“We don’t want to play like Colorado or New England, which most of the season sat with eight or nine guys behind the ball. How many people go to watch Colorado or New England play? That’s a problem for our league. We can’t play like we’re a team desperately trying to remain in 14th place in the Premiership…” Kevin Payne, President, DC United.
Absolute screamer from Rookie Chris Pontius…. But DC still must wait to learn it’s CONCACAF Champions League fate.
“You always have that bad dream, where you’re naked on the soccer field, you know?” Ben Olsen said Wednesday afternoon.
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has written a letter to the Maryland Stadium Authority asking the agency to study the possibility of building a new soccer stadium for DC United.
The city became warm to the idea after the 71,000-seat M&T Bank Stadium hosted a sold out soccer friendly in July between A.C. Milan and Chelsea, Millard said.
Christian Gomez hits the pk, following a handball in the box in the 14th minute, for the victory in Trinidad. DC United is now in 3rd place in Group B.
Headed into our Nation’s Capitol on Tuesday for the 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Championship between D.C. United and the Seattle Sounders FC at RFK Stadium.
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Congrats to Seattle for the big win! Nice trophy to add to the case. Not sure why Wicks was complaining. He tries to gut Montero and then puts hands on the ref and questions the sending off?
Made my way into the city via the Metro after landing out at Reagan National Airport and posted up in my room at The Hotel George just around the corner from Union Station.
2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final tomorrow night at RFK between D.C. United and the Seattle Sounders, Max Bretos and I on Fox Soccer Channel.
Follow up on the BP_TOW Twitter.
