Open Cup GameThread: Harrisburg City Islanders At D.C. United
by Martin Shatzer on Jul 21, 2010 6:47 PM EDT
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PrintD.C. United takes on a familiar USL-2 club in the US Open Cup quarterfinals tonight. This tournament remains United's only legitimate shot at winning a trophy in 2010, and the team seems to be taking it seriously. If you've been following D.C. for several years, then you know that these two teams have a history, with Harrisburg defeating United at Hempfield High School in 2007, before the home team knocked them out of the Cup in this same round last year.
Game Time: 7:30 PM
Television: Still up for debate whether or not the match will be streamed live on dcunited.com
Projected Starting Lineup: This match will feature the long-awaited debut of designated player Branko Boskovic in United's starting lineup, who will be joined in the midfield by Santino Quaranta, Kurt Morsink, and Thabiso Khumalo. The starting forwards of Danny Allsopp and Pablo Hernandez are more proof that D.C. really wants to win this match. But the backline of Devon McTavish, Barry Rice, Carey Talley, and Stephen King (?!?!) leaves some to be desired.
If you're going to the match, sing loud and be proud. If not, this is your place for pre-game, in-game, and post-game thoughts.
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And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
by Bald Pollack on Jul 21, 2010 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Stephen King on the back line?
The horror. The horror. The horror.
by dc army on Jul 21, 2010 7:14 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Guessing he got short straw or something (Najar did it a couple weeks ago vs. Richmond).
And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
by Bald Pollack on Jul 21, 2010 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
That was fast.
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Shit I just turned it on. What did I miss?
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by Martin Shatzer on Jul 21, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll have to leave it to Pollack
(I was catching up on SEC Media Days stuff, so I just heard the audio)
Branko scored from Quaranta (and McTavish?), but I didn’t see the how. 1-0.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Jul 21, 2010 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Tino got a ball on the left side, got it to Boskovic in the middle for a calm finish in the box.
And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
by Bald Pollack on Jul 21, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Is anyone else having some serious problems with the stream?
It’s not crashing, but it buffers about once every 30-45 seconds.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
Yep, full of lag.
And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
by Bald Pollack on Jul 21, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Borderline unbearable
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by Martin Shatzer on Jul 21, 2010 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I've reached full-blown stream crash now.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
Yup, keeps freezing at the same spot on different browsers.
Someone else want to see if this thing unsticks itself?
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Jul 21, 2010 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Twitter following! W00t?
And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
by Bald Pollack on Jul 21, 2010 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, Strasburg is on tonight at least.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Jul 21, 2010 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
What’s a Strasburg? (I keed).
And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
by Bald Pollack on Jul 21, 2010 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like the sream just ended up getting pulled off the site.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
Other options to follow along:
TheCup.US Live Blog: http://thecup.us/2010-us-open-cup-quarterfinals-preview-harrisburg-city-islanders-at-dc-united-live-blog-at-7-p-m/
Harrisburg radio stream: http://wmssfm.com/live.shtml
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Live Blog is slamming attendance at the Sounders game last week.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Jul 21, 2010 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Pop quiz
Is it the Harrisburg City “Islanders”? Or the Harrisburg “City Islanders”?
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It’s the CITY ISLANDERS! Still trying to figure it out though. It’s not a particularly big city, and it’s not on an island…
And why the palm tree in the logo?
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by Jake Shapiro on Jul 21, 2010 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I've got your answer.
It is the Harrisburg “City Islanders” because they play on an island in the middle of the Susquehanna river. The island is called City Island. The Harrisburg Senators (the Nationals AA team) plays on the same island.
Wow thanks!
I knew Harrisburg was right on the Susquehanna, but had no idea the river had any islands in it. Thanks for sharing.
Do you have any insight though into why they have a palm tree for their logo? Surely there are no palm trees within 800 miles of PA…
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by Martin Shatzer on Jul 21, 2010 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
No palm trees on city island.
I am from Harrisburg and go to a lot of games on the island (DC is my MLS team). There are definitely no palm trees there. I think the trees are only in the logo because we are called the islanders.
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We are very sorry about the webcast. We could not restore the connection the MLS’s servers. But you can follow along w/ MLS Matchtracker
Sigh. Oh well. At least we’re winning 2-0.
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