Tony Limarzi sat down with Santino Quaranta to chat about his off-season. Santino talks about how he's recovering from his foot injury, his plans for the off-season and who will be making the turkey on Thanksgiving day.

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Luciano Emilio and DC United have a lot of question marks. (Getty Images)

The 2009 expansion draft is only a week and a half away here. Today we move forward in our look at each club's potential protection lists with DC United. The Black-and-Red are still without a head coach so don't be shocked if somethings here could change depending on who takes over this club.

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We've covered the forwards, and we've covered the front office. Heck, our front office results actually have been 100% correct so far, with Tom Soehn leaving the team and Kasper and Payne set to return. We'll have to wait a while to find out if our forward results are correct, but in the meantime, let's see what everyone has to say about our attacking midfielders. Click to continue reading...

As always, Mr. Unprecedented Access, Steve Goff, has a sit down with Kevin Payne and Tom Soehn over on his blog. Some big quotes...

"We don't want to play like Colorado or New England, which most of the season sat with eight or nine guys behind the ball. How many people go to watch Colorado or New England play?

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By defintion, the Etchy Award goes to DC United's most valuable player. The winner of the award should be the player who United can least afford to live without, and who gives the team the best chance of winning. I'm going to present this award a bit differently because I want to give you more choices and less bias. Click to continue reading...

The playoff scenarios are mind-boggling.

It is actually possible for United to find its way into the MLS Cup playoffs regardless of win, loss or draw tonight, but the likelihood is very slim if the Black-and-Red come away with anything but a victory in Kansas City. The Wizards cannot make it to the post-season, but will certainly come out hoping to put on a show for their fans in the last home game of the year.

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By now, everyone knows what need to happen tonight - D.C. United needs to win to keep its playoff hopes alive.

The team will have to do it without several key players, as Bryan Namoff (concussion), Josh Wicks (dislocated shoulder, MCL sprain), Santino Quaranta (ruptured plantar plate), Ben Olsen (red card suspension) and Chris Pontius (yellow card accumulation) will all be watching from the sidelines.

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By definition, the Harkesy Award should go to the DC United player who has been the strongest leader for our team this season. On-field leadership is important, but for this award, it isn't everything. And that would be evidenced by the fact that Ben Olsen won the award last year after playing only 15 minutes. Click to continue reading...

By definition, the Freddy Award goes to the biggest story for DC United this year. This award should go to the individual who has created the biggest stir around DC this season. The award's namesake Freddy Adu wasn't only the biggest story in DC when he was on the team, he was also the biggest story in MLS. Click to continue reading...

The buzz of qualification is starting to wear off, and the overcast skies match my mood this morning. So with that cheery thought in mind, let's plunge into some of the stuff cluttering my desktop... Major League Soccer Clearly, Uncle Sepp's... Click to continue reading...

DC United forward Santino Quaranta will miss several months recuperating from surgery on his left foot. Quaranta ruptured his plantar plate during practice on Friday. Quaranta had a strong Gold Cup for the United States over the summer, scoring his first international goal. He had two goals in 22 appearances for DC this season. Click to continue reading...

The club received bad news this afternoon when it learned Santino Quaranta is out for the season and will likely be sidelined for a total of 4-6 months after rupturing the plantar plate in his left foot's first metatarsal. The 24-year old injured the foot at training on Friday and was evaluated by a specialist today.

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Comcast SportsNet spoke to Jaime Moreno, Santino Quaranta and Ben Olsen about their involvement in ESPN The Magazine's 'The Body Issue.' Apparently, Benny owes his doc a lunch...?

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On Tuesday, Bryan Namoff, Ben Olsen, Santino Quaranta and Devon McTavish were on the runway for the 'Walk This Way' fashion show, put on by former Survivor contestant Becky Lee. Becky runs Becky's Fund, an organization she started to fight domestic violence.

You can see the guys in the video above beginning at the 55-second mark.

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DC United get their kit off We can't really imagine this getting past too many Premier League PR teams, but in the cut-throat world of American sportainment footballers will quite literally jump at the chance to bare all for ESPN magazine. In a quote that sound like it has come straight from his last therapy session, Ben [. Click to continue reading...

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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This was clearly a match between two teams going in different directions. Chivas was starting guys like Maicon Santos, Jesus Padilla, and Yamith Cuesta - all who joined the team in August and have already claimed starting jobs. They haven't been afraid to bench their veterans like Razov, Galindo, and Marsch and have instead sought out better players. Click to continue reading...

Watch Tom Soehn and Luciano Emilio's post-game press conference and then listen in to hear what Lawson Vaughn and Santino Quaranta had to say after the game.

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This win was exactly what we needed. Nothing will inspire confidence in a team fighting for playoff position like a multiple goal victory in which we were clearly the better team.
The offense is clicking, and oh yeah, that's 3 shutouts in our last 4 matches. With a makeshift backline at that. Click to continue reading...

Ah yes, it's the day we've all been waiting for - the return of the Benny Awards!
If you're new to this blog, then you will learn that the Bennies consist of a series of categories, each with four United players nominated. You the fans get to vote on the winner for each category, and the winners are revealed at the end of the season.

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United faces a near must-win tonight at RFK Stadium when it faces Honduran side CD Marathon in its fourth CONCACAF Champions League match. After last week's win in Trinidad & Tobago over Jabloteh, D.C. finds itself in third place in Group B, three points behind tonight's visitors. A win for the Black-and-Red would draw the team even in the standings and put it in a position to advance into the knockout stage of the tournament heading into the final two games of group play.

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Finally (!), Comcast SportsNet allows you to embed video. Well done, guys. Here's Santino and Devon after training today talking to Sebastian Salazar of CSN (note Devon's shaved head - something he did to support Miss Virginia and cancer research).

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Head Coach Tom Soehn and midfielder Santino Quaranta discusses tomorrow's match versus CD Marathon...

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Needing a win to avoid falling completely out of touch in Group B of the CONCACAF Champions League, DC United rode an early Christian Gomez penalty kick to a crucial road victory against Trinidadian side San Juan Jabloteh on Tuesday evening. The result was especially encouraging, considering that DC was missing several regulars through injury or a decision to rest, including Jaime Moreno, Santino Quaranta, Fred and Josh Wicks. Click to continue reading...

Feels like I just wrote that same headline 2 weeks ago. I don't mean to try to use this as an excuse, but it's worth pointing out that the last match Seattle played was here in DC on 9/2. In the mean time, United played two other matches during that week and a half that the Sounders were resting.
After a terrible start from United, I felt similar to the way that BDR felt earlier this week - like this match could have easily gotten out of hand. Click to continue reading...

Beginning the first of what will hopefully become a new regular feature here on Ginge Talks the Footy, I present "In Case You Missed It". What is the cleverly titled new piece of gold you ask? Well, it's a unfiltered match report...
DC United 2 - 2 FC Dallas
Pizza Hut Park
Frisco, TX
Ginge Status: In Attendance
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D.C. United's Bryan Namoff and Santino Quaranta discuss Wednesday's game versus the Kansas City Wizards at RFK Stadium.

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Week 25 was all set to be a quiet one in Major League Soccer with only three games scheduled. But there was plenty of action, a lot of red and no fewer than eleven goals. An adequate return from three matches, and here's my weekly MLS roundup to bring y'all up to date with the ever-bubbling playoff race. Click to continue reading...

So my DVR inexplicably taped nothing but a black screen, and calls to Comcast expectedly got me nowhere (their proposed solution: turn it off and turn it back on). So this reaction will be based solely on MLSnet highlights and comments in the Insider.
With our remaining schedule chock full of home matches, a tie on the road is certainly not the end of the world. Click to continue reading...

So let's collect our thoughts a little before the weekend is upon us, bring a crucial US qualifier at home to El Salvador (Can you say "must win"? I can, and I will) and a United road trip to Dallas (not a "must win," but awfully close). Let's... Click to continue reading...

"Hey! Fredy! C'mon, Dude, I need you to get up and act like I didn't just stomp you on the chest. C'mon, man. Please? I know I used to play for your Portland and you guys hate Portland, but Prus is talking with the 4th official and they look pissed. [...] Click to continue reading...

The Seattle Sounders defeated DC United 2-1 last night in one of the better US Open Cup Finals in recent history.

The pace of the game was fast, the attacking was decent with plenty of chances and there was excellent goalkeeping as well. The 2009 US Open Cup Final seem to have it all.

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This is the best our team has looked in quite a while. DC United just worked harder in this match, which is great to see. We won most of the 50-50 balls tonight, which has been rare the past few months. The team's first win against an MLS opponent since 7/18 couldn't have come at a better time.
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More from inside RFK:

• Santino Quaranta
• Josh Wicks
• Tom Soehn

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I had my doubts about this lineup going in because it just seemed way too defensive. I'm in favor of continuing with the 4-4-2 formation for the duration of this tournament, but my vision of a 4-4-2 involves attacking wingers, and maybe a creative attacking central midfielder. McTavish and Allen aren't really what you think of in terms of attacking wingers, and Andrew Jacobson isn't really the most creative CAM either. Click to continue reading...