Philadelphia Union

Major League Soccer club based in Chester, PA
Organization association_football_club Q689874
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Summary

Philadelphia Union is an association football club[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of association football club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,166 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: association football team[4]
  • Home venue: Subaru Park[5]
  • League or competition: Major League Soccer[6]
  • Named after: Thirteen Colonies[7]
  • Headquarters location: Chester[8]
  • Head coach: Bradley Carnell[9]
  • Commons category: Philadelphia Union[10]
  • Inception: 2008[11]
  • Sport: association football[12]
  • Parent organization or unit: Major League Soccer[13]
  • Official website: https://www.philadelphiaunion.com/[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Philadelphia Union[15]
  • Described at URL: https://www.mlssoccer.com/meta/club/philadelphia[16]
  • Affiliation: Philadelphia Union II[17]
  • Topic has template: Template:Philadelphia Union[18], Q25878060[19]
  • Category for members of a team: Category:Philadelphia Union players[20]
  • Social media followers: 149,918[21], 10,600[22], 158,669[23], 11,700[24], 174,767[25], 13,100[26], 15,400[27], 17,000[28], 18,800[29], 20,800[30], 22,900[31], 25,300[32]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Philadelphia Union include Philadelphia Union II[33], an association football team[34], in United States[35], founded in 2015[36], headquartered in Bethlehem[37].

Why It Matters

Philadelphia Union has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for it include Philadelphia Union II[33], an association football team[34], in United States[35], founded in 2015[36], headquartered in Bethlehem[37].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . philadelphiaunion.com. philadelphiaunion.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . transfermarkt.com. transfermarkt.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Affiliation → Philadelphia Union II
    Logo image → MLS crest logo RGB - Philadelphia Union 2015.svg
    Website → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Logo image: MLS crest logo RGB - Philadelphia Union 2018.svg, Removing [[:c:File:MLS_crest_logo_RGB_-_Philadelphia_Union_2018.svg|MLS_crest_logo_RGB_-_Philadelphi"
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