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Daily Links: Union begin Champions League campaign in El Salvador

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2 years ago

March 7, 2023

Alex Klein

Photo by Carl Gulbish

Philadelphia Union News

Preview | Union open Concacaf Champions League at Alianza F.C.
Alianza is the only club in the Primera Division with a double-digit positive goal differential this season. Their 5-4-0 record has been driven by a stout defense that has only allowed two goals, and after opening the year with a pair of 3-0 wins the attack has produced only 5 goals in the last seven games.

The Union return to the Concacaf Champions League with some extra motivation
The team has to move on fast from Saturday’s poor performance in a loss at Inter Miami, and the players are happy to be able to do so.

MLS News

St. Louis’ fairytale start, Nancy-ball arrives in Columbus & more from Matchday 2
Two weeks into season No. 28 and there are four teams on six points.

MLS Team of the Matchday: Giorgio Chiellini, Jesús Ferreira & more step up
LAFC center back Giorgio Chiellini showed age is but a number and FC Dallas forward Jesús Ferreira picked up where he left off last year, headlining the Team of the Matchday for Matchday 2.

Nouhou signs extension through at least 2026
Still just 25, Nouhou first joined the Sounders organization in 2016 and signed a first-team contract in 2017. He has been a regular starter since 2018 and has been a significant part of the Cameroon national team since 2021, most notably at the most recent World Cup where he started three games.

Ranking which MLS teams could win 2023 Concacaf Champions League
Some of those teams have a better chance of achieving that than others. All will have the tangential support of fans from around the league who are equal parts invested in the success of MLS and equal parts annoyed it’s not their team in the competition.

Rest of the World News

PSG star Neymar to miss rest of season with ankle injury, set to undergo surgery
Neymar, who has 13 goals and 11 assists in Ligue 1 this season, has not played since he was stretchered off during his team’s 4-3 win over Lille last month, missing PSG’s last two games.