http://dcunited.theoffside.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:49:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just coming out at Behind the Badge, Tom Soehn will not be back next year as DC United's manager. This was the move you knew would happen, as two years out of the playoffs is just not acceptable to anyone involved. The harder decisions (roster) are forthcoming, and ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/dc-united/breaking-tom-soehn-out-at-dcu-manager.html 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 ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/dc-united/dcu-news-payne-talks-soehn-waits-players-move.html I won't write what I wanted to write after watching the Kansas City game, because the more I kicked it around, it was a trite and cliche angle. The game was exciting, and the team fought as hard as they could (in the second half). Reckless desperation is ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/dc-united/annnnd-scene-the-close-of-the-2009-dcu-season.html Well, the long winding MLS season has come down to this: needing 6 points from 2 games and needing a host of other things to go our way in MLS play for the chance to advance into the playoffs. Last year around this time, Columbus was eliminating us at ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/dc-united/columbus-at-dc-united-the-last-home-game.html I'm not going to spend a lot of time discussing a game we should of won big that we did win big. I saw some good things. And here we go... Good Stuff! - Christian Gomez. Every time I think that DC should cut ties with Gomez, he'll play ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/post-game/post-game-dcu-5-san-juan-1.html There is a caveat to this post: we don't have it near as bad as Red Bull fans have it. True, they have a new stadium coming, but that team is a disaster from top to bottom, with little hope of immediate recovery. Now that I've cleared that ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/dc-united/to-be-a-soccer-fan-in-dc.html Following their 1-0 win at San Juan Jabloteh on Sept 15th, the guys have been resting up, practicing, and hopefully getting some tactical and finishing work in before their next game on Thursday, against Marathon. I've been doing much of the same, save for the practicing or working on ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/dc-united/a-week-off-for-the-both-of-us-dc-united-round-up.html Were there regulation in MLS, this would be called a relegation 6 pointer. DC United stinks on the road, but FC Dallas stinks everywhere. Dallas sits second to last in the Western Conference with 23 points, and DCU has 32 points which puts them in 4th in the ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/game-previews/make-big-plays-today-dcu-at-fc-dallas.html Take it for what it's worth, but Yahoo has Bryan Namoff on the way out (I'd imagine after the season's over) to the Greek league. As Namoff has become the absolute stalwart of the defense, the team would have a hard time replacing him. However, for Bryan, you'd ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/dc-united-rumors/rumors-both-believable-one-upsetting.html 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 ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/dc-united/hamid-signs-with-dc-united.html