Sunday’s christening of PPL Park will be a momentous occasion for all Philadelphia soccer fans.
I’ll be one of the lucky ones in attendance and knowing what Philly sports fans are like and how the team has been performing, here are five random observations, in no particular order, of what we all can expect on Sunday.
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Freddie Ljungberg will get booed…and bad: Philadelphia fans always need someone to hate. Like the sun in the day and the moon at night, it’s just the way things go. Ljungberg raised the quick pulse of Peter Nowak at First Kick this year, as the Philly manager accused the Swede of simulation at certain vital points in the match between the Union and the Sounders. Playing in front of the Philly fans for the first time, Ljungberg may think he’s at White Hart Lane during his days at Arsenal.








