There are two possibilities... either I am the foremost football tactician of our day, or Onalfo is
watching a different game with different players doing much different things. Because I am seeing
very obvious things that I would think can be easily fixed. Benching Castillo, for example...
On the terrible heels of a terrible 2-0 loss, terribly, I offer these thoughts on what should be a
much better team.
Troy Perkins is returning to the USA, MLS and DC United!
Awesome.
I know that some of you will be happy that he is returning at the expense of Fred, who is moving to
Philadelphia.
Share your thoughts in the comments.
I just watched the 11+ minute video of all of the GOTY nominees. I noticed that no GOTY nominees
were scored against DC United. On the face of it, that makes me happy. It is good to know that DC
United didn't get poster-ized to wide renown this season.
Thinking about it more, however, one may be able to make an argument that for keepers like Rimando
or Reis, who seemed to figure prominently in these highlights, if the only goals that they are
giving up are the fantastical, flooky goals or the once-in-a-career one-timers out of midair, maybe
that's not so bad.
D.C. United 1: 0 Columbus Crew
Six Word Novel Recap A decent team, with terrible supporters.
Let me just start by saying that Steve Cronin impressed the hell out of me last night. He played
confidently, and he did not hesitate to come off of his line or even out of the box. At one point
last night, he ran almost to the corner flag to shield a Crew player off the ball until it ran out
for a goal kick.
It is a good thing that I am not a CLB fan right now. In the 41st minute of this CCL match, play is
getting chippy as hell and C.A. just scored a second goal a few minutes after one of those
stretches when the commentators say, "Uh, the ref really needs to get control of this game soon or
someone is going to get hurt.
I watched the DCU @ SJJ match last night and said to my wife, "These guys are professional soccer
players. You would think that they wouldn't need to be reminded that in order to score, you need to
shoot." But I find myself screaming at the TV (or at the players, when I venture to RFK) "SHOOT
IT!" "SHOOT THE BALL!
The last 10-15 minutes of regular time and stoppage time was amazing. It was totally frantic and
United supporters were rewarded with a goal at the end of regulation. I was actually telling my
wife that the set play off of that free kick should have been to fake it at goal and just slot it
to Simms who was faking that run anyway.
Its nice to see the team trying to reach out beyond the usual fans. But will it work? I guess we'll
know in a week.
CSN is letting me down. My wife and I are on a reduced entertainment budget, so we can't
necessarily afford the trip to RFK and the inevitable beers cotton candy. And we have Comcast basic
cable... I guess we are grandfathered in on that; is that even offered to new subscribers
anymore?
Subsequently I don't get Fox Soccer Channel.
I might be prompted to build an argument for a change at manager around this game.
Terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible,
terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible,
terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible.
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AWE. SOME.
Make sure to read down the the bottom, including the bit in red.
And just in case you don't get the parody right away, check this out.
Test yourself for self-delusion: "A point on the road is a good thing." Right?
No, none of us are that deluded. How about this? "The most frustrating thing about this match
was giving up a two goal lead." Any buyers? I see a few hands out there.
But, of course, that's a comforting delusion as well.
Sorry folks. At this point it may be too late... Consider this an open thread for your comments on
Saturday night's impressive win over Colorado.
1. The At A Glance stats have been updated on the sidebar. Gomez has provided three goals and two
assists in the past 5 MLS matches.
2.
I know this isn't how D does it. He races home from the match and types 5 thick paragraphs of
analysis about how United performed and why the outcome was the way it was. He probably begins his
compositions on his Blackberry while walking along E. Capital on his way to the Metro. It is very
impressive.
I'm ashamed of myself for not even mentioning this at all in my two prior posts, but the event at
RFK today is a doubleheader. As I'm writing this now, I'm wearing an old school, WUSA-era Abby
Wambach tee, back from when she was Mia Hamm's understudy.
Freedom takes on St. Louis Athletica at 5pm, in just over an hour.
