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Union Enjoy Bye Week After 1-1 Tie Against Seattle

April 18, 2011 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Philadelphia Union News Release


Chester, Pa. (April 18, 2011) - Philadelphia Union (3-1-1, 10 points) remain unbeaten at home after a 1-1 tie against Seattle Sounders FC, on Saturday, April 16 at PPL Park. The Union now enjoy a bye week this weekend after the club agreed to move their match at Real Salt Lake, originally slated for Saturday, April 23 to Saturday, September 3. The two clubs mutually agreed to move the match in support of Real Salt Lake's bid to win the upcoming CONCACAF Champions League Final.

Philadelphia Union midfielder Zach Pfeffer will compete with the U-17 U.S. Men's National Team'95s in the 2011 Mondial Minimes Montaigu Tournament to be held in Montaigu, France from April 18-26. The Union's first ever home grown signee arrived in France today. The U.S. U-17 MNT will face Portugal, host country France and Japan on April 20, April 21 and April 23, respectively, as part of the 39th edition of the tournament. On April 25, Pfeffer and the U.S. will match up with a team still to be determined in the placement games.

With all the spots filled in advance in Philadelphia, Sueño MLS 2011, sponsored by Allstate, the premier nationally televised search for the best undiscovered soccer talent in the United States comes to town this weekend April 23-24 at the YSC Sports Complex in Wayne, Pa. For the fifth consecutive year, all nationally offered spots are now booked, and a waiting list has been made available for those players still seeking an opportunity. To register for the waiting list, log on to www.SuenoMLS.com. Sueño MLS 2011 kicked off two weekends ago in Dallas and was held in Chicago last Saturday.

Team Manager Peter Nowak's weekly press conference at PPL Park will take place on Wednesday, April 20th at 1:30 p.m. Nowak will discuss the Union's plans for their bye week. For those planning to attend, please contact Cristina Maillo-Belda at (610)-497-8187 or cmaillo-belda@philadelphiaunion.com. Media members should enter the stadium through the Security Entrance on the bridge side near the Delaware River.

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