When General Manager Earnie Stewart gave his end of the year press conference, he said something about the way that the Philadelphia Union constructed its roster that has stuck with me. Stewart said in response to a question about team owner Jay Sugarman spending money on the team,
It’s who we are, and I think a lot of times this is — you know, can we spend like Toronto? No, we can’t. It’s as simple as that. So we have to do it in a different way, and I think we’ve found that way.