http://dcunited.theoffside.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:18:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As was previously stated here (okay, I was off by a little bit), it looks like Ben Olsen is going to hang up his boots. Although it could have been easily guessed that his time was running out, Olsen has decided that either pain or other considerations have made ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/dc-united/olsen-to-retire.html Little tidbit: Shipalane will be with DCU next year, says the man himself on Pennlive.com. So, that's one name you can pencil in for next year. UPDATE- Now this is funny....when I linked this page earlier today, there was a question in which Shipalane was asked if he knew his ... http://dcunited.theoffside.com/dc-united/shipalane-to-remain-with-dc-united-for-2010.html 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