2012 Philadelphia Union season

Philadelphia Union

2012 season
Owner	Keystone Sports & Entertainment
Manager	John Hackworth interim, from June 13, 2012 permanent, from August 30, 2012 Peter Nowak until June 13, 2012
Stadium	PPL Park (Capacity: 18,500)
Major League Soccer	Eastern Conference: 8th Overall Table: 15th
MLS Cup	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Jack McInerney (8)
Highest home attendance	19,074 v Colorado Rapids March 18, 2012
Lowest home attendance	16,024 v D.C. United September 20, 2012
Average home league attendance	18,049 7 sellouts (Through October 27, 2012)
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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The 2012 Philadelphia Union season is the third season of the team's existence, competing in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The team was initially managed by former MLS player Peter Nowak, in his third season with the club. In June, Nowak resigned and assistant coach John Hackworth was promoted to manager on an interim basis. Hackworth was officially made permanent head coach in August, making him the second head coach in the club's history.^[1][2]

2012 roster[]

As of August 28, 2012.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Chris Konopka 2 DF  COL Carlos Valdés (Captain) 3 DF  USA Chris Albright 4 DF  MLI Bakary Soumaré 5 MF  USA Greg Jordan 6 MF  PAN Gabriel Gómez 7 MF  USA Brian Carroll (Vice-Captain) 8 MF  COL Roger Torres (on loan from América de Cali) 9 FW  USA Jack McInerney (GA) 11 MF  USA Freddy Adu (DP) 12 FW  USA Chandler Hoffman (GA) 13 MF  USA Michael Lahoud 14 MF  USA Amobi Okugo (GA) 15 MF  USA Gabriel Farfan 17 FW  CRC Josué Martínez

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK  USA Zac MacMath (GA) 19 FW  USA Jack McInerney 20 MF  USA Jimmy McLaughlin (HGP) 21 MF  USA Michael Farfan 22 MF  USA Justin Mapp 24 DF  CRC Porfirio López 25 DF  USA Sheanon Williams 26 MF  TRI Keon Daniel 27 MF  USA Zach Pfeffer (HGP) 28 DF  USA Ray Gaddis 29 MF  USA Antoine Hoppenot 30 MF  USA 31 FW  MEX Cristhian Hernández (HGP) 32 GK  USA Chase Harrison 44 MF  USA Danny Cruz

Match results[]

  Win   Loss   Tie

Preseason friendlies[]

MLS regular season[]

The Union finished 10-18-6 overall, 7-8-2 at home, 3-10-4 on the road.

U.S. Open Cup[]

Friendlies[]

MLS Reserve League[]

The Union Reserves are 4-4-2 overall, 3-1-1 at home, 1-3-1 on the road.

League table[]

Conference

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sporting Kansas City (E1)	34	18	7	9	42	27	+15	63	2012 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	D.C. United	34	17	10	7	53	43	+10	58
3	New York Red Bulls	34	16	9	9	57	46	+11	57
4	Chicago Fire	34	17	11	6	46	41	+5	57	2012 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Houston Dynamo	34	14	9	11	48	41	+7	53
6	Columbus Crew	34	15	12	7	44	44	0	52
7	Montreal Impact	34	12	16	6	45	51	−6	42
8	Philadelphia Union	34	10	18	6	37	45	−8	36
9	New England Revolution	34	9	17	8	39	44	−5	35
10	Toronto FC	34	5	21	8	36	62	−26	23

Overall

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Jose Earthquakes (SS)	34	19	6	9	72	43	+29	66	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League 1
2	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	7	9	42	27	+15	63
3	D.C. United	34	17	10	7	53	43	+10	58
4	New York Red Bulls	34	16	9	9	57	46	+11	57
5	Real Salt Lake	34	17	11	6	46	35	+11	57
6	Chicago Fire	34	17	11	6	46	41	+5	57
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	8	11	51	33	+18	56
8	LA Galaxy	34	16	12	6	59	47	+12	54	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League 1
9	Houston Dynamo	34	14	9	11	48	41	+7	53
10	Columbus Crew	34	15	12	7	44	44	0	52
11	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	11	13	10	35	41	−6	43
12	Montreal Impact	34	12	16	6	45	51	−6	42
13	FC Dallas	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5	39
14	Colorado Rapids	34	11	19	4	44	50	−6	37
15	Philadelphia Union	34	10	18	6	37	45	−8	36
16	New England Revolution	34	9	17	8	39	44	−5	35
17	Portland Timbers	34	8	16	10	34	56	−22	34
18	Chivas USA	34	7	18	9	24	58	−34	30
19	Toronto FC	34	5	21	8	36	62	−26	23	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League 2

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	36	10	18	6	37	45	−8	7	8	2	22	20	+2	3	10	4	15	25	−10

Last updated: October 27, 2012
Source:^{[citation needed]}
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Coaching staff[]

Position	Staff	Nation
Manager	John Hackworth	United States
Assistant Coach/Goalkeeper Coach	Rob Vartughian	United States
Assistant Coach/Reserve Team Head Coach	Brendan Burke	Ireland
Head Athletic Trainer	Paul Rushing	United States
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Steve Hudyma	United States
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Kevin Miller	United States
Team Coordinator	Josh Gros	United States
Equipment Director	Tim Cook	United States

Squad information[]

Squad breakdown[]

Ages are as of April 16, 2012 (the date of their season opener).

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Chris Konopka		GK	(1985-04-14) April 14, 1985 (age 36)	MLS Goalkeeper Pool
18	Zac MacMath		GK	(1991-08-07) August 7, 1991 (age 30)	University of Maryland
32	Chase Harrison		GK	(1984-04-02) April 2, 1984 (age 37)	Harrisburg City Islanders
Defenders
2	Carlos Valdés		CB	(1985-05-22) May 22, 1985 (age 36)	Santa Fe
3	Chris Albright		RB	(1979-01-14) January 14, 1979 (age 42)	New York Red Bulls
4	Bakary Soumaré		CB	(1985-11-09) November 9, 1985 (age 35)	US Boulogne
24	Porfirio López		LB	(1985-09-10) September 10, 1985 (age 36)	Dalian Shide
25	Sheanon Williams		RB/RW	(1990-03-17) March 17, 1990 (age 31)	Harrisburg City Islanders
28	Ray Gaddis		RB	(1990-01-13)January 13, 1990 (aged 22)	West Virginia University
Midfielders
5	Greg Jordan		CM/DM	(1990-04-05) April 5, 1990 (age 31)	Creighton University
6	Gabriel Gómez		CM	(1984-05-29) May 29, 1984 (age 37)	Indios
7	Brian Carroll		DM	(1981-07-20) July 20, 1981 (age 40)	Columbus Crew
8	Roger Torres		AM	(1991-07-13) July 13, 1991 (age 30)	América de Cali
11	Freddy Adu		AM/RW	(1989-06-02) June 2, 1989 (age 32)	Benfica
13	Michael Lahoud		MF	(1986-09-15) September 15, 1986 (age 34)	Chivas USA
14	Amobi Okugo		DM/CB	(1991-03-13) March 13, 1991 (age 30)	UCLA
15	Gabriel Farfan		LW/LB	(1988-06-23) June 23, 1988 (age 33)	Club América
20	Jimmy McLaughlin		LW/RW	(1993-04-30) April 30, 1993 (age 28)	Colgate University
21	Michael Farfan		LW/RW/AM	(1988-06-23) June 23, 1988 (age 33)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
26	Keon Daniel		LW/RW	(1987-01-16)January 16, 1987 (aged 25)	Puerto Rico Islanders
27	Zach Pfeffer		AM	(1995-01-06)January 6, 1995 (aged 17)	FC Delco
29	Antoine Hoppenot		MF/ST	(1990-11-23) November 23, 1990 (age 30)	Princeton University
30	Krystian Witkowski		MF	(1990-08-17) August 17, 1990 (age 31)	Marist College
44	Danny Cruz		MF	(1990-01-03) January 3, 1990 (age 31)	D.C. United
Forwards
9	Jack McInerney		ST	(1992-08-05) August 5, 1992 (age 29)	Cobb Futbol Club
12	Chandler Hoffman		ST	(1990-08-17) August 17, 1990 (age 31)	UCLA
17	Josué Martínez		ST/RW	(1990-03-25) March 25, 1990 (age 31)	Saprissa
31	Cristhian Hernández		ST/LW	(1993-10-30) October 30, 1993 (age 27)	Players Development Academy

Statistics[]

Statistics are from all MLS league matches.

Nat.	No.	Player	Pos.	Apps	Starts	G	A			Acquired	Salary	Cap Number
	2	ValdésCarlos Valdés	DF	34	34	2	0	4	0	Signed	$268,000	$268,000
	3	AlbrightChris Albright	DF	9	4	0	0	0	0	Signed	$55,000	$55,000
	4	SoumaréBakary Soumaré	DF	1	1	0	0	0	0	Signed	$280,000	$280,000
	4	CaliffDanny Califf*	DF	4	4	0	0	0	0	Signed	$275,000	$275,000
	5	JordanGreg Jordan	MF	0	0	0	0	0	0	SuperDraft	$44,000	$0 (off-budget)
	6	GomezGabriel Gómez	MF	24	18	6	0	5	0	Signed	$294,702.50	$294,702.50
	7	CarrollBrian Carroll	MF	34	33	1	1	4	0	Trade	$168,000	$168,000
	8	TorresRoger Torres	MF	11	1	0	2	2	0	Signed	$119,285	$119,285
	9	McInerneyJack McInerney	FW	26	19	8	3	4	1	SuperDraft	$140,166.67	$0 (GA)
	10	MwangaDanny Mwanga*	FW	9	5	0	1	0	0	SuperDraft	$356,250	$350,000
	11	AduFreddy Adu	MF	24	20	5	1	2	1	Signed	$519,000	$200,000 (DP)
	12	HoffmanChandler Hoffman	FW	7	2	0	0	0	0	SuperDraft	$91,000	$0 (GA)
	13	LahoudMichael Lahoud	MF	23	20	0	0	4	0	Trade	$84,571	$84,571
	14	OkugoAmobi Okugo	MF/DF	28	25	0	1	4	0	SuperDraft	$173,000	$0 (GA)
	15	FarfanGabriel Farfan	MF/DF	23	22	0	1	5	1	Signed	$46,200	$46,200
	16	PerlazaJorge Perlaza*	FW	2	1	0	0	0	0	Trade	$115,000	$115,000
	17	MartínezJosué Martínez	FW	18	6	1	0	1	0	Signed	$71,062.50	$71,062.50
	20	McLaughlinJimmy McLaughlin	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	$57,000	$0 (HG)
	21	FarfanMichael Farfan	MF	33	32	1	5	7	0	SuperDraft	$94,700	$94,700
	23	PajoyLionard Pajoy*	FW	20	16	5	2	4	0	Signed	$195,000	$195,000
	24	LópezPorfirio López	DF	5	4	0	0	0	0	Signed	$125,087.50	$125,087.50
	25	WilliamsSheanon Williams	DF	28	28	1	2	4	1	Signed	$90,500	$90,500
	26	DanielKeon Daniel	MF	23	18	1	1	1	1	Signed	$59,410	$59,410
	27	PfefferZach Pfeffer	MF	2	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	$70,000	$0 (HG)
	28	GaddisRay Gaddis	DF	19	18	0	1	2	0	SuperDraft	$33,750	$0 (off budget)
	29	HoppenotAntoine Hoppenot	MF	26	3	4	1	2	0	Supplemental Draft	$44,000	$0 (off budget)
	30	WitkowskiKrystian Witkowski	MF	0	0	0	0	0	0	Supplemental Draft	$44,000.04	$44,000.04
	31	HernándezCristhian Hernández	FW	2	0	0	0	0	0	Signed	$54,375	$0 (HG)
	38	HerdlingKai Herdling*	MF	4	3	0	0	0	0	Loan	$94,002	$94,002
	44	CruzDanny Cruz	MF	13	13	1	1	0	0	Trade	$106,500	$106,500
						36	23	55	5

* = Not currently part of team.

Goalkeepers[]

Nat.	No.	Player	Apps	Starts	Record	GA	GAA	SO			Acquired	Salary	Cap Number
	1	KonopkaChris Konopka	1	1	0–1–0	1	1.00	0	0	0	Signed	$44,000	$44,000
	18	MacMathZac MacMath	32	32	10–17–5	43	1.34	8	2	0	SuperDraft	$135,000	$0 (GA)
	32	HarrisonChase Harrison	1	1	0–0–1	1	1.00	0	1	0	Signed	$44,000	$44,000
	88	RoweBrian Rowe*	0	0	0–0–0	0	N/A	0	0	0	Emergency Loan (MLS GK Pool)	$33,750	$0
			34	34	10-18–6	45	1.32	8	3	0

* = Not currently part of team.

Honors and awards[]

MLS Goal of the Week[]

Week	Player	Report
18	Jack McInerney	[2]

MLS Team of the Week[]

Week	Player	Report
7	Michael Farfan Carlos Valdés	[3]
10	Lionard Pajoy	[4]
15	Amobi Okugo	[5]
16	Carlos Valdés Head Coach: John Hackworth	[6]
18	Freddy Adu Michael Farfan Jack McInerney Head Coach: John Hackworth	[7]
19	Amobi Okugo	[8]
21	Carlos Valdés	[9]
24	Carlos Valdés	[10]
26	Brian Carroll	[11]
29	Freddy Adu Amobi Okugo	[12]

MLS All-Stars 2012[]

Position	Player	Notes
DF	Carlos Valdés	Don Garber's Pick
MF	Michael Farfan	Ben Olsen's Pick

Player movement[]

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 23, 2011	Nizar Khalfan	22	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Acquired in 2011 MLS Waiver Draft	[5]
December 7, 2011	Josué Martínez	17	FW	Saprissa	Free	[6]
December 12, 2011	Jimmy McLaughlin	20	MF	Colgate University	Signed As Home Grown Player	[7]
December 21, 2011	Gabriel Gómez	6	MF	Indios	Free	[8]
December 22, 2011	Porfirio López	24	DF	Dalian Shide	Free	[9]
January 12, 2012	Chandler Hoffman	12	FW	UCLA	2012 MLS SuperDraft, 1st Round	[10]
January 12, 2012	Greg Jordan	5	MF	Creighton University	2012 MLS SuperDraft, 2nd round	[10]
January 12, 2012	Ray Gaddis	28	DF	West Virginia University	2012 MLS SuperDraft, 2nd round	[10]
January 17, 2012	Tom Brandt		DF	University of Pennsylvania	2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, 1st Round	[citation needed]
January 17, 2012	Krystian Witkowski	30	FW	Marist College	2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, 2nd round	[citation needed]
January 17, 2012	Antoine Hoppenot	29	FW	Princeton University	2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, 3rd round	[citation needed]
January 17, 2012	Brandon Zimmerman		MF	Santa Clara University	2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, 4th round	[citation needed]
January 31, 2012	Roger Torres	8	MF	America de Cali	Loan made permanent	[11]
February 8, 2012	Lionard Pajoy	23	FW	Itagüí Ditaires	Free	[12]
February 13, 2012	Chris Albright	3	DF	New York Red Bulls	Free	[13]
February 21, 2012	Chase Harrison	32	GK	Philadelphia Union	Free	[14]
March 2, 2012	Chris Konopka	1	GK	MLS Goalkeeper Pool	Free	[15]
March 5, 2012	Cristhian Hernández	31	FW	Players Development Academy	Signed as Home Grown Player	[16]
May 17, 2012	Michael Lahoud	13	MF	C.D. Chivas USA	Traded along with allocation money for Danny Califf	[17]
June 6, 2012	Jorge Perlaza	16	FW	Portland Timbers	Traded for Danny Mwanga	[18]
June 26, 2012	Bakary Soumaré	4	DF	US Boulogne	Free, acquired via the MLS allocation process	[19]
August 16, 2012	Danny Cruz	44	MF	D.C. United	Traded for Lionard Pajoy and an international roster slot	[20]

Out[]

Date	Player	Number	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 23, 2011	Justin Mapp	22	MF	Montreal Impact	Expansion Draft	[21]
November 23, 2011	Juan Diego González	3	DF		Waived	[5]
November 23, 2011	Thorne Holder	24	GK		Waived	[5]
November 30, 2011	Stefani Miglioranzi	6	MF	None	Contract option declined / Retired	[22]
November 30, 2011	Chase Harrison	31	GK	Philadelphia Union	Contract option declined	[22]
January 19, 2012	Levi Houapeu	12	FW		Contract option declined	[5]
January 19, 2012	Ryan Richter	23	MF	Charleston Battery	Contract option declined	[5]
January 19, 2012	Morgan Langley	26	MF	Harrisburg City Islanders	Contract option declined	[23]
January 19, 2012	Joe Tait	2	DF	Darlington 1883	Contract option declined	[5]
January 19, 2012	Veljko Paunović	16	FW	None	Retired	[24]
January 30, 2012	Faryd Mondragón	1	GK	Deportivo Cali	Released; free transfer	[25]
January 31, 2012	Sebastien Le Toux	9	FW	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Traded for allocation money	[26]
February 1, 2012	Kyle Nakazawa	13	MF	Los Angeles Galaxy	Traded with a 2nd round 2013 MLS SuperDraft pick for a 2012 international roster slot	[27]
February 6, 2012	Tom Brandt		DF	Harrisburg City Islanders	Not offered a contract	[28]
February 6, 2012			MF		Not offered a contract	[28]
February 22, 2012	Nizar Khalfan	22	MF	Young Africans SC	Waived	[29]
May 17, 2012	Danny Califf	4	DF	Chivas USA	Traded for Michael Lahoud and allocation money.	[17]
June 6, 2012	Danny Mwanga	10	FW	Portland Timbers	Traded for Jorge Perlaza	[18]
August 16, 2012	Lionard Pajoy	23	FW	D.C. United	Traded with an international roster slot for Danny Cruz	[20]
August 28, 2012	Jorge Perlaza	16	FW	Millonarios	Released; free transfer	[30]

Loans[]

In[]

Start Date	End Date	Player	Number	Position	Loaned From	Fee/Notes	Ref
April 16, 2012	June 19, 2012	Kai Herdling	38	MF	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II	Loan until June 30, with option to extend until December 31. Terminated early.	[31][32]
May 26, 2012	May 27, 2012	Brian Rowe	88	GK	MLS Goalkeeper Pool	Emergency loan

Out[]

Start Date	End Date	Player	Position	Loaned To	Fee/Notes	Ref
April 19, 2012	April 22, 2012	Chandler Hoffman	FW	Harrisburg City Islanders	Made appearances in 2 games	[13]
April 19, 2012	April 22, 2012	Antoine Hoppenot	FW	Harrisburg City Islanders	Made appearances in 2 games	[14]
June 22, 2012	August 26, 2012	Greg Jordan	MF	Harrisburg City Islanders	Loan extended to end of USL PRO season on July 19.	[15]
June 22, 2012	August 26, 2012	Jimmy McLaughlin	MF	Harrisburg City Islanders	Loan extended to end of USL PRO season on July 19.	[16]

Miscellany[]

Allocation ranking[]

Philadelphia came into the 2012 season thirteenth in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.^[33]

On June 25, the Union traded their position in the allocation ranking plus allocation money and their first round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft to Vancouver Whitecaps FC for the top position in the allocation rankings and a second round pick in the 2013 Draft. The Union then used the Allocation ranking to sign Bakary Soumaré.

International roster slots[]

The Union have nine MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots per season, but the Union acquired a ninth from Los Angeles in exchange for Kyle Nakazawa. This ninth slot would eventually be traded to D.C. United along with Lionard Pajoy for Danny Cruz and reverts to the Galaxy at the end of 2012.

Philadelphia Union International slots

Slot	Player	Nationality
1	Roger Torres	Colombia
2	Carlos Valdés	Colombia
3	Keon Daniel	Trinidad & Tobago
4	Josué Martínez	Costa Rica
5	Gabriel Gómez	Panama
6	Porfirio López	Costa Rica
7	Cristhian Hernández	Mexico
8	VACANT

NOTES:

• Bakary Soumaré was born in Mali but is not considered an international player as he is a Permanent Resident of the USA.
• Freddy Adu, Antoine Hoppenot, and Michael Lahoud were born in Ghana, France and Sierra Leone, respectively, but are all American citizens.

Future draft pick trades[]

Future picks acquired: *2013 MLS SuperDraft second round pick (natural selection) from FC Dallas for Andrew Jacobson.
Future picks traded: *2013 MLS SuperDraft second round pick (natural selection) and Kyle Nakazawa to Los Angeles Galaxy for an international roster slot.
Future picks swapped: *2013 MLS SuperDraft first round pick, allocation money, and the twelfth position in the MLS Allocation Order to Vancouver Whitecaps FC for a 2013 SuperDraft second round pick and the first position in the Allocation Order.

References[]

External links[]

• Philadelphia Union website