burch Stories - Black And Red United
New blog
Welcome to my brand new blog: DCUMDThis is a soccer-only spinoff from my other most recent blog The Good Fight. As of right now, I plan to continue the TGF blog for all other non-soccer topics like the Redskins, politics, movies, and whatever other dumb stuff I've written about over the years. But...
Round 2... FIGHT!
So after several days of dealing with flooding in my basement, I'm finally ready to write about United again. (Why in Maryland do we have something like 59 days straight with no rain, and then it rains nonstop for three days? My sump pump and I are not happy about that.) Actually it was a pretty...
Mediocre start to the year
Last night's match saw the debut of my new player ratings system. And tonight: the debut of my player rating icons...1. Marc Burch - So energetic in both halves of the field. I see a theme developing this year with the Burch/Fred combo. More on that later.2. Clyde Simms - Looked like the best...
Is Burchie the bomb?
Definitively yes! Or at least the potential is there for Marc Burch to really emerge as a weapon this year. For a few reasons…I had a moment of realization during the Harbour View game last week. It was in the second half, and Burch had just gone on a long overlapping run behind Fred. Well somehow...
The season started? That wasn't just another scrimmage?
Someone must have forgotten to tell the DC United players that last night's match against Kansas City was actually the season opener, and not just another scrimmage. Really though, I can see why they would make that mistake. Maybe it was that the stadium reminded them of the high school field that...
Salaries
The MLS Players Union just released the annual salary figures for the league. For easy reference, below are the guaranteed salaries for each DC United player currently under contract as of 3/31/08:DC Barlow Jeremy D $ 12,900.00DC Burch Marc D $ 33,000.00DC Carreiro da Silva Fred M-F $ 242,000.00DC...
The 3-Whatever-Whatever
<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> I still don't know whether to call it a 3-5-2 or a 3-4-3, but whatever it is, it seems to be working pretty well after a game and a half. For a couple of reasons. One is just the overall talent on United's roster. The team easily has 12 players who are...
Legs, thighs, and breasts, but no wings
<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> So Goff reported from practice yesterday that with the potential absence of Peralta, United will be switching back to a 4-4-2 for the match tomorrow night in LA. I guess the thought of Domenic Mediate as his lone center back in a 3-5-2 was enough to force...
The replacements
Just when it appeared that United had found its best starting XI, we have to go and get two players ejected. I guess we all know that players are going to have to sit out a game here and there for disciplinary reasons, but two at once can be brutal. Especially when those two are your highest paid...
Continuing the series domination
I'm a bit late writing this due to numerous festivities that resulted from my sister-in-law's wedding this weekend, not the least of which included a couple of hangovers, so I'll keep my comments brief since several other smarter analysts, wittier writers, and merciless bloggers have already opined...
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