Back to the Philadelphia Union Newsfeed

Jawn of the Week: Feeling Old

This week was a pretty historic week for the Union organization.

Four players representing national teams, seven Academy players playing for Bethlehem Steel FC, including three making their professional debuts, four Union debuts, and one homegrown signing. Not bad for a weekend's work at all.

As great as all of those debuts are, it's got some feeling fairly old.

Anthony Fontana signed his homegrown contract at 17-years-old. Auston Trusty, Aaron Jones and Jake McGuire are 18, 23 and 22 respectively. The four Academy kids? They're 16 and 17 years old.