2020 Philadelphia Union II season

The 2020 season is the first season since the rebranding of Philadelphia Union's reserve team from Bethlehem Steel FC to Philadelphia Union II.[1] Union II will compete in the USL Championship's Eastern Conference.

Philadelphia Union II
2020 season
Ownership GroupKeystone S&E
Head CoachSven Gartung
StadiumTalen Energy Stadium
USLCEastern Conf.: TBD
USL PlayoffsTBD
Average home league attendance467
Biggest defeat0–6
(July 18 vs. Pittsburgh)

Current roster
As of March 5, 2020[2]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Matt Freese ([A])  United States
13 Midfielder Cole Turner ([A])  United States
14 Midfielder Jack de Vries ([A])  United States
35 Midfielder David Rabadán (on loan from Atlético Albacete)  Spain
36 Forward Saed Díaz  Panama
37 Midfielder Selmir Miscic  United States
38 Midfielder Zach Zandi  United States
40 Midfielder Issa Rayyan  United States
41 Forward Yomi Scintu  Germany
42 Defender Jamoi Topey  Jamaica
43 Defender Steve Kingue  Cameroon
44 Defender Ben Ofeimu  United States
49 Goalkeeper Todd Morton  United States
56 Midfielder Luis Flores ([B])  United States
59 Midfielder Axel Picazo ([B])  United States
60 Defender Nathan Harriel ([B])  United States
63 Forward Shanyder Borgelin  Haiti
65 Midfielder Jack McGlynn  United States
66 Defender Million Evans ([B])  United States
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with Philadelphia Union.
    2.
  2. ^
    Philadelphia Union Academy player.
    3.

Competitive

USL Championship
Main article: 2020 USL Championship season

Standings — Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hartford Athletic 6 5 0 1 14 9 +5 15 Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 7 4 0 3 18 6 +12 12
3 New York Red Bulls II 8 2 0 6 12 15 −3 6
4 Loudoun United FC 5 1 1 3 4 10 −6 4
5 Philadelphia Union II 6 1 1 4 6 20 −14 4
Updated to match(es) played on August 15, 2020. Source: USL

Match results
March 7 1Philadelphia Union II0–0Loudoun United FCChester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM EST Turner  59'
Ofeimu  85'
Huckaby  87'		 Report Saravia  45+3' Stadium: Subaru Park
Attendance: 467
Referee: Thomas Snyder
July 18 2Philadelphia Union II0–6Pittsburgh Riverhounds SCChester, Pennsylvania
6:30 PM EDT Harriell  58' Report Mensah  29'
Griffin  37'
Velarde  59'
Fernandes  67'
Dos Santos  81',  87'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Referee: Thomas Snyder
July 22 3Philadelphia Union II1–5New York Red Bulls IIChester, Pennsylvania
8:36 PM EDT Miscic  46'
Flores  58'		 Report Corfe  10'
Boateng  53'
Edelman  56'
Fala  58'
Elney  59'
Sowe  75'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Referee: Christian Centeno
July 25 4Hartford Athletic3–2Philadelphia Union IIHartford, Connecticut
7:00 PM EDT Silva  29'
Torres  39'
Jørgensen  43'
Guzmán  53'
McGlynn  66'		 Report Scintu  4'
Picazo  16'
Kingue  90+7'		 Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Referee: Thomas Snyder
August 1 5Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC4–0Philadelphia Union IIPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Dos Santos  22',  42'
Vancaeyezeele  36'
James  65'		 Report Picazo  38'
Aaronson  73'
Flores  88'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Referee: Kevin Fikar
August 5 6Philadelphia Union II3–2New York Red Bulls IIChester, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM EDT Bohui  1'
McGlynn  45+4'
Flores  61'
Jasinski  71'		 Report Elney  37' (pen.)
Dieye  43'
Sharifi  54'		 Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
August 9 7Philadelphia Union IIP–PHartford AthleticChester, Pennsylvania
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to positive covid-19 test in the Union II organization.[3]
August 19 8Philadelphia Union IIvHartford AthleticChester, Pennsylvania
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
August 23 9New York Red Bulls IIvPhiladelphia Union IIHarrison, New Jersey
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Red Bull Arena
September 2 10Philadelphia Union IIvAtlanta United 2Chester, Pennsylvania
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Subaru Park
September 6 11Tampa Bay Rowdies vPhiladelphia Union IISt. Petersburg, Florida
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
September 12 12Loudoun United FCvPhiladelphia Union IILeesburg, Virginia
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Segra Field
September 16 13Philadelphia Union IIvLoudoun United FCChester, Pennsylvania
TBA PM EST Stadium: Subaru Park
September 20 14Hartford AthleticvPhiladelphia Union IIHartford, Connecticut
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Dillon Stadium
September 26 15New York Red Bulls IIvPhiladelphia Union IIHarrison, New Jersey
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Red Bull Arena
October 3 16Pittsburgh Riverhounds SCvPhiladelphia Union IIPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Highmark Stadium

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup

Due to their affiliation with a higher division professional club (Philadelphia Union), Union II is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[4]

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References
  1. "Philadelphia Union USL Championship Team To Rebrand As Union II". philadelphiaunion.com. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. "Roster". Philadelphia Union. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  3. "Philadelphia Union II Match Against Hartford Athletic Rescheduled". Philadelphia Union. August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
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