The Philadelphia Union is currently in talks with the Chester Upland School District to finance the creation of a soccer program at Chester High School, writes Matthew Ralph for Brotherly Game.

“We’re going to be creating a program where we are putting forth financial resources, basically fund the creation of a high school program for them,” said Union Chief Business Officer Tim McDermott.

He said that it would also be great to see the high school team play at Talen Energy Stadium.

Union coach Jim Curtin said it was time for a kid from Chester to join the Union Academy.

“It is time that there is a kid that is the first from the Chester area to have the opportunity to thrive in that environment,” he said.

The Union is also expanding its outreach to youth soccer clubs in the region.

“I still don’t think that we’ve done a good enough job connecting to all the youth soccer clubs in the Delaware Valley,” McDermott said.

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