US Open Cup
DCU News: Payne Talks, Soehn Waits, Players (Move?)
By: jon |
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As always, Mr. Unprecedented Access, Steve Goff, has a sit down with Kevin Payne and Tom Soehn over on his blog. Some big quotes…
“We don’t want to play like Colorado or New England, which most of the season sat with eight or nine guys behind the ball. How many people go to watch Colorado [...]
Category: Ben Olsen, Blogroll, DC United Rumors, DC United Team News, David Habarugira, Devon Mctavish, Jaime Moreno, Santino Quaranta, Transfers and Player Movement, US Open Cup
Tags: Ben Olsen, Blogroll, DC United Rumors, DC United Team News, Devon Mctavish, Jaime Moreno, Santino Quaranta, Transfers and Player Movement, US Open CupHamid Signs With DC United
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As originally reported here (in The Offside’s First official scoop), Bill Hamid, Annandale native and academy product, has signed with MLS and will be on DCU’s roster as the third goalkeeper. As a result of this and other additions like Shipalane, Habarugira, and James, someone on the current roster will have to be cut.
Based [...]
DC United’s MLS Season 2009: The Mehhhh Version (Update)
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Just like I never left…
This season is past half over, and DC United is tied for second in the Eastern Conference. With a record of 5-3-9, this United team has not blown the doors off, and has shown the ever maddening “flashes of brilliance” followed by the defensive meltdowns reminiscent of 2008. [...]
Players coming in, players going out
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As this is the preseason, and the informal roster deadline for MLS teams is Monday, DCU made some moves which are quite interesting.
First, coming in. DCU has signed Dejan Jakovic from Red Star Belgrade, in a real, honest to god transfer. It’s like MLS is a real league and everything!
Some info about Mr. [...]
CHAMPIONS
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And that’s what its all about. Two more trophies to get this year, let’s get after it.
Category: US Open CupThe Rematch: New England Revolution vs DC United
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1 week ago, DC dispatched a New England reserve side and advanced to the finals of the US Open Cup.
This week, DC plays NE again. The faces have changed, but may the result be no different.
Again, Matt Reis will not be playing, but NE looks to have more of its attacking options with them, [...]
Pre Game: DC United at New York Red Bulls
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Far be it for me to neglect you, readers, on the day before the classic NY-DC matchup up at the stadium named after my NFL team.
From what I can gather, DC is using this game as a chance to work back in some players coming off of injury. On turf, I’d have [...]
Pre Game, Links of the Week, Access United and a Music Recommendation
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Wooo. After a whole 3 days without a game, DC United is back in action in RFK against Chivas de Guadalajara. Let me say this, as an avid follower of the USMNT, having seen quite a few US v Mexico tussles, I can say that I’m not a big fan of Mexican football [...]
MidDay Roundup
By: jon | 29 Comments
Big tip of the Hat to Donovan over at DCenters. He channeled his Swami skills and sucked this post out of my brain, and put it ever so eloquently on his blog. So, go check it out. And I’ll start wearing my tin foil hat to keep all my ideas in from [...]
Midday News and Pre Game: Rochester Rhinos vs DC United (UPDATED)
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Boy, I sure am posty today! I’ve got some roster news and an Open Cup game to preview for you, so take a few minutes from calling back clients, or in my case, filing, and read.
- Confirmation on the earlier injury news, with Goff confirming that Santino Quaranta is out 2-3 weeks. But [...]
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