Doopy Brothers Podcast

With the surprising news of Ray Gaddis's retirement, we discuss Ray's legacy with the Union. With this news, we think about who should replace him at the RB spot as well as where our confidence is with the current Union roster. In the second half, we talk about Union MVP tiers, preseason schedule, and "Things like the Union Number 10". Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

Philadelphia Union Academy and YSC Academy grad Kris Shakes, a sophomore goalkeeper at Penn State, and Villanova senior captain Bri Austin join contributor Greg Oldfield, a Penn State men's soccer alum and managing editor Matt Ralph, who didn't play soccer anywhere post-high school, to talk about the return of college soccer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Union's new kit is finally out! The much anticipated kit that the Union Kit Collective (which Luke was involved with) was launched this week to rave reviews. It is a spectacular kit and AJ finally gets to join Luke in enjoying it along with the rest of the fanbase. We discuss the kit and it's event and then get into the lockout/CBA situation as well as check in on our favorite Europeans, Brend...

Back from a holiday break with still not much to talk about. With Mark McKenzie making the move to Genk, we discuss the only noteworthy offseason move so far. Along with that, we touch on various other topics such as potential Americans abroad that could make a good fit with the Union, Danny Higginbotham, and even got in some of the Eagles drama. In the second half, we play our version of "Would y...

Mark Kastner from Sounder at Heart, Pat Murphy from Massive Report and Brotherly Game contributor Amit Mallik join BrotherlyGame.com editor Matt Ralph to preview Saturday's MLS Cup final between the Columbus Crew and the Seattle Sounders. Follow Mark Kastner on Twitter at @mkstnr Follow Pat Murphy on Twitter at @_Pat_Murphy Follow Amit Mallik on Twitter at @amitmallik Follow Matt Ralph on Twitter...

We took about a week to recover from the early exit from the MLS playoffs after losing to the Revs, but we are back! We recap the final game and share some takeaways from the season-ending loss. AJ then made Luke grade the Union by position from the 2020 season, and then grades Luke's grades. After the Union released their end of season roster moves, we had plenty to discuss about where the curren...

Chester Upland Youth Soccer's mission is to reach as many children and families in the City of Chester with soccer programming and while the pandemic has put the volunteers and participating families to the test it hasn't stopped them from still delivering their program. Support their efforts at www.cuys.org/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Photographer Morgan Tencza, writer Greg Oldfield and special guest Sebastian Acosta-Nijamkin from Delaware Union soccer and the DE Soccer Podcast joins the show to talk about the Union's premature playoff exit, Diego Maradona and soccer gift-giving. DE Soccer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/de-soccer-podcast/id1522289790 Morgan Tencza @morgantencza on Twitter Greg Oldfield @gregoldf...

With the MLS playoffs off to a wild start, the Union find an all too familiar foe in their first round game. Unfortunately, it's the Revs once again after their stars in Bou and Gil took care of Montreal. While we still believe the Union will beat New England once again, we discuss why this should be the toughest Revs match yet. We also discuss the craziness of the MLS matches that took place this...

We still can't believe that happened. After an unforgettable weekend in Philadelphia, the Union finally got their first trophy. We try to put into words how special it was to be in the stadium for the game and trophy celebration. There were moments that got the Union to the trophy this season and we recall all the most memorable and important ones. Once we got done gushing about the best team in t...

While the Union didn't lock in the Supporters Shield in Columbus, they still have a shot to do so in Subaru Park against familiar foes, the Revs, on Decision Day. The Columbus game brought a lot of chances to secure the win but the Union just couldn't get the goals to do so. It wasn't all bad, the Union played a good game and we discussed the positives as well as the negatives (it wasn't all on Be...

After scrapping a win against Chicago, The Union are three freakin' points away from winning their first trophy in history. The emphatic 5-0 win against Toronto set up this opportunity and we discuss what happened in both games. Even though the Union are in an amazing spot in their season, there were some concerns regarding Martinez's postive COVID testing, Andre Blake's hand injury, and the impen...

Another Revs game means another win, also another Fontana game winner. We've heard it all before, and it wasn't the prettiest game, but three points is three points. After going through what happened in the game, we talk about the historic transfer announcement of Brenden Aaronson, the weird Supporters Shield decision, and where the upcoming Toronto game stacks up in importance in Union history. T...

After a Montreal win and DC tie, the Union are now playoff bound and we ready to talk all about it. We discussed how it felt to be back in the stadium finally and a rather disappointing road tie in DC. There were plenty of highlights but none greater than Mark Mckenzie's banger to salvage a point. We then got into some stats that show a bit about how the Union's success has come from many differen...

Due to scheduling and since there were so many games in such a condensed timeframe that the episodes struggle to stay relevant, we decided to just put out an "evergreen" episode that we previously recorded on a family weekend trip were we discuss non-time sensitive topics. Joined by "Doopy Dad", we get into some fun conversations about homegrowns, MLS as a whole, and some jersey talk. We'll be bac...

John Krysinsky, author of Miracle on the Mon, and managing editor of Pittsburgh Soccer Now, former City Islanders goalkeeper and current West Virginia University assistant Nick Noble and Brotherly Game contributor Chris Bratton join to look back at the City Islanders and Riverhounds rivalry ahead of the final game of the regular season for Union II against playoff-bound Pittsburgh. Check out John'...

After a wild yet comprehensive win at a rain soaked Subaru Park against Inter Miami, there is a lot to discuss. Anthony Fontana continues to impress with every chance he gets and Jose Martinez is the new Clint Dempsey? We also discuss the reported Aaronson move and how we feel about him going to a Red Bull team. Plus some bonus discussion on Union II! Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

In this episode we review the now infamous Fontana game. While the heroics of the homegrown were amazing, we address some concerns from the 2-1 victory over the Revs. Also in discussion this episode was our opinions on the Union commentators as well as soccer commentating in general. Lastly, now that "Phase 2" has been released, we discuss the next 3 games that the Union will have coming up very s...

Bob Wilkinson, Jamie McGroarty and Greg Oldfield join the podcast to talk about Greg's "More Than a Game" series about the 1990 friendly between the United German Hungarians and the U.S. Men's National Team in Oakford, Pa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Back after a long holiday weekend and we cover the past three games that took place since our last episode. From the beatdown on a weak DC team, the tough loss to a great Columbus team, to another beatdown of another weak Red Bulls team. A lot to go over and we also discuss how we feel about our midfield value and yet another game against the Revs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...

BrotherlyGame.com editor Matt Ralph is joined by writer Eric Goldstein, photographer Carl Gulbish and special guest Keasel Broome to discuss the Union's first home game in 310 days, Mark McKenzie using his platform to call for justice for Jacob Blake, players striking in MLS and other leagues, RSL and Utah Royals terrible reaction and more. Follow Keasel Broome @keasel on Twitter and check out his...

MLS is returning to their "regular season" games and the Union start off with the New England Revolution. We preview this matchup and use the pretty recent matchup to prepare for this Thursday's game. After that, we get into some homegrown talk since the Union just signed another in Jack McGlynn; we power rank all Union homegrowns that have played minutes for the U. In the second half, we create t...

With the MLS Is Back Tournament wrapped up after the Union bowed out in the semi's against eventual champs Portland, we discuss how the Union performed as a whole in the tournament and what went wrong in their 2-1 loss to the Timbers. We also get into some talk about Mckenzie/Aaronson's transfer status as well as how we feel about the upcoming MLS "regular" season games. Our Hall of Fame segment c...

The Union are two wins away from their first trophy! On the backs of Sergio Santos and Andre Blake, the boys in blue took care of the Revs and SKC to find themselves within the grasps of some silverware (or whatever material the MIB trophy is made of). We discuss both wins and what got us to this point. Plus, with all the Aaronson buzz, we had to get into some European transfer discussion. A new a...

After a week off from recording, we are back with two games to go over, and one to preview. The Union got four points from the two games against Miami and Orlando and we go over the good and the bad of those performances. From VAR to Martinez's suspension, there is plenty to discuss before we focus on the knockout round game against the Revs. Of course, because we can't just have a normal episode...