DC United's Top 6 Giants Stadium Memories

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  1. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    The last MLS game at Giants Stadium will be played this weekend. It's time to bid a fond farewell to RFK North. And in that spirit, isn't it wonderful that Dan Ryazansky of Metrofanatic has lovingly memorialized DC United's top 6 Giant Stadium memories? Of course, he didn't characterize them quite that way ... :p
     
  2. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Only six, huh?

    I'd have thought there'd be more.
     
  3. Sharkbait

    Sharkbait Member

    Aug 9, 2003
    Cary NC
    Club:
    DC United
    He left out the April 2006 4-1 result where Esky spat out the Red Bull. How much worse can it get that the other team clowning your owner?
     
  4. MattMathai

    MattMathai BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 28, 2004
    Annapolis
    Great moment, except it was at RFK, right?
     
  5. CHICO13

    CHICO13 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Oct 4, 2001
    SECTION 135
    Club:
    The Strongest La Paz
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
    Wrong, it was at the Meadowlands....
     
  6. MattMathai

    MattMathai BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 28, 2004
    Annapolis
    I thought I recalled him doing it when he scored at our home opener.

    Hmm, the mind is one of the first things to go, I guess...

    Apologies, Sharkbait..
     
  7. CHICO13

    CHICO13 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Oct 4, 2001
    SECTION 135
    Club:
    The Strongest La Paz
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
    I remember sitting in the upperdeck and watching him run to the sidelines and going WTF? When we got home I watched it and guffawed :D
     
  8. Black.White&Red

    Sep 9, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    Easy on the Guinness...
     
  9. MattMathai

    MattMathai BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 28, 2004
    Annapolis
    I hold Guinness blameless. After all,

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  10. The Cold Sea

    The Cold Sea Señor Mejor

    Feb 17, 2005
    The District
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Jeebus, I had some good times in that stadium, despite two friends getting the "lifetime ban." The 4-1 thumping in 2005 was great. I was looking right into Ben's eyes when scored that header. I think I jumped with him! That was the Gomez on the drum game. The Esky spit was class[ic]. Facundo hit a bomb that day. Ahhhh, can we play you every week?
     
  11. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

    Oct 18, 2004
    Capitol Hill
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Esky spit and Facundo bomb (as well as another Esky goal from nice short passing; and an absolutely fantastic, and sadly frequently forgotten, goal created by Brian Carroll and finished by Jamil Walker) were in 2006; Gomez drum was in 2005 on the Benny/Agoos, Benny, Benny, Jaime day.
     
  12. The Cold Sea

    The Cold Sea Señor Mejor

    Feb 17, 2005
    The District
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Yeah, I know. I was there for both. I was just rambling over the games and trips to RFK North. I wasn't being any kind of specific with dates and foot notes or anything. Just reelin' in the years.
     
  13. Sharkbait

    Sharkbait Member

    Aug 9, 2003
    Cary NC
    Club:
    DC United
    No worries. Anytime we're talking about beating New York, it's all good.
     
  14. Th4119

    Th4119 Member

    Jul 26, 2001
    Annandale, VA
    I mean, they let Facundo Erpen score that game from about 35, right? Even Metro fans are smart enough to erase that one from their memory.
     
  15. CHICO13

    CHICO13 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Oct 4, 2001
    SECTION 135
    Club:
    The Strongest La Paz
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
    Nobody "let" Facundo score, that was a frickin' bomb. My favorite memory was the 04 playoff game. After we sent them crying into the night the team came over. Jaime threw me his jersey and some chick gave me a hip check that would have made Donald Brashear proud. Snagged the jersey right from my hands. Nelson saw it and walked up and handed me his. Sweet :)
     
  16. Black.White&Red

    Sep 9, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    Are you leaving out the part where both "buck wild" and exchanged the jerseys? ;):D
     
  17. Grasscutter

    Grasscutter Member

    Jan 21, 2003
    Atlantis
    Club:
    DC United
    They left out a few good ones.

    Sept. 25, 2003: DC 2-Metro 0--This was a Thursday night ESPN game, and I think the Screaming Eagles(?) did a free bus-trip, so a large away group got to see us beat Metro 2-0. Ben put in an early header after Petke hit the bar, and then Earnie made a massive run in the 2nd half and squared it for Cerritos to finish. Somewhere in there, Guevarra dove to earn a penalty and then from the spot, Fat Clint Mathis sent a 3 mph roller on goal that Nick stopped. Nick did the throat-slash, and Mathis’ Metro career was effectively over.

    Oct. 21, 2006: DC 1-Metro 0. In this decade, weve won as many playoff games at the Meadowlands (2-0-0) as at RFK. Christian and Jaime combine on a sweet 1-2 near the end to piss off the 50 Red Bull fans that showed up to get a Marcus Schopp bobblehead.

    Oct. 2, 2004: DC 1-Metro 0--prelude to our Cup win. The three games that concluded our ’04 season regular season (@NY, vs. NY, vs. NE) perfectly mirrored the three playoff games before the Cup final. With three games left in the season, we were 8 or 9 points behind Metro for 2nd place, and we went to the swamp without Nelsen, Jaime or Esky. Freddy got a deflected goal in the 1st half, he and Mike Magee got into a decent fight five minutes later, and Earnie hip-checked every Metro at least three times as we finished the game out and made our successful push for home field advantage.

    Also, in Freddy’s marquee season, he scored his first and last goals at the Swamp.

    May 30, 1996: DC 2-NY 1--of course, our first-ever road win came in Jersey. A.J. Wood tied it for Metros in the 1st half, but Sanneh gets the winner and… hey, we kind of like playing up here.

    And a couple of memories from the games Ryazansky mentioned:

    7) October 23, 2004: MetroStars 0, DC United 2
    There have been home playoff losses, but none as deflating as this one, as the Scum's Earnie Stewart scored the match's first goal after CLEARLY receiving the ball in the offside position. The referee's flag stayed down, the goal counted, and Metro crashed out of the playoffs once again.


    Five years later, I’m still waiting for video or photo evidence that Earnie was offside. Love how Dan R. says after "receiving” the ball in an offside position. :confused: And weren't the Metros still doing the Metro Playoff Fever camapign with the derby hats?

    8) October 1, 2005: MetroStars 1, DC United 4
    The game was much closer than the final result, and Metro actually scored first. But an own goal by Jeff Agoos started the bleeding, and two late goals by the Scum set the final margin. Alexi Lalas, itching to fire Bob Bradley ever since he took the GM job, did so three days after the team's first home loss in five months.


    Michael Bradley actually cried on the field when it was over—he knew papa was about to be fired.

    Also, Ben got a brace—he always played well in Jersey. Another Atlantic Cup (yawn).
     
  18. stangspritzring

    stangspritzring Member+

    Apr 3, 2006
    NorMD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I want to rep the entire thread...*wipes a happy tear from his eye*
     
  19. liverbird

    liverbird BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 29, 2000
    Mars
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My fondest memories also include the supporter's buses meeting up with the team's at the Delaware rest stop. Along with Giant Stadium, it has been torn down. But watching the team wolf down Roy Rodgers chicken with us always brings a smile.
     
  20. MagpieFan

    MagpieFan Member+

    Apr 25, 2004
    Back in DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This thread is pure win.
     
  21. stangspritzring

    stangspritzring Member+

    Apr 3, 2006
    NorMD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It was after one of those games where the wife and I ran into Jaime and two of his buds at a Burger King on one of the rest stops headed home on the Turnpike...

    He was ahead of us in line, ordering, and we were a few back, decked out in our United regalia...My wife whispers to me "I think that's Jaime!" I say "noooo, it can't be Jaime, wouldn't he be on the team bus?"

    While we're whispering, one of the guys with Jaime turns to look at us, gets a big grin, and nudges Jaime, who turns, and I blurt out "Holy s#!t, it IS Jaime..."

    Pleasantries were exchanged, grins all about, and we left them to their meal...Sadly, though, NEITHER of our cell phones had cameras at the time, because of where we work, so no photographic evidence. Grumble. After seeing Jaime tear through two whoppers, though, Jaime will forever remain THE Burger KING.
     
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  22. The Cold Sea

    The Cold Sea Señor Mejor

    Feb 17, 2005
    The District
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    :D I remember Branden Prideaux, I think after the 4-1 game in 2005, eating the hell out of some fired chicken at the old choke n' puke.
     
  23. JoeSoccerFan

    JoeSoccerFan Member+

    Aug 11, 2000
    Delaware rest area has been torn down....

    Worst memory, BB losing to bunch of 10 year old girls - but I primarily blame Pints!
     
  24. liverbird

    liverbird BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 29, 2000
    Mars
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I forgot the playoff game where my son (then about 13 or 14) was caught live on ESPN2 on the return from half time giving a two handed single digit salute to Johnny Walker. ;)
     
  25. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

    Oct 18, 2004
    Capitol Hill
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Actually, that's not such a bad memory -- that family cooked us some good food!
     

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