The 2015 Philadelphia Union season was the club's sixth season of existence, competing in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The team was managed by

Jim Curtin Jim Curtin (born June 23, 1979) is an American professional soccer coach and former player who is the current head coach of the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer. He spent most of his playing career with the Chicago Fire. Youth and ...

, his second season with the club and first full season after taking over from

John Hackworth John Hackworth (born February 5, 1970, in Dunedin, Florida) is an American soccer coach who is currently Director of Coaching for St. Louis City SC of Major League Soccer and the interim head coach for the club's MLS Next Pro side. Player ...

midway through the 2014 season. For the second consecutive season, the Union finished runners-up in the

2015 U.S. Open Cup The 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 102nd edition of the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer. The tournament had teams from all three tiers of men's professional soccer, plus teams from the top amateur leagues in the United State ...

, this time to Sporting Kansas City. The 2015 season also marked the departure of CEO

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, who had been with the club since its inaugural season. Sakiewicz was replaced with former U.S. men's national team player,

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, who was named Sporting Director in October 2015.

Background

2014 MLS regular season

The 2014 Philadelphia Union MLS Regular Season saw the team go 10–12–12 finishing 6th in the Eastern Conference and 12th overall. The Union had a slow first half of the season, winning only 3 of their 16 games. Because of this, head coach

was fired and

was named the club's interim head coach. Following the summer break, the Union saw better results, and were in a position to reach the

2014 MLS Cup Playoffs The 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs presented by AT&T for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth post-season tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season. The tournament began in late October and cu ...

. However, a loss to the Columbus Crew SC on October 11, 2014 put them out of the playoff race. After the season was over, the title "interim" was taken removed from Jim Curtin's title and is now the permanent head coach.

2014 U.S. Open Cup

The

2014 U.S. Open Cup The 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 101st edition of the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer. Qualification began in November 2013 in the fifth tier. The USSF announced the tournament format on April 24, 2014. The defending cham ...

was the most successful Open Cup in the club's history. The Union entered the competition in the fourth round along with the other 18

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clubs. In that round, the Union defeated the

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, a team in the third tier of the American soccer pyramid, 3-1 after extra time. In the next round, the Union defeated the NASL team the

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2-1 after extra time. The Union then defeated the

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2-0 in the quarterfinals and

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4-3 on penalty kicks after a 1–1 tie in the semifinals. In the

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, the Union lost to Seattle Sounders FC 3-1 after extra time.

2015 roster

''As of August 29, 2015.''

Out on loan

Squad breakdown

Current squad

Competitions

Preseason

MLS season

Standings

=Eastern Conference standings

=Overall standings

U.S. Open Cup

Philadelphia entered the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.

Friendlies

Statistics

Statistics are from all MLS league matches.

Goalkeepers

Honors and awards

End of Season Awards

2015 MLS Team Fair Play Award

Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Loan out

References

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