mctavish Stories - Black And Red United
Time for another roster analysis
I came up with most of this while standing in line outside in 20 degree weather for two hours to see Barack Obama speak in College Park yesterday (well worth it).Major League Soccer is probably unlike any other league in the world that I can think of in its limitation of foreign players and players...
Dev versus Dom versus Tino
On this the first actual week of DC United's 2008 campaign for international domination, we take a look at the probable starting lineup for the opening Champions' Cup match Wednesday against Harbour View.Of the 11 starting roster slots, I think 10 are pretty much locked up, and the last 1 is only...
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...
Runaway. Run run run run, runawayyyy
Wow, what a game. Even before United ran away with it after the 60-minute mark, this was a totally exciting game. Obviously 5-0 is an incredible result, but it's the 0 that stood out to me more than the 5 for most of the match. I tallied only 4 legitimate scoring opportunities for HVFC, and I don't...
Dejected
I couldn't find the official box score online anywhere, so I'm just gonna estimate my own based on what I saw...Shots on target: Pachuca - 42. United - 0.Fouls committed: Pachuca - 2. United - 6323.All things considered, a 2-0 final is maybe better than we deserved. We did have a lot of things...
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...
MLS stakes its claim
2-1 was probably a pretty fair result to this match, with all three goals being scored by substitutes. Dyachenko's goal was well-deserved from the run of play, and Niell's goal was probably a bit lucky for him to get the ball in that position, but it was great to see him finish to stop the Kpene...
Good riddance Rice-Eccles
After such a tiring and emotionally draining match just three days earlier, I guess it was pretty easy to see this coming. Especially once you saw the starting lineup. Gallardo, Martinez, and Wells deserved the rest, so I won't complain about the lineup, especially since I don't think that starting...
Well deserved break
This weekend begins DC United's one-week break from official matches, and with the team, DCUMD will be taking a break as well. United played 6 matches in 20 days. Well I typed 92 posts in 6 months. Who do you think had the tougher schedule?!My disappearance though will be mostly attributable to...
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...
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