Philadelphia Union introduced Ernst Tanner as the club’s new Sporting Director on Thursday in a press conference with principal owner Jay Sugarman. Both Tanner and Sugarman made opening statements before taking questions from the press. Some highlights of the press conference follow.
Sugarman opening statement
The Union’s principal owner began by discussing what drew the club to Tanner. “The Sporting Director position is a really critical one for our club,” Sugarman began. “Their leadership, their drive touches every part of this organization from the first team all the way down to the pre-development teams. Richie and I set out almost two-and-a-half months ago, we said: ‘What are the three critical must-haves?