Si yo fuera hincha de Estudiantes me estaría dando la cabeza contra una pared, preguntándome cómo es posible que mi equipo no haya ganado este partido, si dominó a un rival que parecía haber salido para cumplir, que no tenía juego ni voluntad y estaba entregado hasta los 20 del segundo tiempo. Click to continue reading...

Por fin terminó ese bodrio que fue el partido con Godoy Cruz, solo rescatable desde los tres puntos que quedaron en casa, lo que hasta ayer nomás era un reducto inexpugnable que ahora tiene más filtraciones que tanque viejo.
Ya fue, hay que rescatar que se ganó, que el gol vino de una pelota parada (lo que nunca) y que Viera, Pelletieri y Grana sostienen a este equipo cuando los Salvio y compañía de dormilones aburguesados (Aguirre, Ledesma) se quedan parados. Click to continue reading...

Están seguros de continuar la línea después de las elecciones de diciembre, de lo contrario, a tres meses del recambio dirigencial, la CD de Ríver no firmaría un contrato de 15 meses con un nuevo entrenador: Leonardo Astrada. Aguilar, Julio Macchi, Domingo Díaz (vices), y Mario Israel (secretario) comandaron la movida después de oír el arrepentimiento de Almeyda (jugador-DT), el nombre de Pumpido y el palo y medio que pretende por adelantado Ramón Díaz. Click to continue reading...

Ya salio el reporte de los árbitros:

La Comisión Disciplinaria de la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol, dio a conocer el reporte de jugadores e integrantes de cuerpo técnico suspendidos tras la actividad de la Jornada 11 del Torneo de Apertura 2009 de la Primera División Profesional.

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O 34º jogo do mundial sub-20, foi realizado no Port Said Stadium, em Port Said-EGY, com uma temperatura de 27º C.
Jogaram as seleções da África do Sul (73º do ranking da FIFA) e Honduras (42º do ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam jogado. Click to continue reading...

O 24º jogo do Mundial Sub-20, foi realizado em Alexandria, no Estádio Municipal do Alexandria-EGY, com temperatura de 24º C.
Jogaram as seleções dos Emirados Arábes Unidos (123º no ranking da FIFA) e Honduras (42º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca jogaram. Click to continue reading...

Milagro 1: Lanús empató un partido de visitante, estando 2 goles abajo, con uno menos y faltando 3 minutos.
Milagro 2: el gol lo hizo Peralta y de cabeza.
Milagro 3: Peralta juega al fútbol profesional y vive de eso.
Al margen del chiste este punto es un poco de oxígeno para un equipo que venia golpeado por el flojísimo desempeño que tuvo en la Copa. Click to continue reading...

En el mundo del futbol hay muchas formas de celebrar goles pero la forma en que celebraron un gol los jugadores Hondureños Brayan Beckeles y Orlin Peralta dejo al loco Vargas loco de envidia. Pero que celebraban? un triunfo en el que todos pensaban imposible? no, el partido termino en empate. Entonces algun titulo? Click to continue reading...

Lanús 1 - Banfield 2

No me pidan mesura porque no la voy a tener, no soy periodista deportivo, soy un hincha que escribe una columna y punto, así que no tengo porqué ser mesurado.

Lanús perdió el clásico y lo peor de todo no es eso sino que lo perdió bien, porque los pingüinos nos ganaron bien, con sus armas (esperar atrás siempre y salir de contra, cortar con faltas todo el tiempo, simular y quedarse a vivir en el piso) pero justificadas.

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This is our second of four posts in review of the moves DC United has made since the end of last season. Last week we looked at their acquisitions, today we'll look at the players who departed, and then later we'll look at their trades.
1. It's hard to imagine how different DC United's season would be had they retained Marcelo Gallardo in 2009. Click to continue reading...

Sorprendente la primera convocatoria, lo que relaja es que solo sera para observar jugadores a los partidos eliminatorios.
No hay jugadores convocados de los equipos Guadalajara, San Luis, Atlante y Cruz Azul, por sus compromisos internacionales, los primeros en la Copa Santander Libertadores y los dos en la Final de la Liga de Campeones. Click to continue reading...

Diego Jiménez
El New York Red Bulls anunció que el defensor mexicano Diego "Tepa" Jiménez ha vuelto a su club de origen, el Tecos UAG de la Primera División del fútbol azteca.
El "Tepa" Jiménez fue adquirido para la segunda mitad de la temporada 2008 de la MLS a los Tecos de la UAG. Click to continue reading...

What better way to end 2008 than to post one of my patented roster resets. Things have changed dramatically around here with the new roster rules for 2009, but I think it's important to take a look at where United stands at the moment, if only just to highlight how many question marks there are going into next season. Click to continue reading...

Gonzalo Peralta estaría pensando en dejar el DC United y volver a su Argentina natal.
El defensa central de 1,92 metros se inició en el club Comunicaciones y de allí fue transferido a Almirante Brown, equipo con el que ascendió de la Primera "B" Metropolitana al Nacional "B" y defendió hasta fines del 2007. Click to continue reading...

I feel like a disgrace for neglecting my wonderful but few readers during this time of year when there is so little else to read in MLS circles. With this blog's constant focus on United roster developments, this should be my Super Bowl! But instead I've been wasting away on the pine. A few life changes have revised my priorities slightly (I'm a new father! Click to continue reading...

I meant to do this before the official protection list was revealed yesterday for the upcoming Expansion Draft. Anyway, here is the list of players I would have protected had I received a promotion from "Irrelevant Blogger" to "General Manager":
My List
Actual List
Luciano Emilio
Jaime Moreno
Francis Doe
Santino Quaranta
Fred
Clyde Simms
Bryan Namoff
Marc Burch
Devon McTavish
Gonzalo Peralta
Ivan Guerrero
Luciano Emilio
Jaime Moreno
Thabiso Khumalo
Santino Quaranta
Fred
Clyde Simms
Bryan Namoff
Marc Burch
Devon McTavish
Greg Janicki
Ivan Guerrero
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As United's season draws to a disappointing but not unexpected completion, you can't help but wonder about what could have been. There are plenty of "what ifs" we could discuss for the entire year, but there's no point in going back and mentioning Moreno's missed penalty in August against the Red Bulls. Click to continue reading...

By definition, the Popie Award goes to the DC United defender of the year. I think this category is pretty self explanatory. The award's namesake Eddie Pope was the MLS Defender of the Year in 1997, and anchored our team in central defense from 1996 to 2002. Pope remains a member of the MLS All-Time Best XI. Click to continue reading...

It seems like everyone in the stadium knew that this was a must-win game for DC United, except for anybody wearing black. What ever happened to being "hard to play against"? Wasn't that always Soehn's philosophy? This team was fairly easy to play against last night, making bad passes all over the field, including one that probably cost us all hopes of continuing our season. Click to continue reading...

Coming to you live from Dallas, er, Frisco... actually, I'm in D.C. and my esteemed colleague, Boris Flores, is at Pizza Hut Park today. Regardless, here's the starting lineup the coaches have decided on today.

Louis Crayton; Bryan Namoff, Gonzalo Peralta, Devon McTavish, Ivan Guerrero; Fred, Clyde Simms, Santino Quaranta, Boyzzz Khumalo; Jaime Moreno, Luciano Emilio.

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After 60 minutes of this match, I was all ready to come on here and say I was wrong about wanting to punt the CCL. A goalless draw would have been a wonderful result. But as is typical with this club, we let up 2 soft goals off of shotty defending. And now we're staring up from the bottom of a fully stacked group. Click to continue reading...

D.C. United faces Club Deportivo Marathon for the first time in its history tonight at Estadio Olimpico in a game that will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel (10 p.m. ET). The Black-and-Red hope to rebound from a Group A opening 2-0 loss to Deportivo Saprissa last week at RFK Stadium. Cruz Azul, who lost to Marathon in Honduras last week 2-0, defeated Saprissa 4-0 last night in Mexico.

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By definition, the Nelly Award goes to the player who is new to the team this year and has made the most significant positive impact. The award's namesake Ryan Nelsen emerged as a star defender in the MLS shortly after joining the team, and served as United's captain during the 2004 championship run. Click to continue reading...

So Moreno is hanging out with Butch and Sundance, and Emilio's hurt, and I'm thinking, "Well, with Crayton in goal and the steadying presence of Bryan Namoff, Peralta and the new infusion of energy from Joe Vide, perhaps we can eek out a goal on a counter while keeping San Jose at nil." Except, of course, we have neither Namoff nor Vide nor Peralta, and Martinez was clearly watching his "Best of Facundo Erpen" highlight reel.

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In a match where we were missing Emilio, Moreno, Namoff, Fred, Vide, and Peralta, a loss wasn't necessarily surprising. I guess the bright side is that we escaped without any more injuries! Also, I saw tonight that we've got some young players with a lot of heart, and that's got to count for something, even if it didn't earn us any points. Click to continue reading...

No Namoff. No Peralta. No Olsen. No Fred. No Moreno. No Emilio. No matter.

Tom Soehn has named his starting lineup for tonight's match in San Jose. These are the men charged with bringing a result back to the Nation's Capital:

Louis Crayton; Gonzalo Martinez, Devon McTavish, Marc Burch, Mike Zaher; Santino Quaranta, Clyde Simms, Rod Dyachenko, Marcelo Gallardo, Ivan Guerrero; and Francis Doe.

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While United supporters recovered Thursday from a night of celebrating their club's U.S. Open Cup victory, the team packed their bags and flew cross-country to begin preperations for tonight's League match against San Jose. It's tough sledding for the Black-and-Red this weekend. United faithful in the Nation's Capital are dealing with Hurricane Hanna.

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It's on. 3 and half hours away from the start of a game that could give DC its first trophy since 2004. 4 years is an awfully long time to wait. It looks like almost all hands are on deck tonight. Only Kirk, Mediate, and Peralta are certain no gos. If for some reason you can't [...] Click to continue reading...

Prior to D.C. United's victory over the Colorado Rapids I honestly predicted the final score to be, D.C. United 3 – Colorado 0. Now, it's true that I always predict that D.C. United will win 3-0, but for the first time since August 5th of last season I was correct. I owe it all to Quavas Kirk.

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Here's what MLSNET is showing as our current injuries: MF Ben Olsen OUT - ankle surgery DF Domenic Mediate OUT - concussion FW Francis Doe OUT - foot infection DF Gonzalo Peralta QUESTIONABLE - hamstring MF Marcelo Gallardo PROBABLE - hernia surgery Of course we need to add: GK Zach Wells OUT - sesamoiditis MF Fred OUT - hamstring Let's go down the list; Ben Olsen. Click to continue reading...

After attending the DC United match last night against the New England Revolution I left with a sense of happiness that has not been with me after a game in a long time. United played with a quality I haven't seen since before the start of SuperLiga. Having Quaranta and Peralta back at full strength didn't hurt at all either. Click to continue reading...

With a trip to the U.S. Open Cup final on the line, here is the team Head Coach Tom Soehn has decided to go with this evening:

Zach Wells; Bryan Namoff, Devon McTavish, Gonzalo Peralta, Gonzalo Martinez; Fred, Clyde Simms, Santino Quaranta, Ivan Guerrero; Jaime Moreno, Luciano Emilio.

And this is how they'll lineup:

--------Moreno---------Emilio----------

----------------Quaranta-----------------

Guerrero---------------------------Fred

-----------------Simms-------------------

Martinez------------------------Namoff

----------McTavish--Peralta----------

------------------Wells-------------------

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Match #13.17 -- Kansas City Wizards
Six Word Novel Preview:
Even on points, a six-point game.
Opponent:
Kansas City Wizards
TV: 2 August 2008, Comcast Sportsnet, DireckKick, MLSLive.tv
Radio: WFED 1050AM, SRN
Previous Meeting:
March 29, 2008 - KC 2 - United 0
The Stakes:

Both teams sit on 22 points in the Eastern Conference, so this game could provide a six-point swing in the standings if either team manages to win.

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Yes, I know this is from last year, but it's still great.
Anyways, the Wizards travel to DC this weekend to take on United. The two teams come in going in entirely different directions. The Wizards are undefeated in their last 6 games (2-0-4). DC on the other hand has lost their last 4 games, all at home. Click to continue reading...

Given the focus that this blog has given to United's roster this year, I thought it would be appropriate to base our Mid-Season Review specifically on the roster moves that the team has made. In part 1, we will look at United's acquisitions, meaning the players that the team added since the end of last season that they didn't have to give up anything for. Click to continue reading...