Who's in your five?

Discussion in 'D.C. United' started by The Big VA, Jan 8, 2010.

  1. The Big VA

    The Big VA Member

    Nov 1, 2006
    Richmond, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  2. jason1551

    jason1551 Member+

    Apr 9, 2003
    Columbus, GA
    Club:
    DC United
    1. Joe Cannon
    2. Todd Dunivant
    3. Adrian Serioux
    4. Kyle Beckerman
    5. Heath Pearce

    Honorable Mention: Seth Stammler
     
  3. nobletea

    nobletea Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 29, 2004
    HarCo
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    1. Brian McBride
    2. Shalrie Joseph
    3. Juan Pablo Angel
    4. Dwayne DeRosario
    5. Bryan Arguez ;)
     
  4. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

    Oct 18, 2004
    Capitol Hill
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Presumably we're talking about people who have played for other teams in MLS, to keep it from being a list of "5 greatest players in the world" kind of thing.

    Always wished?

    Guillermo Barros Schelotto
    Shalrie Joseph
    Dwayne DeRosario
    Steve Ralston
    Jimmy Conrad
     
  5. Cantankerous

    Cantankerous New Member

    Apr 15, 2003
    United country
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Shalrie Joseph
    Geoff Cameron
    Mac Kandji
    Kasey Keller
    JPA
     
  6. hala-cosmos

    hala-cosmos Member

    Apr 15, 2003
    JP Angel, Jimmy Conrad, Freddy Montero (in spite of the diving), Heydude, Stuart Holden
     
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  7. Black.White&Red

    Sep 9, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    Stern John
    Stuart Holden
    Landon Donovan
    Peter Novak
    Robbie Rogers
     
  8. CHICO13

    CHICO13 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Oct 4, 2001
    SECTION 135
    Club:
    The Strongest La Paz
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
    Giovanni Savarese
    Carlos Valderamma
    Dwayne DeRosario
    Claudio Lopez
    Fabian Espindola
     
  9. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Brian Mullan
    Chris Henderson
    Brad Davis
    Kyle Beckerman
    Ariel Graziani

    Honorable mention
    Tom Dooley
    Kasey Keller
    Taylor Twellman
    Chris Rolfe
    Colin Clarke
    Jason Kreis

    In long ago days, for about a second, I wished these people had played at DC United:
    Mike Magee
    (Scorin') Goran Hunjak
    Dante Washington
    Ted Chronopoulos
    Walter Zenga (mostly for the women)
     
  10. Black.White&Red

    Sep 9, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    I guess you just love all those Geoff Aunger types, not that there is anything wrong with that! :D

    And for the record I am very happy that Geoff Aunger played for DC United rather than all those other buttmunches! :D
     
  11. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Aunger is one of my all-time favorite United players.

    Best hip-check in the MLS :)

    The Baby-Faced Assassin :cool:
     
  12. MattMathai

    MattMathai BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 28, 2004
    Annapolis
    Yeah, I loved the attitude he brought. I have Aunger's jersey from MLS Cup '99, and Kathy has the Canadian flag he signed.

    We don't have much of his kind of attitude on the team now, although I'm hopeful that Jakovic, Wallace, and Pontius can bring it.
     
  13. Black.White&Red

    Sep 9, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    True that!

    I'd dare say that James would be closer. Not that Pontius and Wallace don't bring a certain grit to the field, but it is not anywhere near Aunger, not even Olsen for that matter. Jakovic is closer to Nesta or Maldini in how he plays defense (of course he doesn't quite have their level of talent).
     
  14. MattMathai

    MattMathai BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 28, 2004
    Annapolis
    Yeah, I could see James there - he has that fight in him. He doesn't seem mean, though. There were times you felt that Aunger might just go all Rico Clark on someone with no provocation.

    Olsen and McKinley would be my top candidates for this.
     
  15. Rjbatzler

    Rjbatzler Member

    Oct 26, 2007
    Rockville, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Shalrie Joseph
    Geoff Cameron
    Robbie Rogers
    Marco Pappa
    Robbie Findley
     
  16. revelation

    revelation Member+

    Dec 17, 1998
    FC St. Pauli
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    How could your "old days" list be complete without Digital Takawiri?

    :confused:
     
  17. BigKris

    BigKris Member

    Jan 17, 2005
    Falls Church, VA
    Guillermo Barros Schelotto
    Shalrie Joseph
    Brian McBride
    Clint Dempsey
    Kasey Keller

    Honorable mention to Steve Ralston, who didn't make the list only because I couldn't bring myself to put three Revs in my five.

    EDIT to add: I just re-reviewed the lists above after adding my own and I'm surprised I'm the first to mention Dempsey.
     
  18. Hedbal

    Hedbal Member+

    Jul 31, 2000
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Recent Past
    Dwayne DeRosario
    Steve Ralston
    Chris Rolfe
    Brad Davis
    Stuart Holden

    Distant Past
    Brian McBride
    Steve Ralston
    Chris Henderson
    Tom Dooley
    Peter Novak
     
  19. Black.White&Red

    Sep 9, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    Good point.
     
  20. Black.White&Red

    Sep 9, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    Good catch!

    I completely forgot about him, he would be there ahead of Novak for me, so:

    Stern John
    Stuart Holden
    Landon Donovan
    Robbie Rogers
    Clint Dempsey
     
  21. Primate

    Primate Member

    Sep 17, 2002
    Club:
    DC United
    GBS
    JPA
    DeRo
    Shalrie
    McBride
     
  22. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

    Oct 18, 2004
    Capitol Hill
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    2004-2005-ish Dempsey I didn't and don't particularly want. Now he's a good player, but now he's not in MLS.
     
  23. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Steve Ralston. Actually, in general he IS my list (he's my all-time favorite non-DCU player in MLS). Since I need four more:

    Shalrie Joseph
    Stern John
    Schelotto
    Tim Howard
     
  24. mlwarehouse11

    mlwarehouse11 New Member

    Jan 9, 2010
    Salt Lake City, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    TOP 5 MLS NOT ON DC UNITED:

    1. Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy)
    2. Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew)
    3. Guillermo Schelotto (Columbus Crew)
    4. David Beckham (LA Galaxy)
    5. Freddy Montero (Seattle Sounders)

    HONORABLE MENTION:


    1. Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution)
    2. Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake)
    3. Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids)
    4. Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas)
    5. Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
    6. Wilman Conde (Chicago Fire)
    7. Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo)
    8. Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo)
    9. Kasey Keller (Seattle Sounders)
    10. Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC)
     
  25. BigKris

    BigKris Member

    Jan 17, 2005
    Falls Church, VA
    Good point about the "MLS-era" quality of the player vs what he became later. FWIW, I'm not guilty of that, at least as far as Dempsey goes... I actually liked Revs-era Dempsey. As always, I disclaim that I analyze soccer about as well as I sing in Spanish. I am guilty of this though with McBride. The Brian McBride that I have a man-crush on is the Fulham-era McBride, not Columbus-era or Chicago-era one.
     

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