United goalkeeper Milos Kocic and midfielder Ben Olsen took in the Washington Wizards-Miami Heat
game last night at the Verizon Center. Unfortunately, the Wizards lost 93-89 despite Gilbert
Arenas' 32 points.
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The Offside 01 November @ 11:44 AM EST
This was the face that told the story, as Liverpool was stunned at Craven Cottage yesterday, taking
a 3-1 loss with them into their Champions League clash against Lyon this Wednesday. (So much for
that Manchester United revival, huh guys?) The loss thrusts the spotlight back on Rafa Benitez. But
is such scrutiny deserved?
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The Offside 28 October @ 04:52 PM EST
There were three somewhat major cup exits yesterday. Three second division or lower sides which
took their Cinderella moment and cashed it in: the much discussed Alcorcon thrashing of grand Real
Madrid; Furth downing the apparently unfireable Markus Babbel and epic disappointers Stuttgart; and
Borussia Dortmund gifting three goals and a win to Osnabruck, who [.
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The Offside 25 October @ 07:02 PM EST
Manchester City's Martin Petrov celebrates after scoring a goal against Fulham (2-2). (Alex
Livesey/Getty Images)
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Well, here it is. The guys were pretty brave, eh?
From the left: Chris Pontius, Bryan Namoff, Clyde Simms, Jaime Moreno, Santino Quaranta and Ben
Olsen.
Dan Steinberg of D.C. Sports Bog has the full story. The issue hits newsstands tomorrow.
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The first 5,000 fans through the gate tomorrow get a free DCU/VW scarf. With more than 22,000
expected to be in attendance, you'll want to be sure you arrive early! Gates open at 6pm.
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D.C. United supporter - and proud member of La Barra Brava - Gina Rivera recently made a trip to
Barcelona and saw Camp Nou in person. She packed her Barra Brava flag and carted it around the
whole country with the sole purpose of taking the photo below.. that's dedication!
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The Offside 03 September @ 05:30 PM EST
Michel looks the part of a man preferring the gallows as he's caught in the cross(hot)winds of his
two favorite people, Fergie & Arsene. Do you suppose they were discussing cupcake recipes? This
occurred during the 11th Elite Coaches Conference in Nyon this afternoon; there is no possibility
that anything in the previous ten topped this [.
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The Offside 23 August @ 05:13 PM EST
Bastian asks: Did we really just get beaten by Mainz? Yes, Bastian, you did. If UEFA advertised the
Women's Euros as "women trying to take the shirts off other women", people would probably go.
Grafite & Obafemi are a budding bromance. Marco Materrazzi and his tattoos have absolutely no idea
what's going on.
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Recently, members of United Builds - D.C. United's volunteer program - were on hand to assist
with the construction of a playground at Savoy Elementary School. Pictured on the left with Mayor
Adrian Fenty, in a United Builds t-shirt, is D.C. United's own Kat Cheshire. More information from
the Mayor's office is available here.
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The Offside 30 July @ 05:30 PM EST
Oops. It's not bad - 3 weeks for a fractured hand which requires surgery - but who likes blowing an
obscenee amount of cash (& Cameroonian) for a new car only to have to bring it to the auto repair
shop the very next morning? (AFP Photo/Gabriel Bouys)
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The Offside 10 July @ 11:17 AM EST
These must be the wedding pictures every little girl dreams of. "This is me in my white dress and
this is my husband scared out of his mind." As a bonus, Robinho spots something slightly noteworthy
somewhere over there after the jump. [The Spoiler]
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The Offside 09 July @ 03:30 PM EST
Caption: Brazil's Cruzeiro supporter smokes trough a surgical masks to protect against the swin flu
before start the first leg football match of the Libertadores Cup final against Argentina's
Estudiantes de La Plata at La Plata City stadium in La Plata, Buenos Aires on July 8, 2009. Would
somebody remove this man from the gene pool, [.
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Above is Ed Reynolds, who was the big winner of our recent Gamers Giveaway. Ed won a Xbox 360,
FIFA 09, four tickets to a United game and pre-game field-side access!
Our marketing interns conducted a scintillating interview with Ed... try not to get too
excited:
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The Offside 16 June @ 11:45 AM EST
Either: a) Rio Ferdinand has decided tight denim shorts and weird crop tops look good on him. In
which case he's insane. b) Rio Ferdinand is very much looking forward to the opening of Brüno next
month. c) Rio Ferdinand is having a sly (but presumably friendly) dig at soon to be ex-teammate
Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Comcast SportsNet and United play-by-play man Dave Johnson was recently on vacation in London
when he came upon a set of MLS jerseys for sale in a sports store (he snapped the above photo).
Included next to Mr. Beckham's Galaxy kit were a number of home United kits - pretty cool!
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It probably doesn't surprise you that a foul was called on this play - what might surprise you
is that it was called on United forward Chris Pontius.
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Following tonight's 0-0 draw with Real Salt Lake, Santino Quaranta brought two-week old son
Valentino into the locker room. All the guys crowded around to catch of glimpse of Tino's second.
"Tiny Tino" was all smiles as his dad conducted interviews with the media.
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Last night was the big Couture for a Cure fashion show to benefit Bryan Namoff's wife's (Nadine)
campaign to become the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year. Devon McTavish, Chris
Pontius, Rodney Wallace, Clyde Simms and Mr. Namoff (of course) all strutted their stuff down the
aisle. Oh, and so too did Ben Olsen who was not shy.
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D.C. United Account Executive Zach Walker had a bit of a surprise waiting for him when he
arrived to his desk this morning...
No word on who the culprit was...
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During Wednesday night's win over FC Dallas, United owner Will Chang joined members of La Barra
Brava in the stands. We've not heard a report back on Will's rhthym.. was anyone there?
(Photo by Michele Miller, La Barra Brava)
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The Offside 16 April @ 09:30 AM EST
Why hit the transfer market when you can just have your people contact Jesus' people? [Oliver
Lang/AFP/Getty Images]
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Yesterday, Ben Olsen and Devon McTavish were invited to participate in the White House's annual
Easter Egg Roll. Both players read to the kids in attendance and ran mini-soccer clinics. A couple
of Washington Redskins - kicker Shuan Suisham and guard Derrick Dockery - were also on hand.
More photos from the event on our Flickr account.
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MLS Rumors 03 April @ 11:34 AM EST
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The Offside 26 March @ 03:00 PM EST
Simba is an Italian porn star who, presumably, is a big fan of both the Lion King and Dimitar
Berbatov - and you thought those two were mutually exclusive, didn#8217;t you. She likes Berba so
much that she decided to paint him as a gift, which he will soon receive, amongst other things,
surely, in [.
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non-profit arm United for D.C. held the club's annual Kickoff Luncheon at the astounding and
impressive Gaylord National Resort amp; Convention Center.
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