Pre-match: DCU vs. Portland

Discussion in 'D.C. United' started by La Barra Blonde, May 27, 2011.

  1. La Barra Blonde

    Oct 21, 2007
    Section 135
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    DCU's inaugural match against Portland on their home turf. Say hi to Perkins for us!

    When: Sunday, 5/29/11, 5:00pm EST
    Where: JELD-WEN
    League Records : Clean slate
    TV: CSN
    Twitter: #DCU on game day

    Since Portland is on the coast, I give you a baby bighorn sheep:

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  2. DecadeOfDCU26

    DecadeOfDCU26 Member+

    May 2, 2007
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Stating the obvious:

    Portland 5-0-0 at home, amazing at set pieces.

    DC defend set pieces like a u12 team.

    Davies out I think?


    This all screams Portland 1 United 3 of course.
     
  3. sussexcentralsoccer

    Nov 6, 2005
    Bethany Beach
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm looking at this as Portland has to lose at home sometime, why not now?
    But fo' real Kenny Cooper could be trouble.
     
  4. Grasscutter

    Grasscutter Member

    Jan 21, 2003
    Atlantis
    Club:
    DC United
    Not sure why we're even bothering to play this--according to the Portland paper, we have no chance.

    http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/i...ling_at_home_but_expecting_fierce_guests.html

    The article in The Oregonian (Oregon Live) is about the tough teams Portland will face after D.C. leaves.

    Timbers rolling at home but expecting fierce guests

    The Portland Timbers' 1-0 win against Columbus on Saturday night extended their home unbeaten streak to five games.

    The Timbers will likely extend the run to six games on Sunday when they host D.C. United. If the Timbers get past 3-4-3 D.C., two potential streak-snapping games surface.
    ...
     
  5. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    That's messed up. Add that to my personal loathing of HGH guzzling Kenny Cooper and my exorbitant psychotherapy bills directly related to Troy Perkins' performance last year and I'm really praying that DCU crushes these ladies.


    I want to see THAT look on Troy Perkins' face.
     
  6. tmas

    tmas Member

    Dec 30, 2002
    Brettschneider with a brace. Calling it.
     
  7. redcomet

    redcomet Member

    Sep 10, 2010
    Club:
    DC United
    Portland is definitely beatable. I don't think their team is much better than ours. We just need to defend well on set pieces.
     
  8. Zagloba

    Zagloba Member

    Aug 11, 2007
    Baltimore
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  9. uniteo

    uniteo Member+

    Sep 2, 2000
    Rockville, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    if he knows the result in advance, the least he could do is provide the score so we can get some bets in...

    I'm feeling like Najar is ready to go off soon.
     
  10. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    When was the last month that we defended set pieces well consistently? October-November 2004?

    I think we can pull off a tie if we are not as injured as it sounds we might be (like if Simms, Tino and Dax are actually > 90%)
     
  11. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Happened to listen to a Timbers podcast last night: http://ddy3at84ppzdk.cloudfront.net/TI/TIE11.mp3

    Has some pregame stuff, including an interview with Chad Ashton.

    It was pretty disconcerting when Ashton had genuine trouble coming up with an answer to the question "What does DC United do well?" (starts around 13:15).
     
  12. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    All right, then you answer it. :D
     
  13. DangerMouse37

    DangerMouse37 Member+

    Jan 22, 2004
    WDC / Barra
    So let me state the obvious --

    like most DC fans after the last couple of seasons I'm having a hard time answering the question "What does Chad Ashton do well?"
     
  14. ManiacalClown

    ManiacalClown Member+

    Jun 27, 2003
    South Jersey
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Referee: Geoff GAMBLE
    MLS Career Stats: 1 game, 5.0 Y/g, 0 R
    MLS 2011: 1 game, 5.0 Y/g, 0 R
    Assistant Referees: Craig LOWRY and Eric PROCTOR
    Fourth Official: Silviu PETRESCU

    All-time Portland matches with Gamble as referee:
    FIRST MATCH

    All-time D.C. United matches with Gamble as referee:
    FIRST MATCH
     
  15. Marco10

    Marco10 Member+

    Sep 9, 2002
    HA HA!

    To be fair, though. How many coaches tip off an opponent about strengths and weaknesses before a match? Could be he was just surprised by the question and wasn't sure how to answer without saying too much and giving information to the Timbers, or even saying too little and insulting his own team.

    Although perhaps I am being too charitable!
     
  16. Footer Phooter

    Jul 23, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    Pull hamstrings?
    Get hernias?
    Forget to mark Taylor Twellman?


    Not feeling optimistic about this West Coast swing.
     
  17. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What we do really well this year seems to be letting high balls bounce in the box.
     
  18. La Barra Blonde

    Oct 21, 2007
    Section 135
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    D'uh. "We win trophies." Come on people. Don't you read the t-shirts? :rolleyes:
     
  19. BBBulldog

    BBBulldog Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 25, 2004
    Dinamo Zagreb
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Croatia
    streaks are made to be broken :D
     
  20. griffin1108

    griffin1108 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 5, 2003
    Virginia
    Oh come on, "it takes more" than just winning trophies.
     
  21. Boloni86

    Boloni86 Member+

    Jun 7, 2000
    Baltimore
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Gibraltar
    In a pure fist fight Spencer would beat Olsen ...

    And that's kind of the way it'll play out on the field too ... We'll probably lose in an all out physical battle, but maybe if we can just keep the ball and weave through the giants ... I think this is a perfect game to start Fred in the middle to help us do that.
     
  22. Liam O'Malley

    Liam O'Malley Member

    Feb 27, 2011
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I really do hope Brettschneider gets the start over Ngwenya on Sunday.

    Apart from that my sights are set pretty low I guess. A draw would be nice.
     
  23. nobletea

    nobletea Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 29, 2004
    HarCo
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  24. dcu n bntwn

    dcu n bntwn Member

    Jun 7, 2004
    Watertown, MA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    tough call people. Is a road game against a team playing well at home really the best time to start Fred in the central midfield? Or do you stick with two defensive central mids, likely limiting DCU scoring chances but hoping to avoid conceding goals?

    Tough decision for Olsen.

    Really hope we score and keep Perkins quiet. Nothing against the guy, I just recall some quotes from him suggesting that he didn't get a fair shake on is second tour here in DC.

    I feel it's simple. If he played better with DC and showed that he was worth the salary, they would have kept him.
     
  25. tmas

    tmas Member

    Dec 30, 2002

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