Pre-match: D.C. United v. P.U.

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  1. DecadeOfDCU26

    DecadeOfDCU26 Member+

    May 2, 2007
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Who: D.C. United v. Philadelphia Union
    What: MLS 2017 Regular Season Match 4
    When: Saturday April 1, 7:00 PM
    Where: RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
    Why: They're our "Rivals"

    Standings (W-L-T)
    D.C. - 11 East, 21 MLS, 0-2-1, 1 Point, 0 GF, 6 GA, -6 GD
    Philly - T-9 East, T-17 MLS, 0-1-2, 2 Points,3 GF, 4 GA, -1 GD

    Form (Past to Recent)
    D.C. - DLL
    Philly - DDL

    Expected lineup (According to me)
    Hamid
    NDL-Birnbaum-Boswell-Kemp
    Marcelo
    Jeffrey Acosta
    Sam Ortiz Nyarko

    Worra, Franklin, Tissot, Harkes, Buescher, Neagle, Le Toux

    Best goal v. Philly at RFK?



    Brian Carroll STILL on Philly's roster
     
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  2. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Since Philthy's mascot is a pile of shit, I submit as this week's baby animal, one who has been leaving those piles all over my property lately (and upsetting every dog in the neighborhood)

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    artists rendering of same animal if it grew up in Philly:
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    We really need to turn this season on and get a result at home. We always seem to prefer to fight these guys rather than play soccer against them and the scorelines are usually quite dull.

    However, I feel shakily confident we'll break out of our scoring slump and trudge past these clowns 3-1.

    Weather's finally going to be nice for a tailgate in Lot 8 so get there early.
     
  3. jason1551

    jason1551 Member+

    Apr 9, 2003
    Columbus, GA
    Club:
    DC United
    I'm looking forward to watching DC score their first goal of the season in person. Also hoping the weather stays nice enough that I don't have to layer up too much.
     
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  4. griffin1108

    griffin1108 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 5, 2003
    Virginia
    A good result would be a goal scored. Gravy would be a win. I've read rumors that Boswell may get a start as well. I would hope Ben has these guys fired up. I would run out LeToux as well, on the old "revenge against the guys who traded me" theme.
     
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  5. DecadeOfDCU26

    DecadeOfDCU26 Member+

    May 2, 2007
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Disagree - a good result is a win, anything less is unacceptable. I don't care how the first games have gone.

    Good point on Le Toux. Nyarko and Sam though have been fine and I feel like they are both just a step over Le Toux...they just had 2 weeks off too so they should be rested.
     
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  6. John L

    John L Member+

    Sep 20, 2003
    Alexandria, VA
    What we needed to develop last year was a Plan B for scoring. Acosta/Mullins was great, but we needed an alternative last year. A lack of Plan B has been evident this short season. And again for this game. We'll have to see if Ortiz is anything other than a gimme-gimme-gimme guy. If not, then yank him quickly and put in somebody reliable like Letoux.

    Is Tissot still up here in DC? Or with the Richmond team? Either way, I'd take a critical look at NDL on the right. And be ready to bring back Franklin at that position.
     
  7. NicktheGreek

    NicktheGreek Member+

    Feb 15, 2001
    Kodiak-Bear-Scratching-ANI-6274.jpg
    Bear's Mom hiding face in shame after seeing son in Philly garb
     
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  8. GumbyG

    GumbyG Member+

    DC United
    Mar 22, 2007
    Chesapeake, VA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I like Harkes or Buescher better than Jeffrey at the 8, so I hope we'll see that. :) And, I'd prefer to have Durkin on the bench over Jeffrey or Tissot, rather than shoehorn someone else in as a backup at the 6.
     
  9. DecadeOfDCU26

    DecadeOfDCU26 Member+

    May 2, 2007
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'd have Tissot on the bench in every match, solely since he's the only other natural lefty/left back in case Kemp goes down.
     
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  10. DangerMouse37

    DangerMouse37 Member+

    Jan 22, 2004
    WDC / Barra
    This is a must win game, but it will be really tough. We're already missing key players and integrating others. I doubt we'll keep a clean sheet, so we will need to score 2. Perfect game to see if Ortiz or LeToux have any juice. We'll need a goal from some unlikely spot -- Birnbaum owes us a couple of points -- but there may be someone else ready to step up...

    Come on, DC!
     
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  11. Hedbal

    Hedbal Member+

    Jul 31, 2000
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Tissot is with Richmond this weekend.
     
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  12. Hedbal

    Hedbal Member+

    Jul 31, 2000
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I hope to see more of Le Toux tomorrow. He's not a Lone Ranger; he combines well with others and could be good at playing off of Acosta and Harkes.
     
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  13. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Let's just score a goal. And not a penalty. A real goal, from the run of play.
     
  14. GumbyG

    GumbyG Member+

    DC United
    Mar 22, 2007
    Chesapeake, VA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I really like a natural lefty as a starter, but Korb wasn't half bad. For emergency or garbarge minute purposes, Durkin had a good turn at LB in preseason, and Franklin can fill in there ably. It changes what we can do, but I don't think Tissot's any kind of 1 for 1 replacement for Kemp, either. If I thought he was, I might feel more strongly about having him there.:unsure:
     
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  15. shammypants

    shammypants Member+

    Oct 9, 2013
    Club:
    DC United
    This isn't a "just perform well" game to me. Losing at home to a bad team like this will be a solid omen of bad times ahead.
     
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  16. Winoman

    Winoman Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De!

    Jul 26, 2000
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How about both?
     
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  17. atsegnorts

    atsegnorts Member

    Apr 2, 2007
    Falls Church
    Club:
    The Strongest La Paz
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
    I see what Ben has to work with I know we are better then PU. I need more pasión from the guys. It's all about who wants it more.
     
  18. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm in. Let's get some goals and a badly-needed 3 points.
     
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  19. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This should be fun. The audio feed from Channel 8 is all ********ed up. There is random background noise, but the announcers are silent.

    Wait, this might not be so bad after all!
     
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  20. shammypants

    shammypants Member+

    Oct 9, 2013
    Club:
    DC United
    The announcers are there, they are only going to speak when the quality of play is good.
     
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  21. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here we go. No booth audio.
     
  22. Von Zee

    Von Zee Member

    Aug 17, 2013
    Virginia
    Club:
    DC United
    Honestly, it's a wish come true...
     
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  23. shammypants

    shammypants Member+

    Oct 9, 2013
    Club:
    DC United
    Off to a good start, ~3 minutes and ~0% possession for DC
     
  24. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The pitch looks like shit.
     
  25. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Anyone know the story on the audio?

    The crowd noise is a taped. It's like Fox Sports World in the dark ages.

    There doesn't seem to be any audio feed from RFK.
     

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