Review: FA - FO - the 2025 Front Office, etc. Thread.

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  1. PSURoss

    PSURoss Member+

    Sep 30, 2002
    DC Burbs
    Fortunately we've played them once already, so there's only one game, rather than two, for him to torch us in. It feels like he's already good for a goal when we play him.
     
  2. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    He's a more natural replacement for Benteke than is Badji. But he's also 40 years old, the same as Troy Lesesne.
     
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  3. Mountainia

    Mountainia Member

    Jun 19, 2002
    Section 207, Row 7
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was wondering why Kei Kamara seemed to bounce around so much considering how many goals he scores. But then I found a 2017 442 interview on the web archive (https://web.archive.org/web/2018031...one-nightmares-dreams-and-perils-being-honest) where Kamara basically knows that he needs to play on a team with a certain set of tactics or he hurts the team. Pretty interesting.
     
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  4. Th4119

    Th4119 Member+

    Jul 26, 2001
    Annandale, VA
    #429 Th4119, May 14, 2025
    Last edited: May 14, 2025
    At this point it’s obvious that Lesesne isn’t the guy.

    The soccer is horrible, the tactics are worse, and the results by and large are nonexistent. There are legitimate rumors about him losing the locker room. The team doesn’t dictate play against anyone consistently. The only constant of this team is the confounding lineup decisions virtually every game.

    Yes, it’s true that we’re less talented than many other teams, but we hamstring ourselves with insane tactical responsibilities (i.e. asking attacking midfielders to play underneath the striker while attacking and play the defensive role of a winger…while shifting side to side to support centrally) as well as leaving (relatively) more talented players on the bench or off the game day roster altogether.

    At the end of the day, well coached teams overachieve what their talent level is while poorly coached teams underachieve. Ask yourself which side of the coin we fall on.

    Unfortunately the truth is that while we desperately need a new manager, I have zero faith that the GM can hire a good one, given that he hired Lesesne. I also have zero faith that our owners can find a GM because of who they are.

    Such is life as a DCU fan.
     
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  5. The Ghost of Hamdi Salihi

    DC United, Brighton
    Scotland
    Jan 17, 2020
    Pleasant Plains, DC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    Last year, I'd say we overachieved. This year, we're right around where our level of talent is. That said, I'm fine with a coaching change. Neither Ally or Troy will be here next year if we don't make the playoffs, and we're clearly not on a path to the playoffs. If they can bring in a guy like Curtin or even a Rob Valentine (got Atlanta into the playoffs twice), they should do it and see what happens. But there's no point seeing out the season with an interim coach.
     
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  6. Section 107

    Section 107 Member+

    DCU
    United States
    Jul 18, 2018
    From the Athletic:

    The name “Glazer” seems akin to a curse word in Manchester, where United supporters loathe the family that purchased the club back in 2005. The family’s patriarch, Malcolm, who died in 2014, never set foot in Old Trafford. His children, who inherited the club, need security to move around the city.

    Now THAT is a supporters culture...
     
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  7. PSURoss

    PSURoss Member+

    Sep 30, 2002
    DC Burbs
    I have said this before, I don't think anyone can win with this ownership group.

    I've held that belief since before we left RFK, and I've seen very little to change that perception. Rooney was a great step in the right direction, even after TT cut Levien off at the neck on national TV, but we did nothing to build on what Rooney brought. They let Lucho's contract get to the point where sharks circled and undermined the 2019 season. I firmly believe that had they simply paid Lucho a fair market salary in 2018, whoever it was that came trying to broker the deal with PSG wouldn't have even looked at him. Lucho is a pretty good MLS player, but they only came looking because of his contract situation, hoping to get low risk backfill for Neymar. Let's not forget, they went on to sign Dembélé from Barca. And was Lucho really a credible player for that role at whatever cut price they were trying to get? And I was always good with not selling him for less than the original $10M number, if that was even real. It was that failure that really cinched it for me, and the cherry on the sundae was not chartering back from Vancouver with a midweek game vs NJ coming up.

    Losada might have been a really intelligent move, had they just not completely blown off any kind of oversight of the program, getting to the place where they sold our best player and fired the reason why he wanted out a few weeks later. Rooney as the coach, was a more abject failure than I ever thought it would be, which I am still not sure how it was possible. I believe Rooney came here with good intentions, but he was brought here with the worst of intentions, pure marketing spend.

    At this point, because no one with any sort of pedigree will come here, the coach with the best chance of succeeding here, under the circumstances management dictates, is, don't laugh, Chad Ashton.
     
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  8. griffin1108

    griffin1108 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 5, 2003
    Virginia
    Fire up the grill, Chad's coming back! Maybe he could hire Randy from Trailer Park Boys as his assistant, at least there would be comedy relief.
     
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  9. The Ghost of Hamdi Salihi

    DC United, Brighton
    Scotland
    Jan 17, 2020
    Pleasant Plains, DC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    There should be an "expansion" filing for MLS teams that works kind of like bankruptcy for individuals and companies. Once a decade, a team should be able to just re-set and basically become like an expansion team within four weeks of the end of a season. All contracts are voided and the team gets to start fresh. Even with our crappy owners, I bet we'd be better by 2027 than if we continue on the path with this slow trickle of bargain-basement acquisitions covering for our large-scale panic buys that turn out to be duds.

    And if you were a player or coach stupid enough to sign a contract with United, you're as shit out of luck as the bank that loaned me money for my new car just before I got fired for telling off my boss.
     
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  10. PSURoss

    PSURoss Member+

    Sep 30, 2002
    DC Burbs
    What exactly do you think they'd do differently with a clean slate? Its not like they took expensive and wild swings that missed. Pirani is the closest to that and isn't that horrible when you look at players we're committed to after this year.

    2022 acquisitions
    Klich
    Benteke 26 club option
    Fletcher 26 club option
    Hopkins 26 & 27 club option

    2023 acquisitions
    Herrera 26 club option
    Pirani 26 & 27 club option

    2024 acquisitions
    Antley 26 club option
    Badji 27 club option
    Bartlett 28 club option
    Enow 28 club option
    Peltola 28 club option
    Schnegg 27 club option
    Stroud 27 club option

    2025 acquisitions
    Barraza
    Dodson 26 club option
    Kim 28 club option
    Leal 26 club option
    McNaughton
    Peglow 28 club option
    Rowles 27 club option
    Servania
    Barajas 27 club option
    Farr 26 club option
    Karamoko 28 club option
    Kajima 26 & 27 club option
    Murrell 27 & 28 club option
    Turner 28 club option
    Zouhir 26 & 27 club option
     
  11. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    FWIW, the Spirit game on June 8 will prevent the Defenders from hosting a UFL playoff game. United plays the day before.
     
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  12. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    Big ass nests and big ass birds.
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  13. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I can't afford all of the concession food I've seen go up to that nest.
     
  14. Winoman

    Winoman Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De!

    Jul 26, 2000
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Damn! That's cruelty to animals!
     
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  15. Wyrm2

    Wyrm2 Member

    Apr 29, 2007
    Silver Spring
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm glad the Spirit are higher on the schedule pecking order than the Defenders.
     
  16. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    White paint is light again. Soccer lines are barely covered again. The standard spot where the goalkeeper stands is getting a little worn. The soccer substitute warm up area has been showing more dirt the past week. I hadn't noticed the spot for kickoffs on the south side of the field is a little worn too. I'm staying away from most nests. It's still weird to consistently see more security at these games than soccer. It was definitely the opposite for the XFL seasons. There is even event staff for most sections of the east side 100/200s that aren't open.

    20250518_111811.jpg
     
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  17. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    It has bothered me since the stadium opened that the stock footage for the national anthem isn't just DC locations. This is the ********ing nation's capital. I don't need to see New York. ******** them.
     
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  18. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It bother's me we even have a national anthem for games that don't involve foreign international teams. Why? Are we so insecure we need performative jingoism?
     
  19. griffin1108

    griffin1108 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 5, 2003
    Virginia
    Fully agree - a sporting event is entertainment -- do they play the national anthem before plays, movies or concerts? No, because it would be silly. If our resident FO wants to "honor America" or whatever the nonsense phrase of the week is, may try "This Land is Your Land" instead of an unsingable anthem written by a slave owner watching a bombardment of Baltimore in one of the more stupid wars engaged in by this country. Let's see, the War of 1812 almost led to the secession of New England from the US, resulted in the burning of the US capitol and White House and the largest battle of the war - New Orleans - was fought after the peace treaty was signed.
     
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  20. John L

    John L Member+

    Sep 20, 2003
    Alexandria, VA
    yeah - good of the British Navy to imprison American sailors as slaves on their ships - peeing in Lake Huron to ruin the Great Lakes - making sure every Irish immigrant came with a banjo
     
  21. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    Of the remaining 8 original MLS Clubs, while all have changed, DC United's badge is the closet to the original.
     
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  22. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
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  23. Winoman

    Winoman Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De!

    Jul 26, 2000
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The article says that AV is a defense contractor. I'm disappointed. I had visions of Audio-Visual nerds walking around with pocket protectors & lots of overhead projectors displaying FotMob charts. I wouldn't have paid, but I would have tried to sneak in to something like that! :D
     
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  24. Wyrm2

    Wyrm2 Member

    Apr 29, 2007
    Silver Spring
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    GOAL!! Schnegg
     
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  25. Wyrm2

    Wyrm2 Member

    Apr 29, 2007
    Silver Spring
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    OOPS Wrong thread. I was wondering why no one was commenting :-(
     
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