Chester, PA – Philadelphia Union front office staff squared off against the Union’s supporters club the Son’s of Ben Sunday night at PPL Park for the 2nd Annual River Cup. The origin of the match started with the Sons of Ben asking to play on the pitch at PPL Park, it then turned into a challenge of supporters verses coaches and staff of the Union. Last year’s River Cup helped raise over $25,000 for local youth soccer club Chester City United. This year’s charity was the Philadelphia Union Foundation.
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Last week, the Philadelphia Union Foundation, MLS W.O.R.K.S., Chester Upland School District, Chester City United, Sons of Ben and KaBOOM! teamed up with local volunteers to build a new playground and small-sided soccer field in Chester.
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"O Canada" will be heard at PPL for the second week in a row as the Montreal Impact come to town. The Italian-French-Canadians will be bringing Designated Player Marco Di Vaio and new signing Alessandro Nesta, who has yet to suit up for the Impact.
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Saturday’s Sons of Ben-organized Help Kick Hunger charity at McFaddens at Citizen’s Bank Park was a huge success. $8,300 was raised at the event, which featured appearances from the Philadelphia Union’s Brian Carroll, Zach Pfeffer and Jimmy McLaughlin. The recently retired Veljko Paunovic was also on hand.. Here’s a look at the fun, courtesy of Philly Soccer Page photographer Earl Gardner.
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The Sons of Ben's annual Help Kick Hunger blowout fundraiser party is back! We'll be at McFadden's at Citizens Bank Park again this year. As always, proceeds go to groups working to fight hunger in Chester and the surrounding areas.
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On Thursday, October 20th Sons of Ben will take over the echo chamber called Red Bull Arena! This is THE BIG ROAD TRIP of the Year, it's the final game of the regular season, and could determine the Eastern Conference winner! We want as many people as we can get to fill the 10 buses we're looking to reserve. It's going to be a hell of a party on the trip up, during the 3 hour tailgate, and during the match! Be sure to join us!
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We're starting the planning for the new SoB website and are looking for some volunteers with web design / development experience to assist in the project.
The new site will be much more robust and interactive than the current version so we need people with solid portfolios based around Wordpress, CSS3, HTML5, as well as deep social network integration.
Read MorePhiladelphia Union and the Sons of Ben, the club’s supporters group, released today their official rosters for the inaugural River Cup that will take place at PPL Park on July 15. The charity event will feature some of the Union’s ownership including Jay Sugarman (Chairman), Nick Sakiewicz (CEO & Operating Partner) and Rob Buccini (investor) as well as executives and technical staff including Peter Nowak (Team Manager/Executive Vice President of Soccer Operations), John Hackworth (Coach), Rob Vartughian (Assistant Coach/Goalkeeper Coordinator) and Brendan Burke (Reserve Team Head Coach and Assistant Youth Director).
Read MoreAn update from the Elders, and a message from co-founder and first SoBPresident Bryan James "After 4 plus years of leading the group from its creation to an internationally known supporters club, it is time for me to step aside. I want to thank you for your friendship and belief that somehow wearing light blue and showing up at league events would eventually lead to the team we now see play every week in a stadium we could have only dreamed of. Leading the Sons of Ben has been an experience of a lifetime for me and I appreciate where we have come from and that we need to push hard to continue to improve every week."
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