Official DC United vs Colorado Rapids PRE Match Thread [N&A]

[Knave]

DC United vs Colorado Rapids

• Date & Time :: Saturday, May 22 @ 9:00pm EST
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• Referee Analysis Thread (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=113046)

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[JayRockers!]

First Reply! (I am reduced to this)

Well, they can play the rookies (or Stokes, Warren, Ara and the like...) and hope for the best, or play the vets and get more of the same. Colo is no pushover, with or without ZiZi and the Angry Scotsman. Any positive word on Martins and Quintanilla will be sorely needed. If no Olsen/Neilsen, tie is the best to hope for. Why are there only 5 defenders on the team? And who did they keep at the expense of Reyes? Prideaux? Stokes or Ara? Man, sure wish we had him and Namoff at the back...

Thx,

Jay!

[Th4119]

3rd game in 8 days, on the road, mile high air, still potentially missing Convey, Olsen, and Nelsen.

[Jose L. Couso]

If Nelsen, Olsen & Convey are out we should seriously consider changing to a 4-4-2 for this game.

Petke & Prideaux are easily exposed in a 3-5-2, and without enough tireless workers in the midfield that formation is inefficient.

Rimando needs to sit out a game to get his head in order, but the overall defense in the LA game was not supportive enough.

What I would like to see:

-----------------Warren--------------------

--Namoff----Petke-----Stokes-----Prideaux--

--Stewart---Carroll-----Dema-------Gros-----

----------Eski---------Moreno---------------

With Adu & Cerritos coming off the bench.

[jackrock]

can anyone say when Q2 is coming back?

[MattR]

If we're all waiting for Q2 to come back and score for this team, we're screwed.

[DutchFootballRulez]

Can Moreno really go 3 games Full 90 in 8 Days?

I think we made need to move Namhoff into Midfield next to Carroll, and [God help us] start Stokes.

-------------Warren---------- < For Obivious Reasons!
-----Stokes---Petke----Prideaux
--------Namhoff-----Carroll-----
-Earnie-------Dema--------Gros---

-----Eskandarian-------Moreno

[footfetish]

this is my favorite thread on bigsoccer right now. all i want to do is forget that game from last night.

[AB727]

I hate all this "3 games in 8 days" stuff. Jeez, they're professionals. Tough it out.

I'm guessing Adu will start. The Rapids have sold a huge number of tickets for people to see him play, and Nowak will give the people what they want. Based on that, and his goal Wednesday night, he'll probably be out there when the game begins.

AB

[MattR]

I think Adu will start, and I think that Adu will get some more respect out of his teammates (Moreno).

[soccerfanaticounited]

i will like to see up front Moreno and Cerritos (cerritos had a better game than esky)and sub adu for any one

[lkeniston]

i will like to see up front Moreno and Cerritos (cerritos had a better game than esky)and sub adu for any one

Hey, I like it. I couldn't see much of Cerritos' game outside of the fine goal, but people were crabbin' about it. So what - keep bending them in just like that Ronald! Isn't that what a forward is all about anyway?

Young Esky, like a chimp on speed, has a great workrate & really tries hard, but just can't seem to produce much from it. Let him ride the pine for awhile.

Seriously, DC needs to string a few good results together here...

[vivaelbolivar]

If Nelsen, Olsen & Convey are out we should seriously consider changing to a 4-4-2 for this game.

Petke & Prideaux are easily exposed in a 3-5-2, and without enough tireless workers in the midfield that formation is inefficient.

Rimando needs to sit out a game to get his head in order, but the overall defense in the LA game was not supportive enough.

What I would like to see:

-----------------Warren--------------------

--Namoff----Petke-----Stokes-----Prideaux--

--Stewart---Carroll-----Dema-------Gros-----

----------Eski---------Moreno---------------

With Adu & Cerritos coming off the bench.

i like that lineup as it seems the 3-5-2 thing is not working
specially with nelsen and benny out of the line up although
id change esky with cerritos imho

[dsheon]

United.com lists the start time as 9pm, not 6pm as listed here. Can anyone confirm?

[K]

United.com lists the start time as 9pm, not 6pm as listed here. Can anyone confirm?

It is 9 pm ET so 6 pm MT

K

[Sundevil9]

United.com lists the start time as 9pm, not 6pm as listed here. Can anyone confirm?

Maybe your monitor is upside down. ;)

I think the game is 9PM EDT.....which would make it 7PM in the mountains

[Sundevil9]

What I would like to see:

-----------------Warren--------------------

--Namoff----Petke-----Stokes-----Prideaux--

--Stewart---Carroll-----Dema-------Gros-----

----------Eski---------Moreno---------------

With Adu & Cerritos coming off the bench.

I like this. There were some obvious defensive oraginzational issues against LA that could be solved with this. Maybe swap Brandon and Stokes.

I figure that Moreno could run out of gas early in this one, he was tanked by the 70th minute against LA. He toughed it out, but when you consider the altitude we may have ridden this horse a bit too much. If he can get to the 60th minute, I'd like to see Quintanilla make his 2004 debut.

[Knave]

Sorry about that typo. :D

[DCU]

If Nelsen, Olsen & Convey are out we should seriously consider changing to a 4-4-2 for this game.

Petke & Prideaux are easily exposed in a 3-5-2, and without enough tireless workers in the midfield that formation is inefficient.

Rimando needs to sit out a game to get his head in order, but the overall defense in the LA game was not supportive enough.

What I would like to see:

-----------------Warren--------------------

--Namoff----Petke-----Stokes-----Prideaux--

--Stewart---Carroll-----Dema-------Gros-----

----------Eski---------Moreno---------------

With Adu & Cerritos coming off the bench.
I'd love to see that Jose, but as Sundevil said, with Stokes outside and Prdeaux inside.

[onefineesq]

No way United should start Moreno in this game. I was at the game last night, and Moreno was absolutely dog dead tired after 60 minutes. I would put Adu out there in a start with either Esky or Cerritos to start. Moreno can come on later as needed. This guy is gonna be dead by midseason playing as much as you guys think he should be playing, especially coming off of serious back surgery in the offseason. I actually like Jose's lineup with that one change.