wells Stories - Black And Red United
James Thorpe
With all the excitement surrounding the international signings of Gonzalo Martinez, Franco Niell, and Jose Carvallo, it would be easy for us to overlook the drafts that United has participated in the past couple of weeks. So this will be the first in a series of posts taking a look at the players...
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...
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...
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...
Ben Olsen on Elliot
Ben Olsen gave an interview on Elliot in the Morning yesterday. Not quite as many juicy tidbits as Burch's interview, but still totally quality stuff:On his ankles: "The right one turned out alright and the left one I had to go in again. And we're trying not to go in again, we're trying to look at...
Hope you made it to your seats in time
I did. But not by much.Overall, a great game from United. I don't understand why so many of the Insiders are complaining that this game didn't inspire confidence against a weak opponent. 4-1 is a good result, and its really poor karma to be upset that the game wasn't 6-0.1. Clyde Simms - He was my...
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...
Scaping the goats once again
Good game. But then again, games between these two rivals usually are.I think I lost a bit of respect for New England tonight though. It was as if Nicol told a couple chumps like Larentowicz, Cristman, and Smith at half time: "Just throw your bodies around. Hack some dudes! The ref won't call it....
United escapes with a deserved victory
Who would have thought that United's first road victory of the year wouldn't come until June, against the Alpha Dog of the league Chicago? In the first half, this match felt like a couple earlier in the year, where DC dominated possession and had probably double the scoring opportunities, but...
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