On one of the most improved backlines in MLS is Drexel University graduate Ken Tribbett. The newcomer was originally signed this offseason by Union affiliate Bethlehem Steel FC, but Tribbett performed very well in the Union preseason. So well that he signed with the first team and made the starting XI in the season opener.
“I wasn’t sure, to be honest, coming in first, I didn’t know what to expect,” Tribbett said. “But it was always my goal. My goal was to start, so everything I did in the preseason was to be in the starting lineup come day one.