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

Discussion in 'D.C. United' started by song219, Jan 21, 2025.

  1. Th4119

    Th4119 Member+

    Jul 26, 2001
    Annandale, VA
    Good call! My mind went to AC Milan vs Barcelona at RFK. What a game that was.
     
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  2. Th4119

    Th4119 Member+

    Jul 26, 2001
    Annandale, VA
    Just rewatched the AC Milan game highlights. How far we’ve fallen.

    Although it was a good flashback to see Troy Perkins give up a soft goal. That’s a tradition that has continued to say the least.
     
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  3. Section 107

    Section 107 Member+

    DCU
    United States
    Jul 18, 2018
    I cant do math: it was 15 years. but still, seems so much more long ago than that.
     
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  4. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Madrid was in Seattle. I think. You all hated these friendlies as well. So don't retcon like you cared the first time.
     
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  5. pr0ner

    pr0ner Member+

    Jan 13, 2007
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The second one was at FedEx.
     
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  6. Th4119

    Th4119 Member+

    Jul 26, 2001
    Annandale, VA
    I did not hate those friendlies.
     
  7. United fury

    United fury Member+

    Feb 9, 2007
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was there. One of the hottest games I’ve ever gone to. Ended up with heat exhaustion and sunburn and was sick the next few days. My fondest memory of the game was watching good old Fred nutmeg Cristiano Ronaldo and going around him.
     
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  8. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    I went to that game. I’m sure it was the last time I went to FedEx Stadium.
     
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  9. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    The DC Defenders are running it up on Michigan and are going to win the UFL Championship Game. Is there anything for the Spirit NWSL Championship in the stadium?
    You know damn well that wasn't the point of the post.
     
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  10. Wyrm2

    Wyrm2 Member

    Apr 29, 2007
    Silver Spring
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I feel like this is definitely a game that I can miss.
     
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  11. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    The owner of the San Jose Earthquakes is putting the club up for sale. Some clubs have all the luck.
     
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  12. United1

    United1 Member+

    Feb 23, 1999
    Arlington, VA
    Club:
    DC United
  13. Th4119

    Th4119 Member+

    Jul 26, 2001
    Annandale, VA
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  14. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pogba signed with Monaco
     
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  15. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    United'll probably sign him in three years.
     
  16. United1

    United1 Member+

    Feb 23, 1999
    Arlington, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Went to the Salzburg vs Al-Hillal match. Friend had a spare, so I went. Pretty crowded stadium, and I’m guessing 96% of them would never set foot in that stadium again to see a MLS match. Depressing knowing this country is filled with tons of soccer fans that would never attend a domestic league match. And I don’t blame them. I used to, but not anymore. This league is garbage compared to what else is out there.
     
  17. griffin1108

    griffin1108 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 5, 2003
    Virginia
    Bullet dodged.
     
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  18. griffin1108

    griffin1108 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 5, 2003
    Virginia
    I understand the feeling -- but. If the standard is those clubs that won championships in their regions, everybody will be disappointed. When in Lucca, I try to catch one or two matches. Lucca is in Serie C. At times you will see brilliance, oft times you will see beer league mistakes. The number of players who can consistently perform in their sports is vanishingly small. Nevertheless, I enjoy the Lucca matches, listening to the ultras sing and chant all match long and realize I am a very small part of a soccer community in Lucca that is over a century old. Closer to home, if perfection is the standard, then don't go to Loudoun who are playing out of their minds given the state of that club. Sports is entertainment and, hopefully, a shared culture. I no longer have season tickets to DCU, not because the league is "garbage", but because Levien/Kaplan have no seeming interest in creating an on field product that can compete successfully in the league whether that league is "garbage" or not. YMMV.
     
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  19. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    About a week ago I went to 2 Annapolis Blues games (men and women) with about 5k others. The level I'm sure was lower than all of the teams you are mentioning since these were all amateurs but I will go again. It helped that I could and did walk to the games.
     
  20. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It’s amazing you would write this when you’re posting about the CWC, where MLS has shown up pretty well. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

    We’re garbage, but the league is not.
     
  21. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Union released salary info. DC is 25th out of 30.

    I don’t know if that includes what we’re paying Klich or not.
     
  22. United1

    United1 Member+

    Feb 23, 1999
    Arlington, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Put these MLS teams in a tournament outside of this country and see what happens. Auckland, outside of the Bayern game, held up remarkably well, and they are all amateur players. Something tells me there isn’t max effort or caring at the moment.
     
  23. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They lost another match 6-0.
     
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  24. The Ghost of Hamdi Salihi

    DC United, Brighton
    Scotland
    Jan 17, 2020
    Pleasant Plains, DC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    It doesn't include Klich's salary, but it shows the full $1.3 million for Randall Leal.

    Kye Rowles only has a base salary of $292,500--I thought he would be closer to a million. Schnegg has a base salary of $600,000 and Bartlett is $450,000 in base salary. Antley is a starter, and he's at $104,000, the same as Dodson and Tubbs. Ours is truly a bargain-basement defense, even with Herrera at $825,000.

    On the alumni defender front, Hines-Ike, who has been very good at Austin, is at $325,000. Andy Najar is $250,000, and he's now an all-star. Chris McVey has been a solid regular starter at San Diego and he's at $300,000 base. Throw in Derrick Williams' $450,000 at Atlanta--he's been spotty there just as he was here--and that's a decent, budget-friendly batch of defenders that Mackay waived for budget reasons.
     
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