Analyzing the Union's midfield issues without Vincent Nogueira and proposing some possible MLS trades.
The Nogueira Problem
Ever heard of Roland Alberg? If you haven't, this might ring a bell: He's that new guy for the Union who's scoring all those goals. A Dutch 25-year old, Alberg briefly played in Turkey and bounced around the Eredivisie for a few years before he came to Philadelphia before this season as a player who would sit on the bench and come in every once in a while to change things up. He was forced to enter the starting lineup recently after Vincent Nogueira jumped ship, and while he hasn't exactly stabilized things since the all-important Nogueira bolted, he has been scoring a lot.