Matej Oravec will wear No. 24 jersey

Newly acquired midfielder Matej Oravec will wear the No. 24 this season for the Philadelphia Union.

He will be the seventh to wear the jersey, joining Adam Najem (2017-2018), Matt Jones (2016), Brian Holt (2014), Porfirio Lopez (2012), Thorne Holder (2011) and Brian Perk (2010) but just the third field player to wear it.

While he’s previously worn numbers 14, 4, 26 and 25, No. 24 has been Oravec’s most consistent number in his pro career, which dates back to joining Spartak Trnava in 2015.

He’s worn the No. 4 and No. 13 jerseys representing Slovakia at the youth international level.

Matthew Ralph

Matthew Ralph is the managing editor of Philadelphia Soccer Now. He's covered soccer at all levels for a decade in the Philadelphia region and has also written for TheCup.us, NPSL, PrepSoccer and other publications. He lives with his wife and two young children in Broomall, Pa., but grew up in South Jersey and is originally from Kansas.

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