2012 Philadelphia Union season
Philadelphia Union 2012 soccer season
Philadelphia Union 2012 season Owner Keystone Sports & Entertainment Manager John Hackworth interim, from June 13, 2012 Peter Nowak until June 13, 2012 Stadium PPL Park (Capacity: 18,500)Major League Soccer Eastern Conference: 8th MLS Cup Did not qualify U.S. Open Cup Semifinals Top goalscorer Jack McInerney (8)Highest home attendance 19,074 v Colorado Rapids Lowest home attendance 16,024 v D.C. United Average home league attendance 18,049Through October 27, 2012 )
The 2012 Philadelphia Union season was 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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
Overall
Source:
MLS Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion;
(S) Supporters' Shield
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
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Stadium A H A H H A H A H A A H H A A H H A H A H A H H A A H H A A H A A H Result L L L T W W L L L T L L W L W W W L W L L T T L T T L W L W W L L L Position 16 16 18 18 17 15 15 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 15 17 14 17 17 16 16 16 17 18 18 14 16 14 14 14 14 14
Updated to match(es) played on October 27, 2012. Source:
MLS Results and
League table A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
L = Loss;
T = Tie
Coaching staff
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 39)
MLS Goalkeeper Pool
18
Zac MacMath
GK
(1991-08-07 ) August 7, 1991 (age 33)
University of Maryland
32
Chase Harrison
GK
(1984-04-02 ) April 2, 1984 (age 40)
Harrisburg City Islanders
Defenders
2
Carlos Valdés
CB
(1985-05-22 ) May 22, 1985 (age 39)
Santa Fe
3
Chris Albright
RB
(1979-01-14 ) January 14, 1979 (age 45)
New York Red Bulls
4
Bakary Soumaré
CB
(1985-11-09 ) November 9, 1985 (age 39)
US Boulogne
24
Porfirio López
LB
(1985-09-10 ) September 10, 1985 (age 39)
Dalian Shide
25
Sheanon Williams
RB/RW
(1990-03-17 ) March 17, 1990 (age 34)
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 34)
Creighton University
6
Gabriel Gómez
CM
(1984-05-29 ) May 29, 1984 (age 40)
Indios
7
Brian Carroll
DM
(1981-07-20 ) July 20, 1981 (age 43)
Columbus Crew
8
Roger Torres
AM
(1991-07-13 ) July 13, 1991 (age 33)
América de Cali
11
Freddy Adu
AM/RW
(1989-06-02 ) June 2, 1989 (age 35)
Benfica
13
Michael Lahoud
MF
(1986-09-15 ) September 15, 1986 (age 38)
Chivas USA
14
Amobi Okugo
DM/CB
(1991-03-13 ) March 13, 1991 (age 33)
UCLA
15
Gabriel Farfan
LW/LB
(1988-06-23 ) June 23, 1988 (age 36)
Club América
20
Jimmy McLaughlin
LW/RW
(1993-04-30 ) April 30, 1993 (age 31)
Colgate University
21
Michael Farfan
LW/RW/AM
(1988-06-23 ) June 23, 1988 (age 36)
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)
29
Antoine Hoppenot
MF/ST
(1990-11-23 ) November 23, 1990 (age 34)
Princeton University
30
Krystian Witkowski
MF
(1990-08-17 ) August 17, 1990 (age 34)
Marist College
44
Danny Cruz
MF
(1990-01-03 ) January 3, 1990 (age 34)
D.C. United
Forwards
9
Jack McInerney
ST
(1992-08-05 ) August 5, 1992 (age 32)
12
Chandler Hoffman
ST
(1990-08-17 ) August 17, 1990 (age 34)
UCLA
17
Josué Martínez
ST/RW
(1990-03-25 ) March 25, 1990 (age 34)
Saprissa
31
Cristhian Hernández
ST/LW
(1993-10-30 ) October 30, 1993 (age 31)
Statistics
Statistics are from all MLS league matches.
Nat.
No.
Player
Pos.
Apps
Starts
G
A
Acquired
Salary
Cap Number
2
Valdés Carlos Valdés
DF 34
34
2
0
4
0
Signed
$268,000
$268,000
3
Albright Chris Albright
DF 9
4
0
0
0
0
Signed
$55,000
$55,000
4
Soumaré Bakary Soumaré
DF 1
1
0
0
0
0
Signed
$280,000
$280,000
4
Califf Danny Califf *
DF 4
4
0
0
0
0
Signed
$275,000
$275,000
5
Jordan Greg Jordan
MF 0
0
0
0
0
0
SuperDraft $44,000
$0 (off-budget)
6
Gomez Gabriel Gómez
MF 24
18
6
0
5
0
Signed
$294,702.50
$294,702.50
7
Carroll Brian Carroll
MF 34
33
1
1
4
0
Trade
$168,000
$168,000
8
Torres Roger Torres
MF 11
1
0
2
2
0
Signed
$119,285
$119,285
9
McInerney Jack McInerney
FW 26
19
8
3
4
1
SuperDraft $140,166.67
$0 (GA )
10
Mwanga Danny Mwanga *
FW 9
5
0
1
0
0
SuperDraft $356,250
$350,000
11
Adu Freddy Adu
MF 24
20
5
1
2
1
Signed
$519,000
$200,000 (DP )
12
Hoffman Chandler Hoffman
FW 7
2
0
0
0
0
SuperDraft $91,000
$0 (GA )
13
Lahoud Michael Lahoud
MF 23
20
0
0
4
0
Trade
$84,571
$84,571
14
Okugo Amobi Okugo
MF /DF 28
25
0
1
4
0
SuperDraft $173,000
$0 (GA )
15
Farfan Gabriel Farfan
MF /DF 23
22
0
1
5
1
Signed
$46,200
$46,200
16
Perlaza Jorge Perlaza *
FW 2
1
0
0
0
0
Trade
$115,000
$115,000
17
Martínez Josué Martínez
FW 18
6
1
0
1
0
Signed
$71,062.50
$71,062.50
20
McLaughlin Jimmy McLaughlin
MF 1
0
0
0
0
0
Signed
$57,000
$0 (HG )
21
Farfan Michael Farfan
MF 33
32
1
5
7
0
SuperDraft $94,700
$94,700
23
Pajoy Lionard Pajoy *
FW 20
16
5
2
4
0
Signed
$195,000
$195,000
24
López Porfirio López
DF 5
4
0
0
0
0
Signed
$125,087.50
$125,087.50
25
Williams Sheanon Williams
DF 28
28
1
2
4
1
Signed
$90,500
$90,500
26
Daniel Keon Daniel
MF 23
18
1
1
1
1
Signed
$59,410
$59,410
27
Pfeffer Zach Pfeffer
MF 2
0
0
0
0
0
Signed
$70,000
$0 (HG )
28
Gaddis Ray Gaddis
DF 19
18
0
1
2
0
SuperDraft $33,750
$0 (off budget)
29
Hoppenot Antoine Hoppenot
MF 26
3
4
1
2
0
Supplemental Draft $44,000
$0 (off budget)
30
Witkowski Krystian Witkowski
MF 0
0
0
0
0
0
Supplemental Draft $44,000.04
$44,000.04
31
Hernández Cristhian Hernández
FW 2
0
0
0
0
0
Signed
$54,375
$0 (HG )
38
Herdling Kai Herdling *
MF 4
3
0
0
0
0
Loan
$94,002
$94,002
44
Cruz Danny 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
Konopka Chris Konopka
1
1
0–1–0
1
1.00
0
0
0
Signed
$44,000
$44,000
18
MacMath Zac MacMath
32
32
10–17–5
43
1.34
8
2
0
SuperDraft $135,000
$0 (GA )
32
Harrison Chase Harrison
1
1
0–0–1
1
1.00
0
1
0
Signed
$44,000
$44,000
88
Rowe Brian 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
MLS Team of the Week
Week
Player
Report
7
Michael Farfan Carlos Valdés
[3] Archived April 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
10
Lionard Pajoy
[4] Archived May 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
15
Amobi Okugo
[5] Archived June 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
16
Carlos Valdés Head coach: John Hackworth
[6] Archived June 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
18
Freddy Adu Michael Farfan Jack McInerney Head coach: John Hackworth
[7] Archived July 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
19
Amobi Okugo
[8] Archived July 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
21
Carlos Valdés
[9] Archived August 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
24
Carlos Valdés
[10] Archived August 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
26
Brian Carroll
[11] Archived October 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
29
Freddy Adu Amobi Okugo
[12] Archived September 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
MLS All-Stars 2012
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
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
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
Free
[ 14]
March 2, 2012
Chris Konopka 1
GK
MLS Goalkeeper PoolFree
[ 15]
March 5, 2012
Cristhian Hernández 31
FW
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
Brandon Zimmerman 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
Emergency loan
Out
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.
NOTES:
Future draft pick trades
Future picks acquired: *2013 MLS SuperDraft second round pick (natural selection) from FC Dallas for Andrew Jacobson . 2013 MLS SuperDraft second round pick (natural selection) and Kyle Nakazawa to Los Angeles Galaxy for an international roster slot.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
^ Ryan Rosenblatt (June 13, 2012). "Peter Nowak Out As Philadelphia Union Manager" . sbnation.com . Retrieved July 4, 2021 . ^ Jeremiah Oshan (August 30, 2012). "Philadelphia Union Make John Hackworth Permanent Head Coach" . sbnation.com . Retrieved July 4, 2021 . ^ "Players" . Philadelphia Union. Retrieved March 2, 2012 .^ a b c Andy Jasner (March 1, 2008). "Chester Park" . thefieldfinder.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2011 . ^ a b c d e f Union Claim Midfielder Khalfan In MLS Waiver Draft the original on November 27, 2011, retrieved November 23, 2011 ^ Union Acquire Costa Rican International Martinez the original on January 8, 2012, retrieved December 7, 2011 ^ Union Sign McLaughlin As Second Home Grown Player the original on May 24, 2012, retrieved December 21, 2011 ^ Union Acquire Panamanian Gomez the original on June 21, 2015, retrieved December 21, 2011 ^ Union Acquire Panamanian Gomez the original on January 14, 2012, retrieved December 22, 2011 ^ a b c Union Select Hoffman, Jordan, Gaddis in 2012 SuperDraft the original on January 16, 2012, retrieved January 20, 2012 ^ Union complete transfer for midfielder Torres the original on February 3, 2012, retrieved February 1, 2012 ^ Union sign Colombian forward Pajoy the original on November 4, 2014, retrieved February 8, 2012 ^ Union sign veteran defender Albright the original on October 29, 2013, retrieved February 13, 2012 ^ Union sign five players as 2012 season approaches the original on February 23, 2012, retrieved February 21, 2012 ^ Union sign goalkeeper Chris Konopka the original on August 30, 2012, retrieved March 2, 2012 ^ Union sign Hernandez as Homegrown Player the original on February 23, 2013, retrieved March 5, 2012 ^ a b Union trade Califf to Chivas USA for Lahoud, allocation money [permanent dead link ] ^ a b Union trade Mwanga to Timbers for Perlaza the original on June 9, 2012, retrieved June 6, 2012 ^ Union sign central defender Bakary Soumare the original on July 13, 2012, retrieved June 26, 2012 ^ a b Union acquire Danny Cruz the original on August 18, 2012, retrieved August 16, 2012 ^ Mapp Selected By Impact In 2011 Expansion Draft the original on November 27, 2011, retrieved November 23, 2011 ^ a b Miglioranzi, Harrison eligible for 2011 Re-Entry Draft the original on January 2, 2012, retrieved January 19, 2012 ^ Union decline contract options on Houapeu, Langley, Richter, Tait ^ Union's Paunović announces decision to retire the original on October 23, 2013, retrieved June 2, 2022 ^ Union, GK Mondragón agree to part ways the original on February 1, 2012, retrieved January 30, 2012 ^ Rumor Central: Le Toux confirms his trade to Vancouver the original on February 2, 2012, retrieved January 31, 2012 ^ Union trade midfielder Nakazawa to Galaxy the original on February 4, 2012, retrieved February 1, 2012 ^ a b Mwanga, Daniel arrive at Union preseason in Orlando [permanent dead link ] ^ Union waive midfielder Khalfan the original on December 26, 2013, retrieved February 22, 2012 ^ Contento por vestir la camiseta de Millonarios the original on January 16, 2013, retrieved September 20, 2012 ^ "Sign German MF/FW Kai Herdling" . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2022 .^ "Herdling returns to Germany, Hoffenheim" . Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012 .^ 2012 MLS Roster Rules Archived February 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
External links
Club Stadiums Culture Rivalries Affiliated clubs Key personnel Media MLS Cup finals U.S. Open Cup
International
Club competitions
CONCACAF Champions League
National teams
Team seasons
Men
Women
Indoor
