kpene Stories - Black And Red United
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...
Roster analysis
First of all, here's a link to what the Fullback wants for Christmas. That's required reading for all DCU fans this offseason.Secondly, with all the recent roster moves, and with the rule changes for 2008, I think it's time that we reset and take a look at where we currently stand.The rule changes...
Franco Niell
The front office has had a pretty busy week down in Argentina. Goff reports, and it appears to be confirmed by Pasion Paternal, that Argentine forward Franco Niell will be joining DC United on a one-year loan for $60,000, with an option to buy for $900,000, pending a medical exam on January...
Opening up Training Camp
I stopped by RFK for about five minutes today on my way to Arlington. Not surprisingly, Goff scooped me on just about every remotely interesting item that I could have reported. Here's the only important fact I have to add:Kpene's hair is blond again.Next time I'll be more prepared and try to...
Senior roster appears set
At least it appears that way as far as I see. Goff told us this morning that David Blumer and Josh Gardner would not be offered contracts by the club. So if you look back at this post, you'd realize that there are only 18 players left who I've considered as being in competition for the 18 senior...
A rule change that actually benefits DC
Gasp! And here we were thinking that MLS only made rule changes in order to benefit the Galaxy!Maybe this was announced earlier and I missed it, but a change to the MLS roster rules has come up today only because of Goff's latest post announcing the signing of Justin Moose to a Developmental...
Mid-Season Review part 2: Departures
Continuing on in our mid-season review of DC United's roster decisions in the offseason, we move on to the departures. For this entry, our definition of "departure" will be any player who was on the club roster last season, but who is no longer under contract with the team, for reasons other than a...
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