Category: MLS

  • Wolff is fine (as long as Salgado is coming)

    Well, that was an experience! As we all learned, DC United took Josh Wolff, former US International and member of the Kansas City Wizards, in the first round of the second stage of the re-entry draft.  And even though there is a lot of criticism of the move, I think that I’m okey with it. …

  • All-Virginia Team

    On Jason Davis’ blog, Match Fit USA, there is an experiment to try and create soccer teams of people just born in one of each of the 50 states.  As I live in Virginia, and feel more affinity to it right now than Ohio(born and raised) or North Carolina(grad school), I took at stab at…

  • DCU Signs Ethan White (and other thoughts)

    Earlier today, DC United signed Ethan White to a homegrown player contract, taking him out of the pool for the SuperDraft; he was projected by many to be a first round pick and so locking him up now essential will net United two players with first round qualifications.  A young true striker (Omar Salgado?) with…

  • Cut this team.

    Troy Perkins- Cut. Who knows what happened to the Troy Perkins that was on the fringe of the National Team picture, but that person must have stayed in Norway. Bill Hamid- Keep. Good young keeper who will only get better. Chase Harrison- Keep. Might as well, Hamid needs a backup. Julius James- Keep. He and…

  • DCU in a 4-2-3-1?

    Basketball commentators (especially Bill Simmons), talk about getting your best players on the court, and not worrying about the formation.  In the modern NBA, formations and tactics matter less than having all of your best players together. Like the center who is thrust into the lineup because you’re “supposed” to have all five traditional positions,…

  • DC United-LA Galaxy quick thoughts

    I’m still amazed at how terrible the picture is on Fox Soccer for MLS games; its really, really bad.  Let’s just move to Versus already. Anyways, the game.  DC United versus the best team in the league.  And, except for the final score, it was just like I said: if you look at the general…

  • The Galaxy come to town

    Sorry that I didn’t post anything about the 0-0 draw with NYRB or the 1-0 loss to the Sounders; I was on vacation on Bald Head Island, NC, with my fiancée and her family.  But now the best team in the league comes into RFK. Donovan, Ricketts, Buddle, and the rest of the team are a match…

  • Boskovic and Hernandez lineup math

    Ah, the last game before DC United two new signings, Branko Boskovic and Pablo Hernandez, can officially start playing.  That’s when lineup choices will start getting more interesting, although I doubt either of them will start that game (against the Sounders), but maybe a late sub depending on how the game is going.  The lineup…

  • FSC, MLS, and Versus

    As I was watching Saturday’s Columbus-Chicago game, I noticed something terrible.  No, it was the announcing, although many people harp on that.  The two announcers in this game, as well as the sideline reporter (touchline reporter?), felt the need to fill every second with inane chatter about anything and everything without letting the game just happen.  It…

  • Quick thoughts, DC United vs. SJ Earthquakes

    Like many DC United games, this one could have been subtitled “The Tale of Two Halves.”  Except, unlike a normal United game, they were poor in the first half and then got better in the second.  And the Earthquakes were all over United in the first half, keeping all of the possession and sending in…