GameThread: FC Dallas At D.C. United
When the hottest team in the league visits the last place team in the league, you don't usually expect much hype. But with this match being D.C. United's first at RFK since appointing Ben Olsen as interim head coach, and first since Jaime Moreno announced his retirement, this match suddenly has a lot of intrigue for the home side.
Game Time: 8:00 PM Eastern
Television: Comcast SportsNet
Projected Starting Lineup: Don't expect many changes from the lineup that lost 1-0 to the New England Revolution last weekend. I'm expecting United's front six to be the same. But the team should be much improved defensively with the scheduled return on Dejan Jakovic, replacing Carey Talley in the starting lineup. United has looked its best this year in those rare instances when Jakovic starts alongside Julius James, and combined with Marc Burch and Devon McTavish, this may be the best backline we've seen all year.
Is that enough though to beat an FC Dallas team that's only lost two matches all season, and none since May 20? We'll see.
If you're going to the stadium, sing loud and have fun. If not, this is your place for pre-game, in-game, and post-game discussion.
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Starters
Hamid
Burch, James, Talley, McTavish
Quaranta, Boskovic, King, Najar
Hernandez, Allsopp
Hasta siempre Jaime.
by Bald Pollack on Aug 14, 2025 7:12 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
On the bench
Pontius, Cristman, Moreno, Zayner, Morsink, Jakovic, Perkins
Hasta siempre Jaime.
by Bald Pollack on Aug 14, 2025 7:13 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Talley's down.
Guess we may see Jakovic early.
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by Chris Pendley on Aug 14, 2025 8:13 PM EDT reply actions
Dammit he got up
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by Martin Shatzer on Aug 14, 2025 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Given this season
are you surprised?
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by Chris Pendley on Aug 14, 2025 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Will he go 2-for-2?
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by Chris Pendley on Aug 14, 2025 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Allsopp looks motivated
Working hard on and off the ball.
Clearly he’s been playing for more shirts than Pontius. Or whatever.
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by Martin Shatzer on Aug 14, 2025 8:23 PM EDT reply actions
Does the team know they have wingers?
I mean, it might be worth it to get the ball to them every once in a while, but no rush.
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by Chris Pendley on Aug 14, 2025 8:28 PM EDT reply actions
Well. Hamid got hung out to dry there.
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by Chris Pendley on Aug 14, 2025 8:44 PM EDT reply actions
Nice of us to give FCD a goal on their first good chance of the match
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by Martin Shatzer on Aug 14, 2025 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Know what would've been awesome on that play? Another defender.
Just throwing that out there.
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by Chris Pendley on Aug 14, 2025 9:15 PM EDT reply actions
Actually
What was missing was our left sided midfield. On the replay, he was spotted standing around the midfield line.
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by Martin Shatzer on Aug 14, 2025 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh.
Well, at least we were able to find him. Wouldn’t want to misplace any of the valuable team personnel.
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by Chris Pendley on Aug 14, 2025 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Pontius in, McTavish out.
This is either gonna be a 4-0 or 2-1 final.
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by Chris Pendley on Aug 14, 2025 9:22 PM EDT reply actions
3-4-3
The past two matches in which United removed McTavish and switched to a 3-4-3, they gave up a goal within the first five minutes.
Let’s see if we can make it 10 tonight!
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by Martin Shatzer on Aug 14, 2025 9:23 PM EDT reply actions
I'm still impressed with Najar's pace.
Not totally sold on his vision while making those runs (well, it’s either that or nobody else on United can keep up with him), but he’s been abusing his defender on runs tonight.
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by Chris Pendley on Aug 14, 2025 9:27 PM EDT reply actions
Aw, FCD cares!
Lookit them being worried about our self-confidence, having to come back from two behind. That was nice of them.
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by Chris Pendley on Aug 14, 2025 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

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