Last Saturday, D.C. United gutted out a 2-0 at San Jose. Dwayne De Rosario's two second half
goals gave D.C. a lead in a frustrating game for both teams. It was only after Andy Najar was sent
off for a professional foul that San Jose seized the initiative, but a committed rear-guard
performance saw D.
- Dwayne De Rosario is the best kind of All-star, the inactive kind. He'll be
recognized as one of the league's top performers, get a nice little bonus, but won't have to miss
any D.C. practices to go play an exhibition game. Which is certainly a good thing as he has only
been with his current teammates for about a month now.
'Olsen's Orphans' need to find a home and find it quickly.
Right now D.C. United is teetering uneasily on the edge of playoff contention and threatening to
tumble into the abyss of the "there's always next season" lowlands alongside an increasingly
red-faced Steve Nicol and two Canadian teams that fire their coaches more often than Charlie Davies
changes goal celebrations.
As the dust settles on the memorable opening night at RFK, D.C. are now preparing to take on the
New England Revolution.
Team updates, news, and links below.
The biggest question going into the next match will be how D.C. line-up at the back. After a
strong first showing, there will be forced changes for Olsen to deal with.
