Exactly, that's what I love about Arriola. He reminds me of that old school USMNT - run your ass off, never say die. Frankie Hejduk, Cobi Jones,...
Is it worth giving Arriola a look at Left Back? I think we have gotten enough looks to know that Arriola is not a good international level...
I am disappointed how penny ante some of these big market MLS Clubs are becoming. I am hoping for great Atlanta United success shaming these guys...
Really well stated - agree with just about everything you say here. Only one disagreement, I think the national organization, US Soccer, is a...
There was kind of a double whammy to late year birthday kids with DA moving down to U12 and the birth year re-categorization happening at roughly...
Yes that's a really good number. The Hispanic population is still a little under 20% of the total U.S. population. Use that as an imperfect...
Interesting topic to me. Don't have an answer but my son has the same issue. On his team each player gets three 10-15 minutes shifts per game....
Same here. I still think there is a chance they will rethink this. I get where the push to go to birth year grouping is coming from. But I do...
Wow this is different than a lot of people's original interpretation. I am still not entirely sure which it will be. I think these older age...
Just saw this, have not checked the forum in a while. We tried several of these - below is the run down. When we get back into this I think we...
Is Ashe that bad? We definitely need a left back (for depth if nothing else, Korb as starter has been working) and the MLS Game Summary shows...
This kid chose meeting / seeing Sean Franklin and DC United at RFK as his Wish? He does this coming off a 3 win season and at the complete dive...
Yeah I don't completely get why the DC area clubs find it necessary to be in the Club Champions League (CCL) or this new Virginia Premier League....
In other pro sports, slumps are pretty common after signing big dollar contracts at new clubs. The pressure to show you are worth it, the change...
One observation I have is that I have never heard the hostility towards soccer from blacks that I have heard from some whites (both commentators...
Interesting topic - want to watch this. I think (wildly conjecture) that soccer has some potential in the black community - perhaps more than...
Birnbaum seems like the logical choice. There is a good shot form him to be both a good short term choice (ready for meaningful minutes at CB...
Is this trade a group / MLS decision or a Kasper / DC United decision? Is the deal basically that since our ownership group does not want to...
I am with you on Kitchen - I have not been that impressed to date. And actually you are too generous in this post - a central midfielder (even...
Yeah some of the criticism of Jakovic seems pretty harsh. At least the guy has shown he is capable of playing at a fairly high level. The fact...
Good observation - he is in the lower grade. Now that we have made that decision for school, probably better to start with the same decision for...
Thanks for your input dcole. I think my son has some similarities to yours - his limitations in soccer seem more mental then physical at this...
With the roster we have right now, my guess is we can either play a 4-4-2 empty bucket or a 4-5-1 with 3 central midfielders. I do not think we...
Realistically this is a pretty good pickup. We had to get a decent starting forward - starting the season with Conor Doyle up top is tossing out...
That strikes me as an overly negative take on things. In large sections of the immigrant community soccer is #1. In our largely white / Asian...