FC Yahoo has ranked the "winners and losers" of the January Transfer Window, placing Philadelphia Union alongside Everton and Paris Saint-Germain as winners. Philadelphia Union are the only MLS club to appear on the list. With three players at the US Men's National Team January Camp, FC Yahoo sees the offseason additions as making us "one of the stronger squads in Major League Soccer — or at least one of the most exciting."



Philadelphia Union: The thinking behind the Union’s appointment of Dutch-American Sporting Director Earnie Stewart early last year was obvious. He has a strong track record of unearthing bargains and the connections to mine the European player market. Stewart had already landed U.S. regular Alejandro Bedoya and acquired budding national teamers Chris Pontius and Keegan Rosenberry in 2016. So far this off-season, he has also landed former AZ players – where he worked most recently – Giliano Wijnaldum, a left back, and Haris Medunjanin, an attacking midfielder. But that isn’t all. He also bagged experienced English striker Jay Simpson, promising American forward Fafa Picault, and oft-injured, long-time national team center back Oguchi Onyewu. And he seems to have made all of those moves at little or no expense, quickly turning the Union into one of the stronger squads in Major League Soccer — or at least one of the most exciting ones.

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