I don't know about swaggering, but I'm fairly proficient at staggering. Just don't ask me to start Swaggarting!
That's ridiculous, Bootsy. We need to have excuses ready, not blame. Don't play the blame game. Besides, it's clearly Fenty/Soehn/Morsink's fault. Actually, I do hope they win, but DC hasn't exactly overwhelmed me with their performances in big games.
Referee: Ricardo SALAZAR MLS Career Stats: 140 games, 3.5 Y/g, 42 R Including Playoffs: 149 games, 3.5 Y/g, 42 R MLS 2011: 17 games, 3.1 Y/g, 4 R Assistant Referees: Peter MANIKOWSKI and Steven TAYLOR Fourth Official: Terry VAUGHN All-time Philadelphia matches with Salazar as referee: Code: 3/25/2010 Seattle Sounders FC 2 - 0 Philadelphia Union YELLOW: D. Myrie, A. Moreno, D. Califf, T. Stahl, O. Alonso RED: T. Stahl (2CT) 5/15/2010 Philadelphia Union 1 - 1 FC Dallas YELLOW: R. Torres, H. Pearce RED: NONE 8/5/2010 Philadelphia Union 1 - 2 Columbus Crew YELLOW: B. Carroll, Fred RED: NONE OVERALL RECORD: 0-2-1 0.333 PPG All-time D.C. United matches with Salazar as referee: Code: 4/6/2002 Dallas Burn 2 - 1 D.C. United YELLOW: B. Prideaux, P. Broome, I. McKinley, M. Reyes, L. Alavanja, M. Etcheverry, R. Williams, R. Farrer, O. Pareja RED: M. Reyes 9/19/2002 D.C. United 3 - 4 Dallas Burn YELLOW: S. Morrow, M. Behncke, B. Namoff, J. Rodriguez RED: NONE 5/17/2003 D.C. United 1 - 1 Kansas City Wizards YELLOW: C. Talley, M. Etcheverry, Preki, N. Garcia, A. Zotinca RED: R. Nelsen (SFP) 5/15/2004 D.C. United 1 - 0 Kansas City Wizards YELLOW: B. Namoff RED: NONE 8/7/2004 San Jose Earthquakes 2 - 0 D.C. United YELLOW: B. Olsen, B. Namoff RED: NONE 9/11/2004 D.C. United 3 - 0 Dallas Burn YELLOW: M. Reyes, M. Petke, A. Eskandarian, S. Valakari, J. Moreno RED: O. Pareja (VC) 4/15/2005 Columbus Crew 1 - 0 D.C. United YELLOW: D. Testo, J. Gros, S. Guppy, S. Elliott, F. Adu, F. Hejduk RED: NONE 6/2/2007 Los Angeles Galaxy 0 - 0 D.C. United YELLOW: M. Randolph RED: NONE 8/22/2007 D.C. United 3 - 1 Red Bull New York YELLOW: M. Burch, D. Richards, Fred RED: NONE 3/29/2008 Kansas City Wizards 2 - 0 D.C. United YELLOW: G. Martinez, J. Jewsbury, D. Mediate, I. Trujillo RED: NONE 7/23/2008 D.C. United 0 - 2 Houston Dynamo YELLOW: G. Martinez, L. Emilio, D. De Rosario, P. Onstad, E. Robinson, R. Dyachenko RED: G. Martinez (2CT) 9/28/2008 FC Dallas 3 - 0 D.C. United YELLOW: B. Guarda, L. Crayton, I. Guerrero, G. Peralta RED: J. Moreno (VC) 5/2/2009 D.C. United 2 - 1 FC Dallas YELLOW: K. Cooper, D. Jakovic RED: NONE 6/17/2009 Seattle Sounders FC 3 - 3 D.C. United YELLOW: D. Jakovic, B. Namoff RED: NONE 7/18/2009 D.C. United 3 - 1 Colorado Rapids YELLOW: C. Casey, P. Mastroeni, Fred RED: NONE 8/1/2009 Houston Dynamo 4 - 3 D.C. United YELLOW: S. Holden, B. Olsen, C. Gomez, B. Davis, C. Pontius, M. Burch, J. Wicks RED: NONE 9/5/2009 FC Dallas 2 - 2 D.C. United YELLOW: Fred, D. McTavish, D. van den Bergh, D. McCarty, J. Benitez, M. Burch RED: D. Torres (DGF) 10/24/2009 Kansas City Wizards 2 - 2 D.C. United YELLOW: Z. Hercegfalvi, M. Marquess, B. Olsen RED: Fred (DGH) 8/18/2011 Chicago Fire 1 - 1 D.C. United YELLOW: C. Simms, D. Gargan, D. Jakovic, L. Pause, Y. Cuesta RED: NONE 9/10/2011 CD Chivas USA 0 - 3 D.C. United YELLOW: J. Pablo Angel RED: D. Junior Lopes (SFP) OVERALL RECORD: 6-8-6 1.200 PPG
Does reverse woofing ever work? No. Reverse woofing will never work. First of all, the Gods of Woofing, being All-Knowing, know which teams every sports fans likes, loves, hates, despises, or doesn't care about. Second, reverse woofing is extremely offensive to the Gods of Woofing for two reasons. One, it insults their intelligence when a mere mortal presumes that he can fool them, and two, they are offended by such deviousness. As a result, reverse woofing is the most serious type of woofing possible, and a reverse-woofer DOOMS his/her team to an embarrassing loss.
Understood, but it could go either way. DCU did beat Chivas 3-0 on the road in a huge game and beat RSL 4-1 in a crucial home game. Of course, DCU also lost 3-0 in Seattle and gave up a 2 goal lead at home against Chivas. It seems like DC plays good teams tough on the road in general(ties with RSL, LA, and FCD) and Philly hasn't been overwhelming either, so it could go either way. I'm going to say a 0-0 draw this match and a DCU win on Sunday. 4 points from these two road games would be fantastic, IMHO. Vamos United!
I really, really wish we had Pontius. Someone (Tino? Da Luz?) is really going to have to step up. Oddly enough, one thing I do like in our favor is the way we let them back into the match late earlier in the season, when we should have taken all three points. It might have been too long ago -- when DeRo first arrived -- but hopefully it still sticks in their throat.
I've studied it, but I spit in the face of these so-called gods. There is no god but De Rosario, and Olsen is his coach.
via dcu twitter Starting XI vs @PhilaUnion: Hamid; Kitchen, White, McDonald, Burch; Najar, Simms, King, da Luz; De Rosario, Wolff (c) #DCU Available subs: Brettschneider, Quaranta, Ngwenya, Morsink, Woolard, Korb, Willis #DCU @CharlieDavies9 missed the trip due to a stomach virus, but he's expected to be ready for Sunday's match in Columbus. #DCU You know with the shear number of big games that Davies doesn't make the bench or even come in as a sub; I'm really starting to think he may not be asked back.
Not even close. First off, the ball wasn't passed to Le Toux. It was passed to the guy White was covering. And then White didn't watch the ball and it bounced off of him and into the path of Le Toux. There was absolutely nothing wrong with that goal. Just incredibly bad defense.