Philadelphia Union II

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Philadelphia Union II
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Basic data
Surname Philadelphia Union II
Seat Chester , Pennsylvania , USA
founding 2015
owner Keystone Sports & Entertainment
Website philadelphiaunion.com/2
First soccer team
Head coach Brendan Burke
Venue Talen Energy Stadium
Places 18,500
league USL Championship
2018 6th place (East)
Play-offs: Conference semi-finals
home
Away

Philadelphia Union II ( Bethlehem Steel Football Club until late 2019 ) is a franchise of the professional football - league USL Championship based out of Chester , Pennsylvania .

The team, founded in 2015, has played in the second-rate USL since the 2016 season. The franchise is owned by Keystone Sports & Entertainment and is the farm team of the Philadelphia Union MLS franchise , which is also owned by Keystone Sports & Entertainment. For the 2020 season, the team named itself in Philadelphia Union II and gave itself a new logo.

history

founding

On October 27, 2015, the investor group Keystone Sports & Entertainment, which also owns the Major League Soccer franchise Philadelphia Union , officially presented its new team, Bethlehem Steel FC. The name is reminiscent of the former Bethlehem Steel FC soccer team , which was active from 1907 to 1930. This was determined in an internet vote.

Bethlehem Steel FC is a USL partner and thus the farm team of the MLS Philadelphia Union franchise . Furthermore, both franchises are run by the same owner. Philadelphia players may be sent to Bethlehem Steel FC and are eligible to play on both teams. For the 2020 season , the franchise was renamed Philadelphia Union II and gave itself a new logo.

First season

Bethlehem Steel FC started its preparation on March 6, 2016. The first game was played against the soccer team of Syracuse University and won 5-0. The first competitive game in the USL took place on March 25, 2016 and was won 1-0 against FC Montréal . The franchise's first goalscorer in a league game was Fabian Herbers .

Stadion

The home games were played in the first three seasons at the Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem. The 16,000-seat stadium is located on the Murray H. Goodman campus of Lehigh University . The team's training takes place on the training grounds, which are located adjacent to Talen Energy Stadium in Chester , Pennsylvania . Since the 2019 season , the home games have been played in the Talen Energy Stadium, where the Philadelphia Union also plays its home games in Major League Soccer .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release . October 27, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ Philadelphia Union USL Championship Team To Rebrand As Union II , philadelphiaunion.com, December 12, 2019, accessed January 27, 2020.

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