Armchair Analyst: Matt Doyle
Eastern Conference breakout players: Who's primed for 2025 leap?
We're back with part two of our team-by-team Breakout Player preview (you know one when you see one!).
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Christopher Olney Jr.date_of_birth
12.16.2006 (19)birthplace
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2025 (Philadelphia): Olney did not make a first-team appearance for the Union during the 2025 MLS season.
2023 (Philadelphia Union II):Â In 2023, Olney made 23 appearances (23 starts) for Union II in league play, scoring four goals and registering eight assists. He scored his first goal of the season on March 26, 2023, against Orlando. Olney signed an MLS NEXT Pro professional contract on November 14, 2023. He is the club's fifth academy player to sign an MLS NEXT Pro professional contract.