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===Soccer=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" | Club ! scope="col" | Sport ! scope="col" | League ! scope="col" | Venue ! scope="col" | Established ! scope="col" | Championships |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Philadelphia Union]] | Soccer | [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] | [[Subaru Park]] | 2010 | |} Chester is the home of the [[Major League Soccer]] [[Philadelphia Union]] franchise, which plays its home games at [[Subaru Park]], a [[soccer-specific stadium]] at the base of the [[Commodore Barry Bridge]]. Located on the Delaware River, the stadium is part of a larger development called Rivertown. Financing for the Rivertown development was announced in early 2008 by Governor [[Ed Rendell]] and Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader [[Dominic Pileggi]], with $25 million going to the construction of Subaru Park, and an additional $7 million towards a two-phase project composing of 186 townhouses, 25 apartments, {{convert|335000|sqft|m2}} of office space, a {{convert|200000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} convention center, more than {{convert|20000|sqft|m2}} of retail space, and a parking structure to house 1,350 cars. In phase two, another 200 apartments will be built, along with {{convert|100000|sqft|m2}} of office space and {{convert|22000|sqft|m2}} of retail space.<ref>{{cite web |title=Major hurdle cleared for Philly expansion |work=MLSnet.com |url=http://www.mlsnet.com//news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080131&content_id=137294&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp |access-date=January 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109113909/http://mlsnet.com/ |archive-date=November 9, 2007 }}</ref>
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