DC United Historian?

Right now I proclaim Lanky our historian and JH6's house the unofficial museum of United.

 

Would that were true...I'd love to see something like that either in RFK or a new SSS, but we probably need a bit more history to fill a museum, distinguished though it may be in such short time.

 

Beat me to it.

 

Catherine Marquette was doing this a couple of years ago unofficially, just sort of because she wanted to. I don't know if she still is, though.

 

$5 for a tour but if you touch anything I will break your hands. You can also call it the USMNT museum as well with a Pope (Portugal jersey), Stewart (friendly vs Equador or one of those SA countries) and Convey (tourney in France) Nat jersey.

 

I guessed I am banned from the tour???

 

i nominate mcowen, he is studying to be a museum curator. also dadman knows museums, though he works at a pretty good one now!

 

I've also thinking along these lines, particularly with regard to oral histories. I'd argue that DC United already has a significant anecdotal history, and that this history lies largely in the memories of members of the supporters groups and those who post on Big Soccer. I've been struck by how the Barra elders, long-time SEs, and members of La Norte have a wealth of stories about the the games, players, road trips, etc., and I think that these will be of interest to fans long after we're all in our wheelchairs, mainly because we were there at the beginning. Think of the number of people who posted their Etcheverry or Harkes memories when those players left the club and you'll see that there are a lot of DC United stories out there. And I think something would be gained by doing more than archiving these Big Soccer threads (though they're valuable) and instead filming and recording people who wanted to talk about their DC United memories. If we ever get a SSS these interviews could be part of the raw material for a DCU musuem in the stadium.

What would we need to make this happen? People who can conduct interviews in English and Spanish, mics, lighting, a few chairs, a backdrop, a digital movie camera and a place to archive the results. And of course people who want to talk about what they've seen these past nine seasons.

I used to work at in the film & video area at a museum and can talk to some former colleagues about how we might get this started, if anyone is interested.

Paul Howe

 

The Washington Post once did an article on Lanky's and K's DC United memorabilia collection.

 

Between "Lanky" and "Marco10" it would be an very interesting Jeopardy (DCUnited Edition).

SUBJECT: DCUnited Busts . . .
$200
"This DCUnited player showed to the 2004 pre-season 20 pounds overweight and was immediately cut"

$400
"He was thought to be a replacement to Marco Etcheverry, but an injury early in his career, and the loss of confidence doomed his career."

$600
"He was the first DCUnited player to score. Unfortunately it was an own goal"

$800
"Found by Bruce Arena, and proclaimed as one of the early dyanmic youth players in DCUnited history, this player hardly found the field"

$1000
"One of the original DCUnited players, this import was quickly exported as a super bust"

 

I remember that. In 1999, I think. Much was made of K's fish.

 

I thought #4 was Jason Moore.

 

Moore was drafted by Rongen, and he played more than could be considered "hardly found the field", although I admit reading John's mind can be pretty confounding. For example, you may actually be right in that that was who John was thinking of, but then he hashed up the question!

This is fun.

 

Takes the sting out of a 5-1 loss, that's for sure.

 

Whoa. Far be it from me to try to guess who John was thinking of. But yeah, you're right. Moore was drafted in 1999.

I just don't remember Slivinski getting any sort of special billing.

 

Slivinski was capped at 16 by Nats. Youngest player ever at that time.

$100 - 1st Hattrick in DC history.

$200 - Most goals for DC in US Open Cup overall to date.

$600 - Player who scored versus Leeds to tie game and start unbeaten streak against English sides.

$800 - What DC players were involved in the fastest goal in MLS All-Star history.

$1000 - First DC player to get a point in the MLS All-Star game.

 

Damn. Those are hard. Steve Rammell is the first one and I couldn't tell you the rest of them without doing some research, which I'm too lazy to do.

 

Research takes the fun out of it! Take some educated guesses! I'm still waiting to see if I'm actually right on some of John's questions. I willl feel silly if Thor Lee didn't actually get the first OG, or if John was thinking of some other flash in the pan instead of Otero or Slivinski for those questions.

Oh, and to make the $800 question more clear. It is the fastest goal at the start of an MLS All-Star game, just in case anyone was confused.

 

I really never paid any attention at all to All Star Games. No emotional investment, which is critical if I'm gonna remember it.

I'm pretty sure the Otero and Thor Lee things are right. (I'm more certain about Otero.) On the other hand, I was pretty sure of Jason Moore so you can't really pay much attention to me.

 

Here's my guesses:


$100 - Raul Diaz Arce

$200 - Raul Diaz Arce

$600 - Ben Iroha

$800 - Roy Lassiter & Marco Etcheverry

$1000 - Richie Williams

 

You're definitely wrong about the first one. I remember watching that game with my then-husband and I remember how excited he was. In fact, that's probably one of my very first DC United memories ever.

 

Excellent effort!
Lassiter and Richie are correct. So what's that about $1400 I owe you? Good luck collecting that!! Barb is more likely to get her $100 (as soon as I win the lottery that is.)