–12–10	44	1.29	12	1	0	SuperDraft	$110,000	$155,000
	39	NikolovOka Nikolov	0	0	0-0-0	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	$46,500	$46,500
			34	34	12–12–10	44	1.29	12	1	0

* = Not currently part of team.

Last updated: October 27, 2013.
Source: Philadelphia Union

Recognition

MLS Player of the Month

Week	Player	Stats
April	Jack McInerney	4G
May	Jack McInerney	3G

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Stats
8	Jack McInerney	2G (7', 26')

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Report
2	Amobi Okugo
3	Jack McInerney
6	Amobi Okugo
7	Jack McInerney
8	Jack McInerney
10	Danny Cruz
11	Zac MacMath
15	Brian Carroll Sheanon Williams
17	Conor Casey
24	Conor Casey Sheanon Williams

MLS All-Stars 2013

Position	Player	Notes
FW	Jack McInerney	Peter Vermes' Pick

Player movement

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
December 6, 2012	Sébastien Le Toux	11	FW	New York Red Bulls	Sign-and-trade deal for Josué Martínez and allocation money	[2]
December 7, 2012	Jeff Parke	31	DF	Seattle Sounders FC	Traded for allocation money and a Supplemental Draft pick	[3]
December 14, 2012	Conor Casey	6	FW	Colorado Rapids	2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft	[3]
January 17, 2013	Don Anding	16	FW	Northeastern University	2013 MLS SuperDraft, 2nd Round	[4]
January 17, 2013	Stephen Okai		MF	University of Mobile	2013 MLS SuperDraft, 2nd Round	[4]
January 19, 2013	Damani Richards	22	DF	W Connection	Free	[5]
January 19, 2013	Aaron Wheeler	12	FW	KooTeePee	Free	[5]
January 22, 2013	Eric Schoenle			West Virginia University	2013 MLS Supplemental Draft, 1st Round	[6]
January 22, 2013	Uriah Bentick			Liberty University	2013 MLS Supplemental Draft, 1st Round	[6]
January 22, 2013	Mark Linville			Princeton University	2013 MLS Supplemental Draft, 2nd Round	[6]
January 22, 2013	Jake Keegan			Binghamton University	2013 MLS Supplemental Draft, 3rd Round	[6]
January 22, 2013	Leo Fernandes	22	MF	Stony Brook University	2013 MLS Supplemental Draft, 4th Round	<ref = name = "Union select five" />
January 24, 2013	Alex Mendoza	24	MF	UNAM Pumas	Free	[7]
March 5, 2013	Matt Kassel	8	DF / MF	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Free	[8]
June 19, 2013	Oka Nikolov	39	GK	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free	[9]
June 28, 2013	Fabinho	33	DF	Sydney FC	Free	[10]
August 2, 2013	Gilberto	40	MF	Atlético Sorocaba	Free	[11]
September 13, 2013	Yann Ekra	17	FW	Harrisburg City Islanders	Free	[12]

Out

Date	Player	Number	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 19, 2012	Gabriel Gómez	6	MF	Atlético Junior	Waived	[13]
November 19, 2012	Porfirio López	24	DF	L.D. Alajuelense	Waived	[13]
November 19, 2012	Krystian Witkowski	30	MF		Waived	[13]
December 3, 2012	Chase Harrison	32	GK		Contract option declined	[14]
December 6, 2012	Josué Martínez	17	FW	New York Red Bulls	Traded along with allocation money for Sébastien Le Toux	[2]
February 4, 2013	Mark Linnville		DF		Not offered a contract	[15]
February 4, 2013	Uriah Bentick		DF	Wilmington Hammerheads	Not offered a contract	[15]
February 20, 2013	Damani Richards	22	DF	Harrisburg City Islanders	Waived	[16]
February 20, 2013	Alex Mendoza	24	MF		Waived	[16]
February 20, 2013	Stephen Okai		MF	Charlotte Eagles	Not offered a contract	[17]
February 21, 2013	Eric Schoenle				Not offered a contract	[18]
March 1, 2013	Chandler Hoffman	17	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	Traded for Conditional 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick	[19]
March 25, 2013	Freddy Adu		MF	Bahia	Free transfer	[20]
May 15, 2013	Gabriel Farfan	15	MF / DF	Chivas USA	Traded for a 1st round 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick and allocation money	[21]
May 23, 2013	Bakary Soumaré	4	DF	Chicago Fire	Traded for a 2nd round 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick and allocation money	[22]
September 13, 2013	Chris Konopka	1	GK	Toronto FC	Traded for a 3rd round 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick	[23]

Loans

In

Start Date	End Date	Player	Number	Position	Loaned From	Fee/Notes	Ref
March 25, 2013	November 25, 2013	Kléberson	19	MF	Bahia		[20]

Out

Start Date	End Date	Player	Position	Loaned To	Fee/Notes	Ref
January 7, 2013	December 31, 2013	Zach Pfeffer	MF	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Year long loan	[24]
January 15, 2013	December 31, 2013	Carlos Valdes	DF	Independiente Santa Fe	Year long loan	[25]

Harrisburg Loanees

As part of the Union's agreement with the Harrisburg City Islanders, the following players have, at one point or another during the season, been loaned to Harrisburg. The City Islanders must have a minimum of four Union loanees on their roster at any one time.

Player	Position	Fee/Notes	Ref
Greg Jordan	MF		[26]
Jimmy McLaughlin	MF		[26]
Cristhian Hernandez	FW		[26]
Don Anding	DF		[27]
Aaron Wheeler	FW		[28]
Leo Fernandes	MF		[28]

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

The Union are currently 5th in the MLS Allocation Ranking.

International roster slots

The Union have eight MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2013 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots per season.

Philadelphia Union International slots

Slot	Player	Nationality
1	Roger Torres	Colombia
2	Keon Daniel	Trinidad & Tobago
3	Kléberson	Brazil
4	Oka Nikolov	Macedonia
5	Fabinho	Brazil
6	Gilberto	Brazil
7	Yann Ekra	Ivory Coast
8	VACANT

NOTES:

• Sébastien Le Toux was born in France, but is not considered an international player as he is a Permanent Resident of the USA.
• Antoine Hoppenot and Michael Lahoud were born in France and Sierra Leone, respectively, but both are American citizens.

Future draft pick trades

Future Picks Acquired

• On March 1, 2013, the Union traded Chandler Hoffman to Los Angeles Galaxy for a conditional 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick.
• On May 14, 2013, the Union traded Gabriel Farfan to C.D. Chivas USA for a first round 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick and allocation money.
• On May 23, 2013, the Union traded Bakary Soumaré to Chicago Fire for a second round 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick and allocation money.
• On September 13, 2013, the Union traded Chris Konopka to Toronto FC for a third round 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick.

References

External links

• Philadelphia Union website