DC United v. Dinamo Houston PRE-Match Thread

I'm hopeful that a Houston visit will draw out all the Dutch fans who've been in hiding for a decade. They peeked out when Earnie was here, but a whole team in Oranje?

 

I think DeRo is out for a red card last week, correct?

 

You mean Thomas Rongen didn't bring 'em in?

Those folks have been staying away due to a distinct lack of representation of their national color. MLS needs to win those folks back, why else put an orange team in Houston?

 

I like Thomas. He's a good man, with an eye for youth talent.

But oy, the teams he fielded! Very nearly kept ME away, and that's saying something...

I'm guessing that any day now MLS is going to announce Cheetos as a league sponsor.

 

I have to admit...




*sigh*.....nevermind.

 

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I'm shocked you didn't use this picture

 

Too late to edit?

 

Suggest moving Gros to the left side of the field to be stuck on Brian Mullan's jockstrap the whole game. Mullan has been very effective at beating players and sending in nice crosses for Ching in the first two games and with DeRosario out expect most of Houston's offense to come from the wings. Plus Brad Davis made his first appearance last weekend as a sub.

 

The Dynamos ... *snicker*

Actually, this will be our toughest test yet, but I have confidence the team is figuring things out and can handle the offense of San Jo-Houston-se. It helps that the most dangerous part of it will be staying in Texas.

Beat The Clash!

 

Lets see what Ching can really do without his little Canadian out there with him.

 

I guess they will replace DeRo with either Cerritos or Brad Davis. This is a dangerous team and we will have to play well to beat them. I'll hope for a 3-2 result for the good guys but Benny and Carroll will need to work real hard to slow them down.

 

That photo is, well... All that team building in the bay area seems to have made the team closer.

As for Ching, he looked pretty poor by my count last night. Certainly we can do as well as Jamaica in shutting him down.

 

So it's pretty obvious I don't read the first post on pre-match threads.

 

This belongs in a gallery with the Cobi Hump picture.

Cue Lanky in 3...2...1...

 

i saw some of the quakes-scum match in charleston and they were impressive in the attack. lots of channel running, basic but effective. this will be a large test. i thought against chivas we let too many attackers get behind us or to get goal side on us as they ran onto to balls. that type of loose marking will get us destroyed against a team like quakes.

 

With respect to De Ro being out...look for Adrian Serioux to move into midfield and Eddie Robinson to return to central defense.

 

i talked to peter and dave kaspar recently about serioux and they both are very impressed with him, they thought scum was insane to trade him.

 

Maybe that explains Ching's lack of productivity with the National Team: A distinct lack of Canadians.