A pair of trialists, a former United States National Team center back, and five draft picks got their first taste of the Philadelphia Union with the opening of training camp in Chester on Tuesday.
Speedy winger/forward Fafà Picault and midfielder Adam Najem were among the new faces at training, joining the Union’s five unsigned rookies acquired in the draft: Marcus Epps, Aaron Jones, Chris Nanco, Jack Elliott and Santi Moar. But the big story of the day was the hard to miss presence of a certain 6-foot-4 center back named Oguchi Onyewu, who head coach Jim Curtin said is only with the club on a training stint.