CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group B When: Wednesday September 30, 2009 8:00 PM ET Where: RFK Stadium TV: Fox Soccer Channel Radio: 1050 AM WAZA For more information about group play, etc. here's a link: http://www.concacafchampions.com/ After a tough home loss in MLS DC United returns to International competition. Can they continue their winning ways in the Champions League? I hope Jakovic can go 90 minutes.
I hope playing the worst Champions League team at home works out better than playing the worst MLS team (ok, second worst) at home worked out yesterday We need to attack, attack, attack, and then .... attack.
Jakovic (yellows), John (yellows), and Moreno (red) are suspended for the match. While I really have no idea which players will be selected and among those which players will actually put in a good effort; it's a bit strange to think that United is in a better positions for CCL than making MLS playoffs.
Thanks for the info. Yes it is strange, considering that DC United were not taking the CCL seriously.
after yesterdays debacle, I say we go all out on wednesday.....CCL knowckout stage is in a lot better position than the playoffs right now. WE HAVE TO WIN saturday to have any chance, but wednesday, we win were in pretty much. so all out wed.
Agreed. It's probably the only way that DC United won't have ridiculously long off-seasons 2 years in a row.
This is the most important game for us left IMO. If we win we'll likely advance or at least be in a great position to. To be honest I've given up any hope of us winning the cup, but I'd love to see us with a shot at winning the Champions League next season. At the very least it will be fun to have a high stakes game against a top level Mexican opponent to kick off next season.
My line up. ---------------------------Kocic(wicks if he can play)---------------- Vaughn------------James----------------Jakovic-----------Wallace -------------------------------Simms------------------------------ Olsen---------------------------------------------------Quaranta ------------------------------Gomez------------------------------- -----------------------------------------Pontius------------------ -----------------------------Emilio-------------------------------- - If namoff is ok, i hope he starts for Vaughn, but i like Vaughn's touch, he seems like a decent pick up for a guy that is average. I put benny on the right, because we need him on the field anytime we can get him there. This game his presence will be felt better compared to vs. SJ. The game play will be slower, and touch and passing will presumably be played on the ground like it was vs. SJ Jabolteh away. EMilio needs more time to score, and get his confidence back, even though I really think he isnt great, if there is a team he can get his confidence up against, it is vs. these guys, they are a lazy laid back team from the carribean, this is a team we cna blow out the water if tommy can 'fire' our guys up. Gomez played well vs. them, so this too can do what it did for emilio. Pontius has been playing well, and can play up top along side emilio and hopefully bury a goal too. Quaranta IMO from this point forward will always belong in the midfield, he isnt a forward, and should nevef be played up front as long as pontius and i'd even say boyzzz are ok to play up top. He is a solid wing midfielder, with his long passing and work rate, he just needs to slow it down a little, as he is always trying to force it, and sometimes playing a little too pacy where our guys arent where his long passes go. Jakovic to our backline is what we need right now, he brings calm and presence when he gets the ball, and can calmly distribute it out the back to our midfield when needed, his touch and holding/turning on the ball is above average for a central defender, i hope we can keep him for a while..... screw you europe!! With that said, Hopefully we take home 3 points like we should have vs. SJ... I am wiht you on this also, We def. don't deserve to win the MLS cup the wya we've been playing, and i'd put more importance on this game, as we have a chance at really succeeding and having a good break time between the next round and now. Enough time for our FO to regroup, and bring in some needed reinforcements.
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fblwc2010concacafhonmexusa&prov=afp&type=lgns what happens if toluca gets a loss to marathon b/c they dont want to travel to honduras? all of a sudden qualifying to the next round isnt such a sure thing
is tom soehn still coaching? yes? then no, qualifying to the next round isn't a sure thing concacaf needs to step up, like right now, and not be a bunch of greedy sh!ts
I can't see any scenario where this game is played this week. Most likely, it'll be rescheduled for a later date. That was the case with Houston/Pachuca and the hurricane last year. I could also imagine Toluca forfeiting knowing that they'll crush DC on the last matchday. But imagine the hysterics if they didn't. God, that would be awesome. Having said that, the Mexicans are on shaky political ground. Remember the drama when several South American teams refused to play Mexican teams in the Libertadores (or was it Sudamerica?) at the height of the swine flu media frenzy.
so how hard will FIFA come down on them for not playing a match. This is not good at all and sends a bad precidence. Yes I understand the shit going on down there, BUT there is a match with HUGE complications that can't be brushed to the side. What will CONCACAF do? this really sucks for us if they let them give up 3 points as it will make us pretty much have to win in Toluca (which isnt happening) ahhhh, what a crappy way to end the year 1 gk, 3 points forfieted, and a coach who doesnt know who to play.
It was the libertadores, and the teams that pulled are in the next round of next years copa libertadores as a result. I dont know how they will handle it if they refuse to go... I hope they decide to go to Honduras... If not... we may be screwed. If they do do this, i hope concacaf messes em' up, like making sure they can't go to the next round unless they play, because forfeiting would cause us a problem, and i am sure our club will complain directly to FIFA.
Toluca needs no to lose vs Marathon for 7 goals to qualify. So, if they forfeit and get the usual 0-2 they qual for the second round... . Also, the Brazilians are reporting a chemical attack to their embassy, things can get ugly soon (I hope not).
http://www.record.com.mx/futbol/los-diablos-si-viajan-a-honduras-28092009-610059.html Anyone care to translate?
in short it says that....honduran autorities said that they will guarantee the security of toluca and toluca accepted it,also the airline that toluca will use wll guarantee their safety during the flight.
Hamid is eligible to play in the CCL, but not in MLS matches. Since we need wins in both competitions to stay alive, I would expect Tommy to play our best available keeper in both matches. Hamid may be a great talent, but he's never played a minute in a pro match, so I have to believe Kocic gets the nod Wednesday. But if he sucks, or worse, gets injured, then we are stuck with a pool keeper against Chivas. So one possibility is to role the dice with Hamid against SJJ and go with Kocic against Chivas. So what decision will our crackerjack staff make when the lineup for the SJJ match is announced?
If he sucks, then maybe the pool keeper won't be any worse.... Just searching for that ray of sunshine.
That would be my plan 100%. Kocic suddenly really needs some extra higher-level playing time, and this is a good game for it, and he gets to keep his (hopefully) confidence up for a quick game again Saturday. If we were playing done there on their bumpy surface and were worried about injury, that'd be another thing. But the pitch at RFK isn't dangerous, just ugly as hell.
I would play Kocic in both and I'm sure that's what will be done. It's just that the freak accident to Wicks might get management thinking that they might not want to risk losing their backup goalie (Kocic) to injury when they have a talent (Hamid) eligible to play.