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Revs Taking Risks in Re-Entry Draft
If you blinked, you might have missed it. After a bamboozling frenzy of activity and a brief Twitter explosion, eleven MLS players had their rights claimed by teams and stage two of the inaugural Re-Entry Draft drew to its conclusion on Wednesday. Some of the expected names were called (Juan Pablo...
DC United All-Decade Team: First substitute Midfielder
The starting lineup for the DC United All-Decade Team is now set! Here's how it looks: Perkins Namoff Nelsen Boswell Prideaux Simms Olsen Gros Gomez Emilio Moreno Man. Can we just use that...
DC United All-Decade Team: Starting Left Midfielder
Similar to our list of potential starting left backs, here we have a nice collection of some pretty decent MLS starters. But its hard to see many all-stars among this group, and it sure feels like a significant dropoff after seeing the name Ben Olsen among the candidates for our previous...
What the rest of MLS is up to: Philadelphia
A little while back, I took a look at New England and New York in an effort to discuss our future opponents. I've arbitrarily chosen to move in geographical order from east to west, which leads us down 95 to the land of cheesesteaks, The Roots, and sports teams that are hated in the DMV (Eagles,...
What to do with Rodney Wallace
With DC United acquiring Christian Castillo on loan last month, we’ve been left to wonder what the team will do with their incumbent left midfielder Rodney Wallace. Many have suggested that Wallace should be United’s new left back, but its hard to say if that is necessarily the best...
Troy Perkins is coming home
In a shocking trade on the eve of the 2010 MLS Draft, DC United has re-acquired Troy Perkins. Perkins played goalkeeper for United from 2004-2007 and boasts an all-time club record 1.22 career goals against average. He started all but 1 match during our Supporters' Shield winning seasons of 2006...
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...
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