Pre-match: DC United v Charlotte

It's enough to know that Charlotte is above us in the standings (who isn't?), so a favorable result isn't guaranteed, Rooney or no Rooney.

 

On the north/south continuum, sure

 

Hardly any postings. Must be the summer doldrums. Lineups? Is Palsson available? Will Ravel Morrison start, after going 90" Sunday? With talk (crazy talk, IMO) about transferring Pines abroad, will he sit to avoid injury? And so on....

 

I wonder if those second half subs will get to start this game since they were better than Sunday's starters

 

DCU lineup at Charlotte: Romo; Odoi-Atsem, Hines-Ike, Birnbaum, Guediri; Hopkins, Canouse, Durkin, Morrison; Fountas, Kamara.

Subs: Kempin, Pines, Alfaro, Najar, Skundrich, Djeffal, Rodriguez, K Smith, Berry.#mls

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) August 3, 2022

 

I'll be curious to see if they wind up letting Durkin and Morrison change positions freely so Morrison can get the ball in the middle of the pitch like they did in the 2nd half on Sunday.

A healthy Canouse is an upgrade on Djeffal, too.

 

I guess not

 

Quite the kick-off. The goalkeeper didn't appear to be cheating. They just wanted to move forward that way by conceding the goal kick.

This weekend we saw a team score in 14 seconds with passes.

 

That was a mess. Owen Goal is in the house.

 

Tough start but we are actually attacking and are getting to a lot of 50/50 balls first.

 

I read an article recently that said something like this tactic is what all the coaches are teaching their teams to do. It makes no sense to me either.

 

A shot! That's quite encouraging. Only took 36 minutes.

 

United defenders have been very handsy all evening.

 

Fountas off for Rodriguez at half to manage his minutes for Saturday. Devon rightly mentions this will get Kamara more into his natural role.

 

that was a juicy rebound with no marking

Does Romo ever hold onto the ball?

 

Snap back to reality I guess.

 

Went to dinner with my oldest niece and a dear friend, so I missed the first hour. Probably just as well.

One step forward, two steps back …

 

I can see why they are raising my season ticket price.

 

Just say No

 

WTF I change the channel and it goes from 1-0 to 3-0?????

 

Did we step forward? Last match we were being dominated handily for 75 minutes until Orlando collapsed. Several open net goals missed. This match is just last match with vaguely better finishing.

 

so it's your fault

 

I concur, it's all Shawn's fault!