I remember that card, put the ball right off the guy's head. Another factoid, at a meet and greet at RFK, I told Olsen that he and Najar had something in common. He asked what was that? Told him they both wore #14 and both were red carded from their last DCU match. He smiled and said "that's right."
I am not ready to freeze Acosta out Let me have a whole game of he and Kamara working together before he moves on
I wonder if United can make the playoffs without Rooney or Acosta. United wouldn't have been nearly as dangerous in the last 20 minutes after Kamara was subbed off if Acosta wasn't brought on. That being said, Kamara is legit. That goal last night was fantastic, and you can see the quality he brings to the field.
If you were actually present last night you would not say Acosta has "checked out." In fact, it was the best I've seen him play in many matches. Perhaps it was being the obvious "go to" guy (Kamara subbed out three minutes after Lucho came in}. but he played his heart out.
I'm hoping our new coach can lead Acosta down the proper path. Otherwise, I think his time at DCU over. Acosta really isn't the type of player that Olsen needs as a playmaker. He's too irresponsible and makes a lot of poor decisions when playmaking from the defensive half (as Olsen asks him to do). He's young and maturing and hopefully can fix that. Another coach might put Acosta in situations where poor decisions don't cost you goal scoring chances however. When Acosta was tearing things up last year he spent most of his time in the attacking half where a poor decision doesn't instantly create a chance for the other team. I got to watch the game at field level last night and watching Kamara was great. While I hate Olsen's tactics Kamara is absolutely the right type of striker for job. When he was fresh during the first half he was fabulous at holding the ball and laying it off to teammates. Great strike while the Red Bull defender blew it by backing up into the box. It was the type of defending that good strikers immediately recognize and take advantage of. Glad he did it.
A source familiar w/the decision not to charter tells me that the club's medical staff didn't want players flying home the night of the game, and that the cost of the charter was $165,000. To club, it would've been $165k to get back to DC several hours earlier.— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) August 22, 2019
Not sure what you're saying here. Are you arguing that our fans are not hard core? Are you arguing that ESPN is catering to the newer, bougier, hipster-corporate fans? Are you saying that our FO isn't doing enough to promote the relationship between our fans and the press? If the last, I agree, but think about how we started the opening day at Audi. I have no illusions about management -- they do not get us -- but I'm not sure I care that much about ESPN coverage at this point. Oh, and last night was an abortion.
2 games from now... ........Kamara ............acosta Segura. Rooney Arriola ..........Martins Mora Brillant Birnbaum someone It's an old school 4 4 2 18k fans pleading for attacking soccer last night. Just do it. .
Apparently in talks before his signing Rooney wanted to play striker. He could have been one of the best central midfielders this league has seen; if dc had also signed a proven striker to play in front of him. I thought this same thing from the day we signed him. Its really too bad and it's on the team and coach mostly.
This season started with so much promise. To me it's been one of the more disappointing campaigns in recent memory. I've long been one of those who thought Ben deserved a chance to manage a team with some talent. This club isn't exactly loaded but there is enough talent to be significantly better and more entertaining than we are (even given the various injuries this year). I hope ownership is finally looking at Ben as coaching for his job. Hell, more than half of the clubs make the playoffs so that should be bare minimum performance...and it shouldn't even guarantee that he comes back.
Ownership needs to take a long look into the mirror and decide if they want to play to win or if they want to continue to suck at the teet of MLS and SUM. They are taking in expansion money, TV money, stadium revenues and mailing in the rest. Sticking with Kasper, Olsen and their money ball strategy is the stuff of losers. DC is a big market soccer town. They need to act like it.
When I wrote this it didn't occur to me that Amazon's appstore is also available on phones. I'm in the process of updating a new phone and remembered this and realized the FloSports app is available on android phones this way. It works. I still don't see it in the Google Play Store. Also, ******** FloSports and United.
Recipe for irrelevance: Play negative football Put most of your broadcast games behind a paywall Watch the two best sources of coverage for your team to fall behind a paywall (Wash Post, Athletic) Alienate your longtime fans Did I miss something?
The inclusion of #3 is wrong, the rest is spot on. I don't have a problem with paywalls for what used to be print media at all. Folks need to be paid for the product they produce. If it wasn't for the paywall at the Athletic, Pablo Maurer would still be repairing cars full time instead of writing about sports full time. IMHO, the Athletic is one of the best values in sports journalism you can find.
They are welcome to make their product be behind a paywall, just as I am welcome not to pay for their product.
Strong agree, but the timing of this switch in models is still unfortunate for DCU, in terms of general awareness and casual fan engagement. To EBs point, what have they done to counteract it?
It’s wild seeing how little coverage dc gets with each new expansion team from MLS and official sources. What is there to write about or care about anymore? They are purposely terminating our organic rivalries in favor of, uh, philly? They don’t particularly care about our ancient success. We’re an irrelevant team of little interest to the general public, or if we aren’t entirely there yet we’re getting there.
even if true this sounds a bit naive to me - we are not the exciting new kid on the block with an exciting future with room for - we are the dull, reliable girlfriend/boyfriend who got an expensive tummy-tuck and new hair-style but with the same old attitude. Heck, they made a hit movie about this - it's called "Toy Story" - we are sheriff woody and the others are Buzz Lightyear.
Intelligent management of your brand can overcome that hurdle. The ownership has no connection to the soul of the team.
some additional thoughts and in concurrence with Yabo: No one but us and the laxatives give a hoot about the 96 Cup. To be fair, it's not just MLS; how much does anyone, let alone NFL HQ, think about Super Bowl 30? It is always about what are you going to do for me today and tomorrow? The only way we get more attention is if we reliably played some attractive footie. On the other hand, our own manglement cares so little about our past they cant even give nary a nod to it anywhere in the stadium other than partially hiding those trophies (on which their newly increased new worth is based) behind some mannequins in the chapel devoted to their most important religious icon: $.