earthquakes Stories - Black And Red United
How many is too many?
So with the addition of Toronto this year, San Jose next year, and Seattle the following year, the MLS is up to 15 teams. And that's with St. Louis and Philadelphia seeking their own franchises also.When do we say enough already?So the question is… Is there enough talent interested in playing in...
Using Protection
The San Jose expansion draft is going down on next Wednesday 11/21. Does this seem too soon to anyone else? Someone from the Revs or Dynamo won't even be done celebrating their championship yet when he's forced to move out to the west coast.Anyway, I'm not going to go through the entire DC United...
The List
Officially available at noon tomorrow, leaked first on the Insider, here is the list of protected players for Wednesday's expansion draft:Perkins, Boswell, Namoff, McTavish, Burch, Fred, Simms, Gomez, Olsen, Moreno, EmilioHard to say there's really any surprises there. That's essentially our...
Waiting by the phone
If I get a call later tonight and am asked to be the new General Manager of the San Jose Earthquakes, here is the list of players I will select (assuming I can negotiate myself a reasonable starting salary...)GK: Kevin HartmanDEF: Alex Zotinca, Ryan Cochrane, Brandon PrideauxMID: Kyle Martino, Ned...
Peace out, BC
San Jose's official selections are out, so how did we Insiders do on the draft predictions? Not too bad. Of the players with which we had a confident consensus, we were correct on Grabavoy, Carroll, Guerrero, and Vide, but wrong on Casey, Burciaga, Dorman, and Thompson. Cochrane, Riley, and Goodson...
Out West
Seems to be a stark difference between the East and West in terms of the changes that sweep through each conference each season. DC, New England, and Chicago seem to be in contention every year in the East. But in the West, there's one team at the top, and then there's everyone else beating each...
What we missed
So I spent a week away on business, and cruising the college bars at IU (Has anyone else played "Sink the Biz"? Great fun. And probably the easiest way to get random girls to come over and drink with you.) In anticipation of tonight's home leg of the Ben Cup against RSL, I figured I'd take a quick...
On Clean Sheets
I'm not concerned with the fact that DC United finds themselves in last place in the Eastern Conference after 5 weeks. Because as others have pointed out, the MLS Regular Season is long and forgiving. Nor am I concerned with the team being in the bottom third of the league in goals against, despite...
United streaks continue
DC United can now boast of a 4 5 game unbeaten streak. But how about a streak of 2 underwelming wins at home against weaker opponents? Makes you wonder how this team will fare against a much better team in the Galaxy next week.1. Clyde Simms extends his goal scoring streak to 2 games, and has...
Ivan Guerrero
We bring you this brief interruption to the MSR with the news that DC United has acquired Ivan Guerrero from the Earthquakes. The best endorsement of Guerrero has to be this one from Bryan Namoff: "He took us apart in the playoffs [with Chicago]. Very skillful, very quick, good technically on the...
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