Author: Ben Bromley

  • It is time for DC United to rebuild

    For years, DC United has relied on creative players such as Jaime Moreno, Marco Etcheverry, and Christian Gomez, to provide the catalyst to the offense.  In this regard, they seem to have bucked the trend of most MLS teams, who have never had the one creative player through which their offense runs.  And this system…

  • When the top scorer in MLS history can’t score against a 4th level side: United v. Dynamo

    The Cristman/Allsopp partnership isn’t scoring any goals right now, but its doing a better job than anyone else we could put up there.  Jaime Moreno and Luciano Emilio started in the reserves match against the Northern Virginia Royals, a team in the USL Premier Development League.  The USL PDL is also known as the fourth…

  • End Radio Silence

    Sorry about the radio silence for the last week or so…I had my sister’s graduation from college, my own graduation from graduate school, and a week where my fiance was able to come down and hang out.  So I didn’t get too much soccer-watching or writing done.  Luckily (not really) for me, United’s performances were…

  • First league victory! But moving right along…

    United’s first victory!  It gets the giant monkey off the team’s back, and they looked good doing it.  The long passes up to the forwards are not a particularly pretty form of soccer, but it gets the job done.  United has relied on central playmakers in the midfield for years; however, its taken them(read Onalfo)…

  • United vs. Wizards 2: Electric Boogaloo

    If the rumors on Soccer Insider are to be believed, Bill Hamid might get his first start and Santino Quaranta might be left out.  Perkins hasn’t organized and bossed his box, and so I wouldn’t mind seeing Hamid in there.  Someone out of the group of Talley, Pena, and Perkins/Hamid needs to step up and…

  • Tale of Two Halves

    “Tale of Two Halves” could be the title of the Dickensian tragedy that is the current DC United season.  I’m rewatching the Telefutura broadcast right now, and one of the announcers just called United’s play “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” It seems the great debate over the formation United should be playing is over.  United…

  • DCU Acquires Stephen King

    Today, DC United acquired 62 year old Maine resident Stephen King.  They hope that he can strike fear into the hearts of their opponents and provide some useful service to United. Oh wait.  DCU actually acquired 24-year old Stephen King, formerly of the Seattle Sounders, Chicago Fire, and the Maryland Terrapins.  They gave up a…

  • DCU Chugs a Red Bull

    Andy Najar is quickly becoming entrenched as a starter, even at 17.  He’s got lots of energy, is always running around, harassing the other team in seemingly safe situations.  He’s gonna poach a goal off of this at some point. We don’t know yet if Luciano Emilio is going to be available for the game…

  • Break Up United!

    Break up United, DCU finally got a win! Even though it was only a win against FC Dallas in a US Open Cup match, a win is a win.  Especially since DCU scored 4 goals, which is 2 more than they’ve scored the entire rest of the season. Andy Najar should be starting every.  His…

  • Open Cup Lineup Update

    After my post this morning about the DC United-FC Dallas clash tomorrow in the US Open Cup, some more news has come to light, mostly from the wonderful Mr. Goff at Soccer Insider.  Here’s a quote from his piece, found here: So expect a mix of regulars and reserves: Andy Najar, Brandon Barklage, Christian Castillo,…