As our front page points out today, Chester is once again a ‘Major League’ destination.
Yes, the Union is back in town.
Unfortunately, the local representative in Major League Soccer is now 0-2 after dropping the home opener 2-1 yesterday to the Colorado Rapids.
You can read all about the game here.
More important, at least in my eyes, is that another sold-out crowd of 19,074 made its way into the city of Chester in a gorgeous late-winter day.
It’s hard to express just how much PPL Park and the arrival of the Union means to Chester's redevelopment.
Mayor John Linder noted that he spent last Thursday huddling in Washington, D.C., with the other cities tabbed for a special federal program called Strong Cities, Strong Communities. None of them have the kind of riverfront venue that was again on display in Chester yesterday.
It’s clear soccer fans have taken this team – and this site – to heart.
You can read about there here.
The Sons of Ben, that zany group of soccer fanatics that were instrumental to bringing the MLS to town, were out in force again yesterday.
Perhaps the setting could best be described by Rob Young.
“You’ve got this great weather, a beautiful stadium and all of those great fans,” he said. “How can you beat this?”
For a city often described as down on its luck, it’s proof once again this it is alive and kicking.
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