Contributors
Editors
- Dan Walsh, co-editor & founder
Dan is an award-winning writer and reporter with nearly 15 years of experience in daily newspapers, magazines and radio. He got hooked on soccer while reporting on MLS expansion in Philly and playing the game in Brazil, so he dreamed up the Philly Soccer Page as a little side hobby. He is also former vice president of the Casa Soccer League, the largest amateur adult league in Philadelphia. You can contact him at dwalsh@phillysoccerpage.com or via his web page.
- Ed Farnsworth, co-editor
Ed thought he was a mediocre midfielder in high school. He realizes now that he was terrible. After a long career in music as a drummer for bands such as Napalm Sunday, Emma, Ashtabula and Bardo Pond, numerous North American and European tours, two Peel Sessions and more than forty records later, Ed went to grad school and now has a day job in publishing. He also works at the 700, a bar in Northern Liberties, where he hosts Footy on the Telly. In 2007 he organized an indoor soccer pickup game on Tuesday nights at the Northern Liberties Rec Center that continues to thrive. In his spare time he writes the weekly 700 FC newsletter and is researching and writing a book about the history of soccer in Philadelphia. He recently returned to music and now plays with the Friggs. You can reach him at efarnsworth@phillysoccerpage.com.
Writers
Adam is a former Haverford College soccer player who works in publishing and understands soccer tactics about as well as anyone out there. He is also a former division commissioner for the Casa Soccer League. He writes about Philadelphia Union.
Eli coaches the rugby team at the University of Pennsylvania and is a huge soccer fan with a particular interest in the U.S. national team and Philadelphia Union. He writes about Philadelphia Union and the U.S. men’s national team.
Mike has been organizing soccer in Philadelphia in one way, shape, or form since 2004 and is the current vice president and former treasurer of Philadelphia’s Casa Soccer League . He writes about the Philadelphia Independence and contributes to game day coverage of the Union for the PSP. His illustrious 25-year soccer career includes few championships and even fewer goals.
Contributors
Andrew is a former player at nearby Fleetwood Area High School who continued his playing career at Lehigh University. He is a Philadelphia Union season ticket holder and follows all things soccer. He writes about Reading United AC and other soccer topics.
Ryan spends entirely too much time thinking about soccer, as he puts it. He’s a soccer coach for one of the best high school programs in New Jersey and knows a thing or two about the game.
Tim is from Harrisburg, Pa., and loves the City Islanders. He works in university student affairs and is graduate student at Rutgers University. Tim is considering a foray into coaching youth soccer, loves to highlight the passion of players and fans, and tries to see the humor in everything. He’s also one of the infamous Sons of Ben.
Photographers
Daniel is freelance photographer based in Philadelphia. He played college and minor league soccer in Europe. His photos have been published by Reuters, and he runs Daniel Studio photography.
Earl is a self-taught photographer and has spent the last 15 years documenting explosive demolitions around the world with his camera. (If you’ve seen any of those Discovery Channel shows, then you’ve seen his work.) When not on the road, he enjoys shooting concerts and Philadelphia Union. Earl loves the community and friendships that the Union has brought him. Fortunately, he has a wonderful and understanding wife that allows him to obsess over soccer and not give him too much crap for his jersey and scarf collection. She even let him name their French Bulldog Zizou. You can see some of Earl’s work photographing things blowing up, concerts, and, of course, the Union, here.
Michael C. Long is a freelance photographer specializing in people, place and food. He owns Michael Long Fotograffic, LLC. The world of sport and the story of the people behind it now falls before his lens and obsesses him. Mike has been shooting professionally for about 10 years bringing a dark wit and a discerning eye to an endless variety of subjects. Mike’s work has been published widely and in many formats. He lives in Philadelphia with his dog and 2 cats. His work can be seen at www.fotograffic.net.
Paul has recently gotten back into photography after buying a digital camera a couple of years ago. Since then he has been practicing taking sports pictures of his three kids. Paul has almost 40 years experience in playing and coaching soccer which helps him anticipate where the action is heading.
Nicolae is a photographer based in Philadelphia who grew up in Romania, where he supported Dinamo Bucharest. He is a graduate of the National Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Bucharest where he received certification in sports media. In 2008, he attended a master class in photojournalism in Cambodia run by Gary Knight, and he was one of only two U.S.-based photographers brought to Rio de Janeiro to shoot the Homeless World Cup in 2010. Selections from his work at the Homeless World Cup will be on display at UEFA Headquarters, IOC Headquarters, at the London Olympics and at the United Nations.
Past contributors
Andrew Huff, Brian Shreffler, Alfredo Silva and Ben Tracy.
