Tag: blake brettschneider

  • SEQ: Players’ salaries

    For our second installment of Search Engine Questions, I decided to tackle money. One search term that often brings people to my blog is the amount of money that certain players are being payed. The full list of player salaries, including an explanation of the difference between base salary and guaranteed compensation, can be found…

  • A crack in the fortress: DC United 3-Portland Timbers 2

    Well, what a game! DC United comes away with the first points won off of the Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Stadium. With the win, United is tied on points for third place in the Eastern Conference, but in fourth on goal differential. Man of the match For me, its Blake Brettschneider; he was a bulldog…

  • What do I want to see versus Ajax? Partnerships

    The first thing I want to see is this game happen, without a rapture. But what I actually want to see is all about partnerships. The first partnership that I want to see is Santino Quaranata and Blake Brettschneider up top. With the way Charlie Davies and Josh Wolff have played so far this year,…

  • Formation flux forever

    The 2011 Carolina Challenge Cup is coming to an end, on the face, in a similar manner as the 2010 edition. DC United is winning matches, but not scoring very many goals. However, I see the two teams in completely different ways. The 2010 team reached the peak of its potential when it won the…

  • FIU Scrimmage Roundup

    Two days ago, I talked about the quality performance that Branko Boskovic has been putting in on the wing, but knew that we would eventually see him in central midfield as well. In yesterday’s match against FIU, that came true. At halftime, Boskovic moved centrally and, at least according to the D.C United twitter feed,…

  • Supplemental draftology: Blake Brettschneider

    So, that was a supplemental draft.  In a similar format to the Re-Entry Draft, the Supplemental Draft was done over conference call, with teams tweeting out their picks as much as a round before the official @MLS_Insider account announced them. D.C. United finally drafted their forward: they drafted Blake Brettschneider out of the University of…