United-Rapids Grades [R]

[albionroad]

Post your grades for tonight's game here. Averages will be calculated by friday. The missing averages from the last two games should be up by tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.

Rimando
Prideaux
Nelsen
Petke
Namoff
Quintanilla
Kovalenko
Etcheverry
Olsen
Stewart
Eskandarian

Curtis
Stoitchkov
Ivanov

[Detective40oz]

Rimando - 7 another shutout and the spell he put on the posts is working marveously
Prideaux - 5.5 looked shaky coming forward and ont he crosses but kept Colorado in check
Nelsen - 6 nice solid work
Petke - 6.5 held the D together
Namoff - 5.5 work on those outlet passes Bryan!
Quintanilla - 6.5 had 3 great chances, and could have been more if we could switch the ball effectively
Kovalenko - 5.5 nothing good, nothing bad
Etcheverry - 4 YOU are the reason the middle of the field is empty on our counterattacks! Our forwards push the ball forward with absolutely no support. way to mess up the great chance in the second half.
Olsen - 6 Did what was asked of him keeping Chung in check.
Stewart - 4.5 GHOOOOOOOOOOOST
Eskandarian - 4.5 if you miss another sitter I will Scream......louder!

Curtis - 5.5 his subbing led to better attacks forward
Stoitchkov - 6.5 Wonder if Marco took offense to the hristo chants on the 2nd half corners? ;)
Ivanov - NR

Convey - 10 Class act sitting around and signing autographs for almost 2 hours.....too bad he didn't get a proper send off by being subbed out in the 89th minute to a standing ovation. We'll miss you Bobby!

[shawn12011]

Rimando - 6
Prideaux - 5.5
Nelsen - 6
Petke - 6
Namoff - 6
Quintanilla - 6.5
Kovalenko - 6
Etcheverry - 5
Olsen - 6.5
Stewart - 5.5
Eskandarian - 5.5

Curtis - 5.5 (please borrow my training tapes and learn a move or two)
Stoitchkov - 5.5
Ivanov - 5.5


Hudson/Trask - 5.5 (Finally his substituion pattern made sense. I half expected Hristo to come in for Earnie or Ben not Etch, who was clearly winded and needed it. Though on the negative side despite the goal Q2's lack of speed shows he does not belong on the flank. That also pushes Dema to D-Mid which stiffles Dema's attacking flair but hey it is creating wins right now so what the heck.)

[mcontento]

Rimando-6
Prideaux-5.5
Nelsen-5
Petke-5
Namoff-5
Quintanilla-7 MOTM
Kovalenko-5
Etcheverry-5
Olsen-5.5
Stewart-4
Eskandarian-5

Curtis-4.5
Stoitchkov-5
Ivanov-5

[VLAD]

Rimando-6 - Nothing spectacular, was helped out by MR. GOALPOST 2x,
Prideaux-5.5 - Solid game
Nelsen-5.5 Solid Game
Petke-5.5 Solid Game
Namoff- 4.5 - A number of bad passes, especially toward the end of the game resulting in a bad giveaway
Quintanilla-7.5 MOTM after MR. GOALPOST
Kovalenko-6 - Solid performance in the D-Mid role. Please give him credit
Etcheverry-6 - Solid performance. Great moves on the assist. He faked me out off the couch on that one
Olsen-6 - Solid running and defence. Was responsible for controlling the crosses from Colorodo all night
Stewart-5 - Needs to get better in tune with his teammates
Eskandarian-4.5 - I wish Steward would have his chances in front of the goal.

Curtis-4.5 - Ineffective at holding the ball. Unfortunately Ray had no other forward who could do that.
Stoitchkov-5.5 Solid contribution Almost had a goal
Ivanov-5 - Solid Contributino

MR. GOAL POST - 9 - Two saves from Spencer!!!!!

[dadman]

Team - 6 (too many "boot it out" kicks at the end when they should have tried possession, but a solid and gritty effort over all)

Rimando - 6.5 (but not really tested like the left post was)
Prideaux - 6
Nelsen - 6.5 (strong in the air)
Petke - 6.5 (hope the ankle's not bad)
Namoff - 5.5 (6.5 on D, 4.5 on forcing the ball into coverage)
Quintanilla - 6.5
Kovalenko - 6
Etcheverry - 5.5 (willing to get involved, but shouldn't be checking back to take throw-ins 40 yards from Rimando with a chance to break upfield)
Olsen - 6.5 (NEVER stopped running)
Stewart - 5 (dropped waay back the last 15 minutes to deny Colorado the midfield, working well with Dema)
Eskandarian - 5.5 (but he's learning)

Curtis - 5.5 (the +.5 is for getting up after that late smackdown)
Stoitchkov - 5 (less involved than Etch, but more dangerous when he was; with him coming in late, I'd like to see him at least as mobile as Etch ;) )
Ivanov - NR (did what he needed to, but wasn't on long enough to fairly grade)

Hudson - 6.5
Wednesday Night Crowd - 7 :)

dadman

[Mountainia]

Rimando - 6 Stopped everything he needed to
Prideaux - 5.5 Worked well with Petke
Nelsen - 6 Another good game
Petke - 6 Solid in the middle until his injury
Namoff - 6.5 He had his hands full, and didn't drop anything
Quintanilla - 6.5 Showing some brilliance, sweet goal!
Kovalenko - 5.5 Worked hard all day
Etcheverry - 6 Played some D, settled the game
Olsen - 6.5 Up and down the field all day
Stewart - 5.5 Starting to get in the play more, showed his toughness
Eskandarian - 5 Created danger, did not work well with others

Curtis - 5 Seems to be getting over his recent illness
Stoitchkov - 6 Walked too much for a 1-0 lead, but he is dangerous with the ball
Ivanov - 5 No mistakes, but he gets back reluctantly

Hudson - 6 Running subs well, now

[Red&Black]

Rimando 6
Prideaux 6
Nelsen 6
Petke 6
Namoff 6
Quintanilla 6
Kovalenko 6
Etcheverry 6
Olsen 6
Stewart 6
Eskandarian 5

Curtis 5
Stoitchkov 5
Ivanov 5

crowd 8 (for noise, not size)
ref 4 (actually better than usual, but still bit)
post 8 motm

[albionroad]

Averages.

Rimando 6.21
Prideaux 5.64
Nelsen 5.93
Petke 5.93
Namoff 5.57
Quintanilla 6.64
Kovalenko 5.71
Olsen 6.14
Stewart 5.07
Eskandarian 5.00
Curtis 5.07
Stoitchkov 5.50
Ivanov 5.10

Team 5.63

[fatbastard]

Rimando - 5
Prideaux - 6.5 I'm overlooking his 'offense'
Nelsen - 6
Petke - 6.5
Namoff - 7.5
Quintanilla - 7 needs a better haircut
Kovalenko - 6.5 I know he hates it, but he's a good d-mid
Etcheverry - 5.5 played well, passes were off still
Olsen - 6.5
Stewart - 4.5 if teammates would have used half his runs 6.5
Eskandarian - 5.5

Curtis - 5
Stoitchkov - 4.5
Ivanov - 5.5 good outing after benching

Rongen as announcer - 3

damn, do i just see I missed being in the average?

[FlashMan]

Originally posted by fatbastard
Rongen as announcer - 3



As an outsider, I have to say I like Rongen as an announcer. He's well spoken, informative and offerse good insight. He also clearly loves DC United.

He may not have been a great coach but he makes a pretty good analyst IMHO.

[SABuffalo786]

Originally posted by FlashMan
As an outsider, I have to say I like Rongen as an announcer. He's well spoken, informative and offerse good insight. He also clearly loves DC United.

He may not have been a great coach but he makes a pretty good analyst IMHO.

Yes. For all the shit he took with United, the guy loves the game in this country. People will be singing his praises once Zak Whitbread debuts with the USA.