DCUMD 02 November @ 11:25 PM EST
The first round of River or Life with the DC United front office has gone pretty much as expected
so far, with Tom Soehn just 0% Life, Dave Kasper over 50% but not convincingly, and Kevin Payne
somewhere between 50 and 100. Now let's see where the forwards on the roster stand.
The thing about playing River or Life is that its somewhat up to the voter's discretion how you
want to interpret the two choices, and I think that's going to come into play for a lot of us with
some of these forwards.
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DCUMD 20 October @ 09:26 PM EST
Finishing 1-1 against the leader of the Mexican Primera Division on the road is a better result
than most of us expected, and probably a better result than we deserved. Still, thanks to some
inspired play by a few individuals, and some poor shooting by Toluca, we emerged with a single
point.
A win would have secured our spot in the Champions' League quarterfinals, but let's not count
ourselves out yet.
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The DCenters 18 October @ 10:08 AM EST
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.
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DCUMD 04 October @ 10:45 AM EST
This was clearly a match between two teams going in different directions. Chivas was starting guys
like Maicon Santos, Jesus Padilla, and Yamith Cuesta - all who joined the team in August and have
already claimed starting jobs. They haven't been afraid to bench their veterans like Razov,
Galindo, and Marsch and have instead sought out better players.
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DC United comes off its 2-1 loss to San Jose to win 5-1 against San Juan Jabloteh. And what do
you know...the youth played a huge factor in this with the help of Christian Gomez and Fred.
Scoring for UNited was Gomez (13′,68′), Fred (30′), Khumalo (43′, 92+'). They key in this
match was how well the youth wokred together for this win.
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DCUMD 01 October @ 06:09 AM EST
Last week I made a big mistake in reading too much into the results of a win against a weak
opponent. Learning my lesson, let's just say that this match was a pleasure to watch. This is the
second time this season United has scored five goals, and it looked like the boys were having fun
out there.
Does that mean though that they will carry this momentum into the match Saturday against Chivas?
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DCUMD 12 September @ 09:23 AM EST
Never before that I can think of has DC United made so many roster moves so late in the season.
It's obvious that the team is trying to make a strong push for the playoffs, and trying to put
together the best roster possible before the acquisition window closes for the season.
Since we last spoke, the team has made a couple new moves, including the signing of Lawson Vaughn.
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DC United announced a few roster moves today. As reported before, Julius James is coming after a
trade with Houston for a 3rd Round Draft Pick in 2012.
DC announced that they have signed defender David Habarugira. Habarugira has played for the
Burundi national team and in the Anderlecht (Belgium) youth system.
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Can you believe we're 20 episodes in to the best web show ever in the history of Major League
Soccer? Time flies when you're having fun. Host Tony Limarzi recaps the San Jose and Firpo draws
and previews Saturday's contest in Houston against the Dynamo. In the final segment, Boyzzz Khumalo
plays soccer with the homeless at Street Soccer USA, an amazing program that uses soccer for social
change.
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A ton of photos from last night's Open Cup win. After the jump a not-for-the-weak-stomached
photo of Boyzzz's broken wrist (you've been warned).
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DCUMD 19 July @ 08:40 PM EST
After a first half consisting of two major mistakes (Namoff's own goal and Khumalo's terrible chip
shot miss), United was a bit unfortunate to be down a goal. The teams looked very evenly matched.
But from the moment that the whistle blew to open up the second half, one team was clearly better
than the other.
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Well, the whole two half things has never been more apt. I don't know what Tommy said to the
team in the locker room, but it worked something special.
The first half was honestly the worst 45 minutes of soccer I've ever seen. I'm counting
Screaming Eagles pickup games in that assertion.
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DCUMD 04 July @ 09:42 PM EST
A 1-1 tie would have been a pretty good prediction going in, and isn't a bad result for us. But it
feels good to say that this team deserved better. DC United dominated in scoring opportunities,
with 11 shots on goal to Columbus's 3. But they were a bit more effective at converting their few
opportunities, as we let the Crew off the hook far too often with failed chances and weak shots
straight at the keeper.
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DCUMD 01 July @ 05:57 AM EST
DC United should be neither elated nor concerned after the team needed 75 minutes to beat a PDL
squad consisting mostly of college players and a few amateurs. It wasn't pretty, but DC is one step
closer to defending their US Open Cup title, which is more than you can say about the 4 MLS clubs
who lost to USL clubs last night.
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DCUMD 13 June @ 11:03 PM EST
This was my first journey to RFK this season, and boy did I pick a good one. It sure did feel right
for this to be a battle for first place, because United and the Fire did look like two of the best
teams in MLS tonight. Great atmosphere in the stadium.
Just a shame for a really well-played competitive match between two good teams to be influenced so
heavily by the officials.
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Wednesday night's Open Cup play-in match against New York is just around the corner... we spoke
to Bryan Namoff and Boyzzz Khumalo about the game.
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