News: DC United hires Wayne Rooney to be head coach

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  1. shammypants

    shammypants Member+

    Oct 9, 2013
    Club:
    DC United
    I am amazed that the club doesn't see the areas of need to this day. I actually started making a montage of how many times (it's quite a lot) that opponents dribbled around our midfielders like they were children, or embarrassed our center backs, but is it worth my time? Everyone should see it. I feel like the club is ignoring these areas of need just like they ignored Pajoys legendary and record setting offsides stats. There were games where you could go minute by minute and see Pajoy have 10 touches, 2 positive, 6 offside and 2 just lost possession and fans and staff supported him as a hold up guy. That's the level of head-in-sand we have now for our midfield to our backfield quality.
     
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  2. Alejandro 10

    Alejandro 10 Member+

    Feb 15, 2001
    Club:
    DC United
    But what Pajoy's Opta Chump Capacity?
     
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  3. PSURoss

    PSURoss Member+

    Sep 30, 2002
    DC Burbs
    You must have us confused with some other team.
     
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  4. Petworth Posse

    Feb 24, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    Why wouldn't they? How many MLS team owners ALSO own the stadium in which the team plays? Not 100% sure but can't think of any.
     
  5. GlennAA11

    GlennAA11 Member+

    Jun 12, 2001
    Arlington, VA
    Isn't it most of them at this point? Hasn't that been the recent model? Atlanta for sure. Weren't all of the recent stadia built by and owned by the clubs? Nashville, Columbus, Cinncinnati, Austin, Minnesota, LAFC? KC? I'm not sure what the exact situation is in Ft. Lauderdale but I seem to recall that when they renovated Lockhart they had taken over the site. Miami is building the new stadium and I presume they will own it. It's all about the real estate at this point. That's why they're all willing to invest in building these places.
     
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  6. PSURoss

    PSURoss Member+

    Sep 30, 2002
    DC Burbs
    Goff says Rooney spoke to Suarez and he's likely not coming. First good decision.
     
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  7. Petworth Posse

    Feb 24, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    #107 Petworth Posse, Jul 13, 2022
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    Looks like you're right about some but not all listed. Some of them benefited from public funds and are operated by the club who leases the stadium, like Austin (see below). However Minnesota was 100% club financed.

    From Wikipedia:

    FC are the operators of a newly built stadium at McKalla Place. The stadium is near The Domain, a large shopping center complex. The stadium, built on public land and owned by the City of Austin, was privately financed by Two Oak Ventures. The lease was signed on December 19, 2018. The stadium seats 20,500 fielded its first Austin FC game on June 19, 2021.[27][28]
     
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  8. QuietSide

    QuietSide Member

    Oct 18, 2002

    It's not the ownership of the stadium (real estate) that matters, it's the access to the ancillary income. And I think at this point every MLS team except maybe Chicago has that.

    It's the concessions, parking, and revenue from other events.

    Since MLS does't have a major TV contract (even after the Apple deal), the access to this money is what makes an MLS team a viable business...

    Now, in DC United's case there's also some surrounding real estate opportunities that they control but, in general, for MLS, the big issue is controlling all sources of revenue from the stadium.
     
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  9. GlennAA11

    GlennAA11 Member+

    Jun 12, 2001
    Arlington, VA
    given that there's no parking revenue from Audi Field I would imagine that the estate stuff is quite important for DC United
     
  10. PSURoss

    PSURoss Member+

    Sep 30, 2002
    DC Burbs
    Worth noting that Two Oaks is Precourt’s company.
     
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  11. GumbyG

    GumbyG Member+

    DC United
    Mar 22, 2007
    Chesapeake, VA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Unfair. I'm sure it's not Luis' first.
     
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  12. Hedbal

    Hedbal Member+

    Jul 31, 2000
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Goff says Nicolas Frutos will remain as an Asst. Coach along with Ashton and someone Rooney will bring from England. Frutos is a holdover from the brief Losada tenure. I know nothing about Frutos' capabilities, but I think it wise not to jettison coaches who know the roster.
     
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  13. GlennAA11

    GlennAA11 Member+

    Jun 12, 2001
    Arlington, VA
    or it could be bad if you want a fresh pair of eyes to evaluate things without being influenced by others' potential biases.
     
  14. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You get him from a toilet seat?
     
  15. griffin1108

    griffin1108 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 5, 2003
    Virginia
    From Goff's injury report:
    Steven Goff
    @SoccerInsider

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    D.C. United injury report for match at Minnesota on Saturday Out: Hamid (hand), B Smith (knee), Perez (foot), Kamara (glute). Questionable: Alfaro (ankle), Canouse (thigh), Gressel (glute). #dcu #mls

    Maybe the new assistant is Peter Nowak and the spankings have begun, certainly explains Kamara and Gressel.
     
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  16. shammypants

    shammypants Member+

    Oct 9, 2013
    Club:
    DC United
    So is this not more injuries and more important injuries now than when Losada was coach? Not to beat a dead horse.
     
  17. Yowza

    Yowza Member+

    DC United
    United States
    Oct 23, 2019
    Arlington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Canouse, COA and Hamid are hurt every season now, and apparently so is Perez, but no one cares about that. Gressel's injury might explain his drop in form, hopefully he recovers completely.
     
  18. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    We don't need to worry about Gressel anymore...
     
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  19. GlennAA11

    GlennAA11 Member+

    Jun 12, 2001
    Arlington, VA
    I wonder if Kamara is next?
     
  20. PSURoss

    PSURoss Member+

    Sep 30, 2002
    DC Burbs
    If we could find someone to take him and his salary, for sure, but I doubt it.
     
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  21. shammypants

    shammypants Member+

    Oct 9, 2013
    Club:
    DC United
    This is an odd decision. The only reason Gressel wasn’t performing as before was the team quality was overall bad and tactics were bad. We better be dumping the actual bad players on this team or else this is another player who has asked to leave.
     
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  22. shammypants

    shammypants Member+

    Oct 9, 2013
    Club:
    DC United
    #122 shammypants, Jul 15, 2022
    Last edited: Jul 15, 2022


    strike that, the team didn’t even tell him he was traded before Goff posted a Tweet. Great club we have here, really swell folks.

    So we accepted 50% value for Gressel, are we really broke?
     
  23. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You can only trade players that have value.
     
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  24. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Two minutes before. Though as a team they should’ve told him they were shopping him around.
     
  25. shammypants

    shammypants Member+

    Oct 9, 2013
    Club:
    DC United
    We can get some vague moneys for our losery players. Or if you’re going to get rid of gressel then at least also take an international slot or draft pick, ********ing something
     
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