GameThread: San Jose Earthquakes At D.C. United
by Martin Shatzer on Oct 9, 2025 5:30 PM EDT
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PrintTonight, D.C. United will try to do what they haven't done since June 2009 - win consecutive league matches. For the second week in a row, they face a team that appears bound for the playoffs in the San Jose Earthquakes.
Game time: 7:30 PM
Television: CSN+ (Channel 1 on FIOS)
Projected Starting Lineup: As Jaime Moreno gets set to return to the starting lineup in pursuit of recapturing his all-time goals scoring record from Jeff Cunningham, it is the defense that will be a bigger concern for United. The central defensive pairing of Clyde Simms and Jed Zayner may be the worst we've had since the days of Greg Janicki. And yet a similar backline (with Dejan Jakovic in place of Simms) shut out the Colorado Rapids just a week ago. Carlos Varela is likely to get his first start in the midfield with Andy Najar out due to yellow card accumulation.
There's no reason to think that United should win this match. So why do I have this feeling that we're poised for another upset........?
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Starting lineup
Perkins; McTavish, Zayner, Simms, Graye
Quaranta, Morsink, King, Varela
Moreno, Hernandez
Subs: Allsopp, Junior, Rodrigues, Harrison
Managing Editor for BlackAndRedUnited.com. Weekend Writer for SBNation DC.
by Martin Shatzer on Oct 9, 2025 6:35 PM EDT reply actions
No surprises
The only question going into tonight’s lineup was whether or not Adam Cristman would be ready to make an appearance. The answer apparently is no.
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by Martin Shatzer on Oct 9, 2025 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Zayner really a better center back than McTavish?
Why switch those two? Zayner hasn’t been outstanding on the left, but he’s found something of a home out there. McTavish has experience playing in the center. The move surprises me.
It would be a great time for Troy to finally play out of his mind.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 9, 2025 7:15 PM EDT reply actions
Double red card
I still don’t see what Moreno did to deserve a card.
If none of the officials had a clear understanding of the initial incident, wouldn’t a better decision have just been a foul on McDonald but no cards?
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by Martin Shatzer on Oct 9, 2025 7:52 PM EDT reply actions
I'm not watching the game, yet I still feel fully justified in saying
Good lord.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 9, 2025 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Alex Prus
keeps coming up with new ways to boggle my mind. While he was conferring with the linesman, I ran through several weird options in my head that might be the end result of that situation. A double red was not among them.
Mind you, it worked out to our benefit on the whole. The extra space gave us more room to create chances, SJ had one less attacking player to expose our makeshift back line, and we didn’t have to worry about Jaime trying to make it through 90 minutes. San Jose obviously didn’t care a whit about the outcome. And still, we contrived to lose.
by Stunned Duck on Oct 9, 2025 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it would work to our benefit too at the time. As it turns out though, even if Prus had only ejected McDonald and Moreno remained in the game, I doubt the final score would have been much different.
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by Martin Shatzer on Oct 10, 2025 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
WTF Was up with the Double Red!
Mind-bottling! Like when your thoughts get all trapped like in a bottle.
Win or lose, we will always be here for you.
by johnjahafanclub on Oct 10, 2025 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
DCU game
Was watching the USMNT, turned over to CSN and they were playing a replay of one of the many 2-0 losses this season. Oh… wait, was that a new game?
by Irrlicht on Oct 9, 2025 10:22 PM EDT reply actions
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