The Swan Dive with Meg Swanick
The Swan Dive with Meg Swanick
Kevin Kinkead talks Philly Union & Cavan Sullivan
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Kevin Kinkead talks Philly Union & Cavan Sullivan

Kevin Kinkead from Crossing Broad joins to chat about Philly Union through the years and Cavan Sullivan's big news
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Philly Union, through the years

  • Covering Philly Union from the ground floor in 2010

  • Proselytizing the sport

  • When people started paying attention

  • Jim Curtin’s impact (with the team since 2013, first as an assistant, Curtin’s now the second-longest tenured manager in Major League Soccer)

  • Assessing the Union’s early 2024 season

  • When the Union hit their ceiling

  • Can this team win a trophy?

  • Bringing Bedoya and Wagner back

(18:00 ish) Cavan Sullivan’s Man City deal

  • Cavan Sullivan agrees to terms with Manchester City, but will stay in Philly for now. Initial reactions

  • Hype & pressure, at home or abroad

  • Is American soccer desperate for a star?

  • The sometimes tension between USMNT & MLS fanbases

  • The Philly Union elevator pitch

Follow Kevin in X here and at Crossing Broad here.

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The Swan Dive with Meg Swanick
The Swan Dive with Meg Swanick
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