Panic Button: DC United & Sundry Soccer Links for 4 September 2015

Let's go!

After three straight MLS losses, is it time for D.C. United to panic? - The Washington Post:  What?  I'm sorry.  I didn't hear you.  I was too busy refilling my Xanax prescription.

Columbus Crew SC aiming to put on a show for national TV audience: "We're going to try to entertain" | MLSsoccer.com:  While DC has hit its rough spot, Columbus has somehow inched its way into as much of a table threat as NYRB.  (DC plays the Crew on 9/19 - the same day as the B&RU tailgate.)

If you criticize Jurgen Klinsmann or his USMNT, you don’t know soccer | ProSoccerTalk:  Apparently.

The tipping point of Jurgen Klinsmann's tenure as USMNT head coach | FC Yahoo - Yahoo Sports:  That Gold Cup debacle.

Jurgen Klinsmann keeping Tim Howard out of USMNT XI: "We’re not making those changes right now" | MLSsoccer.com:  It's Guz anoche!

Bayern Munich: Syrian refugees get support from German club - Planet Futbol - SI.com:  Good on Bayern.

And your Friday Freedom Kicks treat is this Natasha Leggero focus group.

Sincere thanks to my B&RU colleagues for filling in for me while I was out of the country the last two Fridays.

Commentariat, ahem!