D.C. United has signed its fourth-ever Designated Player, acquiring forward Hamdi Salihi on
Thursday.
Salihi, 28, joins United after scoring 11 goals in 15 matches in all competitions with Rapid
Vienna in its current season in Austria's top division. Born in Shkoder, Albania, Salihi is also a
member of his country's national team.
Hoy dÃa de los Inocentes se han programado una serie de partidos de
preparación previos al Torneo de Clausura 2012 y donde participan clubes de La Liga de Ascenso en
contra de equipos de La Primera División.
Aquà los resultados que se han dado:
San Luis 3-0 Correcaminos
Con el efecto todavÃa de la campeonitis el Correcaminos no ha ganado aun en la pretemporada y
ahora pierde este partido ante Los Gladiadores de San Luis en encuentro celebrado
en esa ciudad potosina.
By THOMAS FLOYD
The last time D.C. United recorded back-to-back league wins, Tom Soehn was the coach, Josh Wicks
was in goal, and the attack was led by Ben Olsen, Christian Gomez, Luciano Emilio and Jaime
Moreno.
That was June 2009. Needless to say, a lot has changed for United and now-coach Olsen in the
past 27 months, but the lack of any sort of winning streak has continued.
En un partido donde parecÃa que ganaban y después que perdÃan
finalmente terminó empatado a 2 goles.
El encuentro se desarrolló ante una entrada de regular para abajo,
quizá debido a que estuvo lloviendo durante la tarde.
Aunque en este partido los Dorados anotaron dos goles, mostraron
fallas en la definición, ya que se perdieron de varias oportunidades de anotar y los goles
tuvieron que ser por individualidades, uno de Mateo FÃgoli de buena manufactura al minuto 60 y
otro de chilena al 90 +1 de Héctor Velázquez, ya cuando parecÃa que los Dorados perdÃan al
encontrarse abajo en la pizarra por dos goles que hizo Luciano Emilio a los minutos 82 y 88.
Photo by Tony Quinn/ISIphotos.com
Over the years, the D.C. United-New York Red Bulls rivalry has included some of the biggest
names -- of both players and coaches -- in Major League Soccer history. Names like John Harkes,
Marco Etcheverry, Luciano Emilio, Alecko Eskandarian, Jaime Moreno, Ben Olsen, Eddie Pope, Earnie
Stewart, Mike Petke, Jozy Altidore, Clint Mathis, Juan Pablo Angel, Tab Ramos, Tony Meola, Tim
Howard, Bruce Arena and Bob Bradley.
Tonight is the first competitive game of the 2011 MLS season, as RSL visits Columbus for the first
leg of the CCL quarterfinal. That's also the first chance to add a couple of goals to the all time
total, one that is rapidly nearing a huge milestone: 10,000 goals. Let the countdown begin! I'll be
updating the progress every so often, like I did last year for the 1,500th player (Tyler Deric,
remember?
Includes when it was called the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Qualifying games like the ones Colorado and
LA played in the 90s are not included. However, the preliminary round games that are a part of the
new Champions League are included (as they're considered part of the final tournament).
Alltime Records
GP W L D Pts GF GA GD DC United 40 16 14 10 58 64 58 6 Houston 22 7 8 7 28 28 31 -3 Columbus 18 8 7
3 27 25 26 -1 Chicago 11 6 3 2 20 18 14 4 Los Angeles 14 5 5 4 19 20 24 -4 San Jose 8 5 3 0 15 10
12 -2 Real Salt Lake 6 4 1 1 13 17 11 6 Toronto 10 3 3 4 13 8 10 -2 Kansas City 8 3 3 2 11 9 11 -2
Seattle 8 2 5 1 7 8 12 -4 New England 6 1 4 1 4 4 12 -8 New York 2 0 1 1 1 3 4 -1 Chivas USA 2 0 1
1 1 1 3 -2
This season, Colorado and Dallas will make their debuts in the competition.
