Tag: rebuilding

  • An (almost) midseason review

    DC United currently sits one game away from the halfway mark of the season, in 6th place in the Eastern Conference, but only 5 points out of a playoff spot. This seems like as good a time as any to do a midseason review. The Good Rebuilding: Ben Olsen has done a good job, so…

  • Union Busting! New Look United takes on Philadelphia

    Olsen and company have gone all in on this season. The rebuilding that many were content to endure this season is now over. The front office acquired some tradeable assets over the course of the offseason, and has now decided to use them to try and take advantage of the weak Eastern Conference. Third place…

  • Trading Perkins and Olsen’s Strategy

    On the surface, it doesn’t make much sense for DC United to trade the veteran Troy Perkins to Portland, handing the keys to 19 year old Bill Hamid.  Even after the year that Perkins’ had, he’s still a fringe international.  But, as anyone who’s been following DC United knows, its all about the youth movement…

  • 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…

  • 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…