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Could Derrick Jones start for the Union against Vancouver Sunday night?

Related Topics: Jim Curtin, Derrick Jones

Get ready Union fans, there's just one more day until the Union and Whitecaps FC battle in the two team's season openers Sunday night at 9:30 ET (TCN). Until then, Head Coach Jim Curtin has a lot of choices to make, namely, who will be in the starting XI. One of those getting a serious look in the midfield is Union homegrown player Derrick Jones.

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If Derrick Jones makes the starting XI, he would be the first player to go through the Union pipeline to do so. Jones started with the Union Academy, eventually signing his first pro contract with Bethlehem Steel FC in 2015, which was the Steel's first-ever player signing.