Matthew De George
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Olympic journalist, @SwimmingWorld | Assistant Sports Editor/Union beatwriter, @delcosports | Swim Author x2 | Always looking for the next story (DMs open)
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The first female breakdancer to represent Team USA at the Olympics literally stumbled into the sport at Penn.
A profile of
@_sunnychoi
, her journey to breaking and how hard she's worked to earn her Sunny disposition on stage, for
@PennGazette
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The Phillies have been in first place for more than a month, and I turn to WIP and we're arguing whether Donovan McNabb was a choker.
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PS: The answer to all this US Soccer stuff is simple. Stop the incestuous hiring. That's how Berhalter got the job, that's behind all this. New voices, new ideas, new starts
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Jim Curtin on Gabriel Heinze: "He's a great player and a great coach, but you can still be a sore loser and an asshole after a game"
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Jim Curtin: "I dont think I've ever seen a game in MLS where our supporters outnumbered the home supporters"
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So to clarify this:
Jim Curtin, hours after the game, gave a mother and daughter who were Club America fans from NY and stranded in Chester a ride back to their hotel in Center City
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Jim Curtin on Union's activism: "Quite frankly, if you're not for equality, you shouldn't come to the stadium"
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If you make a list of the Union's last 10 road wins in MLS, Chivas is on it.
Really.
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The Twitter feud that 2018 has been demanding.
We’re not trying to be mean either but your movies weren’t exactly riveting theater Kirstie.
#justsaying
#curling
#rockit
#TeamUSA
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Congratulations to Joe Corona, the first former player in Austin FC history
With the 4th pick in the 2020 MLS Expansion Draft, Austin FC selects midfielder Joe Corona (
@JoeCorona15
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Sentence him to 41 to 33 months in prison please.
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Union season endings:
2021: COVID for 11 regulars, lose 2-1 to NYCFC
2022: Gareth Bale goal 120+8 goal, then PKS
2023: Offside goal
Maybe they really don't like Philly ...
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic wins his 14th league title, though none of them in MLS.
Therefore ...
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If you were wondering about the difference in dimensions from Talen to Yankee stadium
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Alejandro Bedoya on a possible fine: "I don’t care. Fine me if they want. I’ve got to make a stand. Like I said, I’m a human being for I’m an athlete. That should be everybody here. We’re all human beings. We’re all affected by this stuff."
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A crowd has gathered at the Kobe Bryant Gymnasium at Lower Merion
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Chris Wondolowski is an object lesson for MLS. No matter what happens with academies, college, etc., we need to keep pathways for players to develop on different timelines. Wondo shows the rewards
An amazing career
The hometown kid didn't want to do it in a press conference.
He wanted to announce it in front of the San Jose faithful.
Legend.
#WondoForever
∞
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Alejandro Bedoya: "Before I'm a soccer player, I'm a person"
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Joe Bendik using the MLS Eastern Conference trophy as a basket to give out candy is a savage Halloween flex (from
@Jtbendik
on IG)
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Jim Curtin on the goal: "I blacked out when the ball went in. I ran the fastest I have in probably 10 years. I apologize to the league if I ran on the field there."
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The Cabrini Cavaliers are national champions!!!!
16-12 final
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On the national team front, Jim Curtin said there's been no contact with the national team to him. More in the story today, but this quote, on the stakes of the 2026 World Cup, I found enlightening.
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Andre Blake with what passes as poetry: “Soccer’s about moments. And when it’s your moment, no one can really stop you or take that from you. Tonight was my moment, and I’m very happy for that.”
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I never thought, watching Superbad in college, that Emma Stone would get an Oscar before McLovin.
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Oguchi Onyewu: 2 notebooks
Charlie Davies: pile of notes
Clint Dempsey: phone might be open to Candy Crush
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The possibility of the Union playing MLS Cup on a day overshadowed by Game 7 of a Phillies World Series ... that's the greatest summation of the place of soccer in Philadelphia you could ever write
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Curtin on Jack McGlynn: "When a young kid says I want one, you reward him with it. For him to step up in that moment, there’s a word for it, but I won’t say it in the press conference. But he has brass ones."
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Seems odd to brag about being the best student section "in county" when you draw from 8 counties and 2 states.
Maybe they recruit fans, too?
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He's on the court tonight against the Sixers, by the Raptors' Rondae Hollis-Jefferson is making news in Chester, announcing he's founding a charter school in the city. Story on
@IAmCHAP24
's motivation
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This is my 10th season covering the Philadelphia Union. For almost that entire time, they didn't win games like this. They just didn't
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Ernst Tanner: "Previously I said we are going to sign a striker. Maybe we can even announce something soon."
Happy holidays Union fans
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The Philadelphia Union have lost no one to Charlotte FC in the expansion draft.
I have lost 35 minutes of my life.
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Jamiro Monteiro confirms that his wife and kids have joined him in the U.S., which
@thegoalkeeper
reported was part of the issue
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Jim Curtin talks about improving every year
2018: playoffs (just 3rd time in 9 years)
2019: first playoff win
2020: first trophy
2021: 2 playoff wins, EC final
2022: 2 playoff wins, MLS Cup final (at least)
Can't overemphasize how difficult that linear progression is
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Jim Curtin on the heartbreak of the last 3 playoffs:
"I’ll sign up to be playing in the big games over being at a club in complete disarray that has no chance to ever compete for anything. There’s about 25 of those in our league. I prefer to be where we are."
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So bit of personal news:
I am 64 minutes away from wheels up at Newark bound for Tokyo, covering the Olympics for
@SwimmingWorld
. Follow along for the next two-ish weeks of coverage ...
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The list of Delco lacrosse players at the Final Four (and D3 championship game) at the Linc this weekend. It's lengthy, thanks to Cabrini
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Jim Curtin: "All Philadelphia, soccer fans and union fans in particular, should walk a little bit taller, be a little prouder and make sure our guys drink for free for a while."
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Always read about Aly Raisman and her powerful activism. Always read what
@minakimes
writes. When the two combine, it's a no-brainer.
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Kevin Durant decided to invest after he saw the Union come back from down 3-1 against the Red Bulls last year
Kevin Durant is now a minority owner of the Philadelphia Union.
@markjburns88
has the details.
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So many people are out and about in Philadelphia celebrating today ... and every damn one of them is wearing a mask. Love this city
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A big 5 game so good, it takes the
@delcotimes
back page (with very, very careful proofreading)
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩
Not Wordle, just Jakob Glesnes got his green card
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Hmmm, Atlanta *seems* to suggest that investing in your team leads to success. Odd.
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New weirdest part of the Olympics: Being at the airport and 85 percent of the people are athletes. Walked through security and Katie Ledecky was just there
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Jim Curtin: "I promised them a lot of beer and pizza if they kept a clean sheet. ... Andre was yelling at me that he wanted beer and pizza, but they gave up a goal up a man, so they definitely don't get any."
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If it gets to a 10th vote, McCarthy is allowed to start it on second base
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For the record, I'm told by several people that the Union-Inter Miami game will be "100 percent" in Chester, despite some preliminary interest about moving it to the Linc
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Curtin: "I’ll single out Ray Gaddis again. If there is a best XI for this competition or whatever it might be, I think he has to be on it because it’s five straight games where he literally shuts down the entire left side of the attack."
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You know what would be a great way to honor Hamlin and these first responders? If the NFL actually covered all of its athletes' post-retirement healthcare costs
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Yes, celebrate like you haven't been publicly shamed into doing the bare minimum
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The death knell for Klinsmann was players not understanding what they were supposed to be doing in a formation.
This lineup doesn't seem to know how it's supposed to play together
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Did the Union sell Jamiro Monteiro to finance this big ass drum? My column:
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Just a little postgame yelling about makes and models of their luxury cars
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A moment of silence for Queen Elizabeth followed by the Star Spangled Banner. It's a jarring combination
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So not for nothing, but Brenden Aaronson and Mark McKenzie posting to IG about watching their former team win a playoff game on a worldie ... that's impressive team culture
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Orlando City plays in Chester in about 70 hours. I think Jim Curtin might chip in for bottle service at wherever the celebration is held tonight
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Who had Oral Roberts beating Ohio State before Jim Harbaugh did?
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I don't ever want to see Haji Wright in a U.S. jersey again, and I'm completely serious about that
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MLS teams are now 0-3-0 all-time when their team account sasses me mid-game
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Kick is goooooood! MOB SCENE. O'HARA 27, WEST CATHOLIC 26
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The "turn away before an f-bomb" is an AP-level course taught in the Catholic League
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Jose Martinez getting in Higuain's face after a PK miss should somehow trigger an option in his contract
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Nice to know I've created high school sports content that has gotten more eyes on it than a presidential campaign announcement hosted by a billionaire
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Union really are attracting new members of the media
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Tajon Buchanan trying to take revenge on Brendan Aaronson for the 14 times the Revs lost to the Union in 2020
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Jim Curtin said Paxten Aaronson "has taken a big step ... he's a guy that I think in the very near future will be getting a debut with the first team"
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Union fans watching attacking talent traded back and forth across MLS.
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10 Jesus Ferreira international goals:
2 in a 7-0 over T&T
4 vs. Grenada
2 (and counting) vs. St. Kitts and Nevis
It's giving 'dude who keeps chucking up 3s against a last-place team'
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Aaronson on European 10s: "They make 20 mistakes a game but they’ll get that last pass or score the goal. I want to add that to my game because I’ll get down after I make a bad pass, but I want to make that last pass as many times as I can and one will come off and we’ll score"
In a more perfect world this flick from Aaronson comes off
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Let me point out Ray Gaddis giving Harry Novillo crap for trying to intimidate Matt Freese as he entered the game yesterday. Veteran leadership
From attending his first Union match 10 years ago at the Linc to jogging on the field for his first ever
@MLS
appearance, today was a moment to remember for
@Matty_Ice49
❄️
Full interview 👉
#DOOP
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Lower Merion making a statement with pregame attire
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Someone's going to have to explain this to me like I'm a small child
There was a check to see if Ian Murphy was offside.
The VAR ruled it was a good goal.
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Also if you're a Union fan fighting the urge to scream, "this is why we can't have nice things" at the top of your lungs, just let it out
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In Hope Solo's defense, she wanted to switch to these gloves
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.
@penncrestad
basketball coach Mike Doyle was diagnosed with leukemia last November. How basketball, family and a fellow Central League coach with the same rare disease helped him cope and the Lions thrive
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Burnley would've stayed up if it had more SuperDraft picks my column:
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So the Union do a pregame video where 3 players try to draw the opponent's club crest, and Nathan Harriel drew a trashcan and wrote "Red Bulls" on it
I won't lie, I laughed
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Jim Curtin: "I have to thank all the Union fans that came out here today to the baseball stadium."
👏👏👏
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The Sun Valley loss (101-6), is the most points given up by a Delco team in
#delcofootball
history and the largest margin of defeat. Previous record was Lansdowne's 84-0 win over Swarthmore in 1922.
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Olivier Mbaizo has quietly had a magnificent postseason. Hope a Cameroon team that just lost to Uzbekistan is paying attention
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Union tonight:
McKenzie was excellent
Wagner was great
Elliott atoned
Bedoya was a warrior
Santos was huge
Picault was a difference maker
Medunjanin willed their recovery
Monteiro turned it on big time
Fabian had the goal
Huge team performance
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Couldn't be. Where would the Red Bulls have gotten a cup from?
Replay shows a Red Bull fan clearly throwing something at Almiron on that last corner. A cup maybe?
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Guys, I think we have to confront the fact that the Union might be good. It's as weird for you as it is for me.
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Announced attendance at Subaru Park is 19,228. Second-largest crowd ever in this building, training only last year's Eastern Conference final
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Curtin does mention that he had, "11 players who sat at home completely healthy" and had to watch the game
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The bridge looks nice. This qualifies as a first half highlight.
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🚨 national record alert 🚨
David Curtiss goes 19.42 in the 50 free. Chops down Ryan Murphy's 19.54. Wow.
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