What Are The Best D.C. United Moments Of 2011

I was surprised and disappointed to read Dan Steinberg's list in the D.C. Sports Bog of the supposed "Top 11 D.C. sports moments of 2011", and not see a single mention of D.C. United until the Honorable Mentions. Surely Charlie Davies' amazing comeback belongs on this list. It probably belongs in the top 3 actually, in my opinion. Dan admitted to me on Twitter later that Davies probably should have made the list, but the damage was already done.

Screw that list. Let's make our own list of the best D.C. United moments of 2011.

There are some obvious selections: a few moments actually in the opener, and Dwayne De Rosario's hat trick against Real Salt Lake. But what else? What specific moments do you remember that others may have forgotten?

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DeRo

DeRo scoring by dummying Dax right after the trade

by Irrlicht on Dec 30, 2011 7:59 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Here are a couple

Najar’s wonder strikes. He had a couple of real screamers from outside the box – at least one I believe was in Philly, but one at home too. That kid is nuts.

Honestly, chanting with fellow fans during the RSL slaughter at RFK “What’s going on!? What’s going on!?” was one of the most memorable moments of the season. I honestly didn’t know what was happening.

DeRo’s hat trick against Toronto, which happened to come among some of the stupidest and poorest reffing anyone has ever seen. All I could say the morning after was “What the hell happened last night?”

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by beardyblue on Dec 30, 2011 9:48 AM EST reply actions

The final 20 minutes of the home game against Portland

We were, ostensibly, fighting for our playoff lives, but the team had looked listless. Then De Ro, as became his custom, hit a great goal to tie things up. The supporters went nuts and the team sprung to life. United pressed for chance after chance. Portland had some great counters that Bill Hamid either expertly saved, or luckily hit off the bar. I mentioned to whoever was behind me that Ngwenya would end up winning it for us. That, obviously, didn’t happen, but oh how tantalizingly close. The passion and fight the team showed at the end made me proud of the boys, but I also wondered why it couldn’t have happened from the opening kick.

by Brendanukkah on Dec 30, 2011 1:32 PM EST reply actions

yep

that was the best 20 min of soccer I’ve seen live

by Irrlicht on Dec 30, 2011 4:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Brian Straus thought so too

by Brendanukkah on Dec 30, 2011 10:38 PM EST up reply actions

Stand-outs in my mind are Davies’s 2nd goal in his 1st match (the one when he ran past the goalie and defender), Najar’s goal against Philly that tied the game (goal to goal in about 14 seconds) and DeRo’s goal against NYRB after Dax blew the coverage

by Eric David Ruenes on Jan 10, 2012 6:36 PM EST reply actions