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- 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.

After building BMO Field into a fortress in its first couple years in MLS, the Canadians' home field doesn't quite carry the mystique it once did, at least not for the Black & Red. It was only last year when Toronto faced D.C. at BMO Field and the Canadians were in a must-win situation. D.C. had only pride to play for while Toronto was in the thick of the race for the playoffs.

I'm planning on bringing back the live chat for the final pre-season match on Saturday night...in the meantime here are the starting line ups for the second match of the Carolina Challenge Cup:

Fire

Conway; Anibaba, Mikulic, Gibbs; Ristic, Husidic, Pause, Pappa, Paul; Puerari, Chaves

DC United

Onstad; Barklage, White, Brasesco, Burch; Quaranta, Morsink, King, Fred; Davies, Brettschneider

I'm particularly looking forward to the match up with USMNT forward Charlie Davies.

Charlie Davies is now a member of D.C. United. (Photo via Hugo Ivan Muñoz/dcunited.com)

The long road to recovery has an official stop for striker Charlie Davies. Today, D.C. United announced the 12-month loan deal for the striker from French side FC Sochaux.

"We are really pleased to have concluded a deal that will bring Charlie to United," D.

Washington, D.C. (January 21, 2011) - D.C. United Head Coach Ben Olsen and Assistant Coach Chad Ashton, along with players Clyde Simms and Marc Burch will be making appearances at the Virginia Youth Soccer Association Convention in Crystal City, Va. beginning tonight.
On Friday, January 21, Olsen will be at the VYSA Convention from 6:45 p.