Archive for the 'Philadelphia' Category

December 5th, 2008

Philly Stadium Groundbreaking SoB Afterparty

Sons of Ben react to local coverage of earlier groundbreaking.  Funny.
December 2nd, 2008

MLS Philly: Local Writer with Doubts

The day after the Philly MLS Stadium groundbreaking, local writer Karen Heller lobs a grenade at the effort.
November 30th, 2008

Philly Stadium To Break Ground

Today is the day that the Philadelphia stadium breaks ground. Great to see that another soccer specific stadium is under way. Congrats to everyone in Philly!
October 24th, 2008

Philly2010 Clearing Land for Stadium

Construction workers are getting the site ready, in preparation for an official groundbreaking expected in mid-November, according to Sakiewicz. “We already have a couple million dollars of equipment moving a lot of material and there’s plenty of dirt flying,” Sakiewicz said. “There has also been significant progress with the off-ramps. ...
September 14th, 2008

It’s Always Sunny…

It's Always Sunny In Philidelphia is definitely one of our favorite shows here at TOW. This show is just so wrong, but at the same time it is oh! so right! It'll be here Thursday, Sept. 18 for the season premiere, check your local listings.... I've always wanted to type that. I.Shouldve.Played.Soccer
September 11th, 2008

Time to Pick a Name, Philly…

With the newest MLS franchise set to kick-off in under two years, Goal.com staff writer Shane Evans takes a close look at the naming of Philadelphia's newest professional sports team. Image via NationalGeographic
August 23rd, 2008

Keystone Sports gets designs for Chester Stadium

Keystone Sports and Entertainment LLC, the ownership group for the Major League Soccer Philadelphia expansion team, received the initial stadium designs from Rossetti Architects. The multipurpose stadium will be home to the MLS Philadelphia team making its debut in 2010, an expansion team for the Women’s Professional Soccer league team set to ...
February 28th, 2008

Congrats Philly, you deserve it

With today's announcement that Philadelphia will become the 2010 MLS Expansion City, the worst kept secret in American soccer has finally been let out of the bag. With a 20,000 seat Chester Stadium on it's way as part of a $500 Million waterfront development, the Sons Of Ben now only have to start the recruitment of John Conway, Jim Curtin, Chris ...