DC United @ Dallas Pre-Match/PBP Thread

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  1. Bison1997

    Bison1997 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Dec 30, 2001
    RFK - Lot 8
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Big game - away to one of the competitors for the Supporters' Shield.


    What you need to know
    • Where: Pizza Hut ParkRFK Stadium
    • When: Saturday, 9/1, 8:30 PM ET
    • TV: TV: DK, CSN, MLSLIVE.tv
    • Radio: 1160 AM (Eng), SRN


    VAMOS UNITED!
     
  2. sch2383

    sch2383 New Member

    Feb 14, 2003
    Northern Virginia
  3. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

    Oct 18, 2004
    Capitol Hill
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dallas awaits Denilson's work visa before he's eligible to play.

    No word yet on who they're moving, and where, to make room for him.

    Very dangerous team. But of course, nobody here needs to be reminded of that after the three goal comeback against us at home, dammit.

    I always want all three, of course; but a point here would be a good result, I think.
     
  4. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

    Oct 18, 2004
    Capitol Hill
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Where do you get that Emilio should be in the lineup from that? He's just been cleared to practice. All it says about this weekend is that Tommy et. al. would llike to have him available.
     
  5. AMERICANS SC

    AMERICANS SC New Member

    Feb 1, 2005
    FC DALLAS OUT: FW Roberto Mina (R knee), FW Kenny Cooper (R tibia); DOUBTFUL: DF Michael Dello-Russo (R calf); QUESTIONABLE: MF Juan Toja (R ankle); PROBABLE: GK Dario Sala (L knee)

    For DC United, Brian Carroll will be out due to yellow cards accumulation.
     
  6. sch2383

    sch2383 New Member

    Feb 14, 2003
    Northern Virginia
    Part the subheadline and part from what Olsen said on WPL a couple days back. Maybe he won't start, but I would expect him to see significant minutes.
     
  7. sch2383

    sch2383 New Member

    Feb 14, 2003
    Northern Virginia
    I did not know Toja was hurting. I hope he is all better Sunday, you know, after we play them.
     
  8. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's not gonorrhea, it's the Burn

    F*C* Dallas, whatever they call themselves :)
     
  9. GrillMaster

    GrillMaster Member

    Aug 31, 2000
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Toja's absence from the lineup has hurt f*c* frisco. He gives them a physical ball winner/handler, and that is quite valuable (see shirley joseph or mastroeni).

    Without Toja, put the hammer down on Alvarez, stay alert with the anchovy and take a few long shots over sala's head (he loves to play off his line). Watch out for Ricardinho and McCarty (not necessarily in that order) and take off the lead boots if Oduro plays.

    Dallas has a lot of speed. DC United has a lot of trouble handling speedy teams who can complete their passes.

    DC probably plays conservatively with a counter emphasis for offense.

    If we finish, we win. If we don't, hope for a draw.

    Dunno who the blind guy in the center will be.

    GM
     
  10. garbaggio

    garbaggio Member

    Jan 3, 2001
    Arlington
    Maybe I'll regret it later but I'd like to see Denilson make his debut against us.

    Agree that a point is probably a good result for us. I'm hopeful that Emilio will play if he's returned to "regular training".
     
  11. GrillMaster

    GrillMaster Member

    Aug 31, 2000
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    REFEREE: Brian Hall. SAR (bench): David Bragg; JAR (opposite): Kyle Borne; 4th: Richard Heron
    MLS Career: 134 games; FC/gm: 28.8; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 33; pens: 39
    Games involving FC Dallas: P30 W16 L8 T6; FC/gm: 28.2; Y/gm: 2.8; R: 6; pens: 12
    Games involving D.C. United: P30 W13 L12 T5; FC/gm: 30.5; Y/gm: 3.1; R: 7; pens: 8


    sheiser!

    GM
     
  12. onefineesq

    onefineesq Member+

    Sep 16, 2003
    Laurel, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Apparently so. It's been reported that he received his VISA today.
     
  13. rugman

    rugman Member

    Oct 13, 2003
    Annapolis
    Only one thing needed to motivate this team for this game and that is payback! They need to attack they way they did in the first game. Simms needs to relentlessly hound Toja if he plays. Carroll was no answer for him in the last game. :eek:
     
  14. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Done.
    http://www.worldcupway.blogspot.com/
    Not sure how much of an advantage it will be having him after just a week with the team stilltrying to get in shape. Should be exciting at least. At present we have more Brazilians than you but I think Saragosa will be gone tomorrow unless Ruiz's green card comes through in the night.
     
  15. Agent Zero

    Agent Zero Member

    Aug 6, 2007
    MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've just realised the parallel with this game and another sport also called football. Maybe I can convince my dad to watch...
     
  16. AMERICANS SC

    AMERICANS SC New Member

    Feb 1, 2005

    SHEISER!
     
  17. Boloni86

    Boloni86 Member+

    Jun 7, 2000
    Baltimore
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Gibraltar
    Our offense should be Gomez and Fred running the counterattack, Emilio playing the offsides line and Moreno holding the ball if and when it ever gets to him. And that's it. I wouldn't send anyone else into the attack much, not even Olsen who should play deep especially if Denilson starts.
     
  18. elprincipe

    elprincipe Member

    Mar 2, 2007
    Fairfax, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Seriously, that guy was awesome in the match we'd all rather forget at RFK.
     
  19. PedroUnited

    PedroUnited Member

    Oct 16, 2005
    Richmond, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    rep
     
  20. tmas

    tmas Member

    Dec 30, 2002
    What match? Is that part of the conspiracy theory that also involves something called the 2000-2003 seasons?
     
  21. Allan Quatermain

    Oct 23, 2001
    The Lost City of Gol
    Club:
    DC United
    Awesome. I just spent 6 minutes checking out Carlos Ruiz's luxury apartment. I found out that he loves the Simpsons -- Homer especially, he's the best -- and he has a lot of juice in his refrigerator. He considers Chris Albright to be practically a brother, and he treasures his Amado Guevara Metrostars jersey.

    Oh, and he has a picture of himself getting his bicycle kick goal against us at RFK.

    Strangely, I actually kind of like him more after watching that.

    Of course, I couldn't have liked him any less.
     
  22. BigWave

    BigWave New Member

    Nov 1, 2006
    Charlottesville
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Marcelo Saragosa was waived to make room for Denilson:
    http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070831&content_id=114875&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
    Steve Morrow says he might be coming off the bench tomorrow:
     
  23. TCompton

    TCompton Member

    Oct 21, 2002
    Alexandria
    I say we take it to them. Screw counter attacking. Make them defend. Simply stated, DC United is a better team than FC Dallas. We attack, we score, we score some more, and then we win.
     
  24. slowbutsure

    slowbutsure New Member

    May 1, 2002
    Northern Virginia
    Forecast calls for a high of 91 in Dallas on Saturday, so it should be in the mid-80s around game time. Almost no chance of rain. Not too bad for this time of year.
     
  25. garbaggio

    garbaggio Member

    Jan 3, 2001
    Arlington
    Well Denilson has a reputation of a great dribbler whose not much of a team player. So practicing with the team might just screw him up!

    As others have posted, it's always handy to have the Redskins - Cowboys rivalry in reserve if there's any need to stoke the motivation. Personally I hope we knock that punk Staubach out - his backup couldn't possibly be any good...
     

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