DCUnited.com: Training/Scrimmage/Injury Update/"Yellow Fever" Game

[Flying Weasel]

The Trainings Continue
by Doug Hicks/dcunited.com
February 24, 2003
http://www.dcunited.com/index.cfm?section=main&cont_id=165631
D.C. United officials today finalized plans for a second scrimmage with Lynn University. The club will travel Tuesday to the school’s Boca Raton campus for a 4:15 p.m. kick-off. Nick Rimando’s sprained ankle is seeing daily improvement under the supervision of United Trainer Brian Goodstein. John Swann’s ailing ankle also continues to improve as he completes rehab at Indiana University.The brainchild of Dema Kovalenko, “Yellow Fever” challenges all players and staff to shoot on goal, one by one, from outside the penalty area against a goalkeeper. Goal scorers celebrate their strike and gather to the side of the goal for a good view of the continuing competition. The last three participants standing each contribute $10 to a season-long fund for a team function and must wear a yellow penny at all times when in the presence of other team members until the next competition.

[Lanky134]

The brainchild of Dema Kovalenko, “Yellow Fever” challenges all players and staff to shoot on goal, one by one, from outside the penalty area against a goalkeeper. Goal scorers celebrate their strike and gather to the side of the goal for a good view of the continuing competition. The last three participants standing each contribute $10 to a season-long fund for a team function and must wear a yellow penny at all times when in the presence of other team members until the next competition.
I'll bet Richie's glad he's not on the team anymore...

[Marco10]

I'll bet this is the only time we'll ever see "Dema Kovalenko" and "Brainchild" in the same sentence!
:)

[Birdman]

Originally posted by Marco10
I'll bet this is the only time we'll ever see "Dema Kovalenko" and "Brainchild" in the same sentence!
:)

For some reason there are many United fans doubting Kovalenko. Why would DC be spending top $$$ on him then. You fools must know more than the United exec's. Dema should have stayed in Chicago where everyone loved him.

[morrissey]

I, for one, am glad DC picked him up. He has heart and that was one thing in short supply for much of last year.

james

[DCAustinite]

Don't worry about Dema, there's plenty of love for him in DC. He'll be just fine. Stoich, too. I'd like to see an idiot say that 'brainchild' comment to his face in Fado one night.

[Stogey23]

Originally posted by DCAustinite
I'd like to see an idiot say that 'brainchild' comment to his face in Fado one night.
I don't think the poster was ripping on Dema's worth to DC, just the fact that he's known to be a little thick headed.

The guy tried to eat plastic fruit once.

[dcuinvermont]

Originally posted by DCAustinite
Don't worry about Dema, there's plenty of love for him in DC. He'll be just fine. Stoich, too. I'd like to see an idiot say that 'brainchild' comment to his face in Fado one night.

YOu know "brainchild" and "athlete" don't tend to mix very often, so it's not a huge dig at Dema to suggest that he may not be a genius. Don't need to get the panties all bunched up. The same thing could easily be said of 95% of the team. These guys are on the team to play soccer, not design the next space shuttle.

[Marco10]

Goodness gracious!
I put a smiley on there for chrissakes! I was only making what I hoped to be a humorous play on the previous post and the fact that Dema is known to exhibit some "thick-headedness" (as Stogey put it). Seriously, just a harmless joke and nothing at all to do with his value to the team. Nor was I casting aspersions on his overall intellect or character.

A thousand pardons if I ruffled any feathers!

[SoccerMomma]

Now, now, don’t disparage our boys! Many of them do quite well in the intellect department. For instance, Nelsen, I believe, was top of his class at no less a university than Stanford.

I, for another one, am really looking forward to watching Dema play for DC! If the rest of the team picks up on his work ethic, it will be good for us.