So Chelsea did enough tonight to get a 2-1 win over DC United. The whole match was meaningless in the grand scheme of things, nothing really on the line for either team. Plus, you can’t take seriously a match where the opposition puts in 10 subs at half time! I found it hard to care […]
If you missed, like Staci and I did*, the USA-Honduras game last night, you can view highlight videos. It was probably one of the most emotional US games of the last two years. *We had to miss it because we are playing in a co-ed league and had a game scheduled at 7pm. Not upset
If there’s anything that can prove that FIFA’s national team rankings are totally bogus, it has to be todays news that it the US team is #6 in the world. There are at least 6 teams in Europe better than the US – England, Germany, Italy, Holland, Spain, France. Not to mention that any South
United get’s a midseason report from Steven Goff at the Washington Post . There’s nothing that you haven’t already seen on BigSoccer but a good catch up if you haven’t been slacking off at work. Of late, United has been plagued by injury – first Eskandarian, now Moreno, Steven Guppy and Brian Namoff are all
I purchased the DirectKick package because it was cheaper to get it than to upgrade our monthly plan to one that includes Comcast Sports Net, the local broadcaster for DC United games. It was a no-brainer, $70 per season to get pretty much every MLS game broadcast every weekend. Getting the next package up woule
Great news for Ben Olsen, who was named to the US squad for the Gold Cup next month. After two injury plagued years, Olsen restablished himself in the DC United lineup during last season’s championship run. Its great to see him get a shot at returning to national team, where he was a regular before
Over at deseretnews.com, their Real Salt Lake correspondent had this to say about United after this week: "After stinking it up for most of the season, MLS defending champion D.C. United stepped it big time last week." This, from a guy who covers a team who’s only achievement this season looks to be setting the
We call It Soccer has a concise review of Franklin Foer’s book How Soccer Explains the World. They find the main thesis of the book weak and unconvincing but it might be worth picking up by serious soccer fans for the "cool anectdotes about players and fans and clubs" from all over. They’re also spot
Announcement of a new MLS Labor Agreement was released today, on a friday afternoon to guarantee low exposure(?). It’s a 5 year collective bargaining agreement. We’ve come a long way in 10 years, when the players actual sued the league. Not many details, but minimum salary will go from about $28k to $34k by 2009,
Midfielder Bobby Convey and defender Ryan Nelsen both made the jump from DC United to the English leagues last year and have had quite different experiences. Bobby Convey left for first division club Reading, hoping to help the club earn promotion to the premier league. Despite high expectations, he has found himself sitting on the