Author: Ben Bromley

  • The dangers of SOPA/PIPA

    Now, this is obviously not a political blog and I will rarely, if ever again, bring politics into your soccer. As you may know, many websites are participating in a strike against SOPA and PIPA, two bills currently proceeding through the House and Senate, respectively. These bills, besides being impossible to implement, strike against the…

  • Drafts and a trialist?

    The SuperDraft and the Supplemental Draft are now over, which has added four additional players to DC United’s roster. United’s draft haul includes two attacking midfielders and two defenders, which leads me to hope that United is in deep discussions with international forwards that will be signing this week. The two attacking midfielders were the…

  • SuperDraft preview

    DC United only has one pick in today’s MLS SuperDraft, so they better make it count. Last year, United got solid contributors with all of its picks in both the SuperDraft and the Supplemental draft: a key starter in Perry Kitchen, and quality role players in Joe Willis, Chris Korb, and Blake Brettschneider. This year,…

  • Malmo FF friendly seemingly official

    A quick update to a previous post about Malmo FF: A Swedish newspaper is claiming that the friendly between Malmo FF and DC United is now official, scheduled from February 2 in Bradenton, Florida. They also state that Malmo will play the Columbus Crew on February 8 as well, before returning to Sweden. What gives…

  • United to play Sweden’s Malmo FF during the preseason?

    Welp, here is another rumor, hot off the rumor mill. A Swedish newspaper in the city of Malmo, Sydsvenskan, is reporting that Malmo FF will play DC United and the Columbus Crew during the preseason, possibly on February 4 and 8. Malmo finished fourth in the Allsvenskan last season, and would be coming over at…

  • The schedule gods were (mostly) kind

    All of the MLS schedules for the regular season came out yesterday, and DC United’s broke fairly favorably. Below is the breakdown of how many times United plays each team: 1 game: The entire Western Conference (Galaxy, Whitecaps, Sounders, Timbers, Chivas, Dallas, Rapids, Earthquakes, RSL) 2 games: Chicago Fire, Sporks 3 games: Revolution, Impact, Red…

  • Two United Academy Products to the U-20 USMNT

    Hello to any new followers my Emiliano Dudar story have brought! Hope you all are as excited for the upcoming DC United season as I am. But the real United news today are the team’s two academy products that have been brought into Tab Ramos’ U-20 United States Men’s National Team. The two are center…

  • Emiliano Dudar rumored to be in talks with #DCU?

    Just after talking about United’s long dark winter of doing nothing, I stumble upon a rumor that Emiliano Dudar, an Argentine central defender, is rumored to be in talks with DC United. The report comes out of the Swiss newspaper Berner Zeitung, out of the Swiss capitol of Berne, and Dudar currently on the Swiss…

  • United’s long, dark winter

    This post has been sitting around in my drafts for a couple of weeks now, but it hasn’t changed. The silly season is currently in fully effect for the teams with plenty of money, but the majority of the teams have gone silent. DC United is currently in a holding pattern, having not taken any…

  • #DCU offseason in full effect

    In a recent episode of The Best Soccer Show, Jason and Jared lamented the fact that there was no time to properly digest and reflect on the accomplishment of the LA Galaxy, to put them into historical context, and really look back upon the season that was. For those of us who are fans of…