Official DC United vs Chicago Fire PRE Match Thread [Archive]

Knave

13 Aug 2003, 09:49 PM

DC United vs Chicago Fire

• Saturday, August 16, 8:30 EST •

• Live on FSW & HDNet
• DCUnited.com Match Preview - Including TV, Radio and Webcast Information
• MLSNet Match Notes
• English Webcast - WMET (http://www.wmet.kivex.com/)
• Other Webcasts (http://www.socceraudio.com/USA.htm)
• PBP Chat Information (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42696)

Notes • Bocanegra is out on caution point accumulation.

No Flames • No Trolls

tmas

13 Aug 2003, 09:58 PM

We scrape another one 1-0.

footfetish

13 Aug 2003, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by tmas
We scrape another one 1-0.

i like this prediction.

Jose L. Couso

13 Aug 2003, 10:19 PM

DC United is on a roll and they are going to set Chicago on fire!

DC United-1
Chicago-0

soccerhooligan33

13 Aug 2003, 11:09 PM

I'd like to see a 352 with Etch coming on for Stoichkov in the 50th or so.

..............Rimando...............
Prideux......Petke........Ivanov
........Namoff.....Nelsen..........
Olsen.......Kovalenko..............
........................Stoichkov....
Quintanilla...........................
..............Eskandarian...........

Cweedchop

13 Aug 2003, 11:10 PM

It all comes crashing down to Earth..

3-1 Chicago...

As Knave is often to point out, this team still is not playing cleanly and that field will be a hinderance on Saturday..

No Bocanegra helps, but they still have some good solid depth on that team..

On a bright note, Earnie Stewart will finally break his duck...

Bison1997

13 Aug 2003, 11:55 PM

2-1 United. Earnie's hard work finally pays off and Dema says hi to the fire supporters to offset Ralph scoring again.

Whatever the score, I'm thinking it's going to be a wild one. The East is going to be a zoo from here on in.

entropy

14 Aug 2003, 12:11 AM

1-0 to the good guys.

Boring, boring, DC! ;)

Barbara

14 Aug 2003, 08:34 AM

Originally posted by Cweedchop
It all comes crashing down to Earth..

3-1 Chicago...

As Knave is often to point out, this team still is not playing cleanly and that field will be a hinderance on Saturday..

No Bocanegra helps, but they still have some good solid depth on that team..

On a bright note, Earnie Stewart will finally break his duck...

I hope you're wrong, though I fear you aren't. We probably won't have Petke because he sprained his ankle last night. :(

sebakoole

14 Aug 2003, 08:52 AM

With Petke likely out will we have to put up with Ivanov's mediocre play? When is Reyes due back? And Q1 -- when's he coming back?

greatscott

14 Aug 2003, 09:48 AM

hey guys, i have been in Montana for the past 15 days, but im home now. Guess my surprise when i leave for montana and we are last and then come back to find out that we had move up to 3rd place in the league. har har har alllrighty then.

Sharkbait

14 Aug 2003, 10:11 AM

2 - 2

DC ties in stoppage time after an earlier ejection of Zach Thorton for chasing after Esky who had challenged him for a loose ball.

Hudson learns a lesson from Bradley and uses the goalie sub trick to give his winded team all the help possible. He'll say to the press that he didn't want to do it but "the lads needed a break."

Your goal scorers? A deuce for Ante (who points at Bruce Arena in the press box), and Earnie and Dema for the good guys.

FSW will miss showing a goal live.

greatscott

14 Aug 2003, 10:37 AM

3-1 Fire.

They have no Boca and we have no bobbito. Therefore they win by the result of the quadratic equation combined with a little of that equation we came up with a few months ago... (bobby + ball)+(etch-ball) + i am rambling= fire wins because i want to be pleasantly surprised if we win.

Mountainia

14 Aug 2003, 10:56 AM

Originally posted by greatscott
hey guys, i have been in Montana for the past 15 days, but im home now. Guess my surprise when i leave for montana and we are last and then come back to find out that we had move up to 3rd place in the league. har har har alllrighty then.

You understand that if we lose this Saturday, you will have to go back to Montana for the rest of the season, right?

DutchFootballRulez

14 Aug 2003, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Mountainia
You understand that if we lose this Saturday, you will have to go back to Montana for the rest of the season, right?

No, until DC gets Adu.

1-1 . No Bocanegra, but Chicago is too deep. Stoichkov has to start and score on a free kick if we are to win.

Tweaked

14 Aug 2003, 02:04 PM

I hate to say it, but for the next week the Galaxy are our new best friends...they play the Scum Saturday and Chicago next Wednesday.

A DC win in Chicago and and 2 LA wins will have us sitting mighty pretty!

greatscott

14 Aug 2003, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by Mountainia
You understand that if we lose this Saturday, you will have to go back to Montana for the rest of the season, right?

sure thing. just give me a satalite tv to watch the matches

Th4119

14 Aug 2003, 04:46 PM

Originally posted by Tweaked
I hate to say it, but for the next week the Galaxy are our new best friends...they play the Scum Saturday and Chicago next Wednesday.

A DC win in Chicago and and 2 LA wins will have us sitting mighty pretty!

Go Serna! Vamos Ruiz!!

That was tough.

Scott you will be banished to the wilds of Montana FOR-EVER if DC does anything but win this weekend.

gofire2001

14 Aug 2003, 05:57 PM

I think this is going to be a great game. DC has been playing good lately while the fire have been just average. We have a great team but I feel like they have no heart. The atmosphere should be great with Hristo and Dema returning again. I think the score will be 2-2.

Lowecifer

14 Aug 2003, 05:59 PM