MetroStars @ DC United - postgame [R] Scoring Summary: DC -- Marco Etcheverry 4 (penalty kick) 10 MET -- Jaime Moreno 2 (Mark Lisi 6) 20 MET -- Ricardo Clark 2 (unassisted) 26 DC -- Dema Kovalenko 3 (Ben Olsen 6, Hristo Stoitchkov 2) 43 MET -- Eddie Gaven 1 (Amado Guevara 6) 99 MetroStars -- Tim Howard, Craig Ziadie, Kenny Arena, Juan Forchetti, Edgar Bartolomeu (Tim Regan 76), Ricardo Clark, Amado Guevara, Richie Williams, Mark Lisi (Eddie Gaven 90), Mike Magee (Chris Leitch 41), Jaime Moreno (John Wolyniec 53). Substitutes Not Used: Paul Grafer. TOTAL SHOTS: 7 (Amado Guevara 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Amado Guevara 2); FOULS: 11 (Kenny Arena 3); OFFSIDES: 2 (Amado Guevara 1, John Wolyniec 1); CORNER KICKS: 3 (Amado Guevara 3); SAVES: 5 (Tim Howard 3) D.C. United -- Nick Rimando, Bryan Namoff, Mike Petke, Galin Ivanov, Ben Olsen (Devin Barclay 73), Jose Alegria, Marco Etcheverry, Ryan Nelsen, Dema Kovalenko, Ali Curtis (Alecko Eskandarian 81), Hristo Stoitchkov (Santino Quaranta 66). Substitutes Not Used: Jorge Geddes, Eliseo Quintanilla, David Stokes, Doug Warren. TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Ali Curtis 3, Ryan Nelsen 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Ryan Nelsen 2, Santino Quaranta 2); FOULS: 24 (Ali Curtis 4, Mike Petke 4); OFFSIDES: 4 (4 tied with 1); CORNER KICKS: 8 (Marco Etcheverry 7); SAVES: 2 (Nick Rimando 2) Misconduct Summary: MET -- Craig Ziadie (caution; Reckless Foul) 24 MET -- Kenny Arena (caution; Professional Foul) 30 MET -- Kenny Arena (caution; Professional Foul) 35 MET -- Kenny Arena (ejection; Second Caution) 35 DC -- Bryan Namoff (caution; Tackle from Behind) 49 DC -- Galin Ivanov (caution; Reckless Foul) 56 Referee: Kevin Terry Referee's Assistants: -Steven Taylor; Bahij Salman 4th Official: Alex Prus Attendance: 13,715 Time of Game: 2:06 Weather: Sunny-and-93-degrees
AS much as I hate the Mutts, got to give them credit for a gutty performance today. Howard has just become something special and you gotta root for Gavin, especially after getting stuck in goal for a few seconds.
Great gritty performance With ten men for more than an hour on hot humid conditions, that was awesome....This game has made my day Of course one could argue we always play with ten men whenever Arena is on the field
fantastic match from start to finish. i dont watch the mls much but home this afternoon i wanted to see tim howard in goal and he did not dissapoint, i cant wait for united to get him, without a doubt if fergie is openminded he will supplant barthez in goal and be the next big american keeper to take over the world
Yeah, I groan every time the ball goes near Arena. At least he cut his hair. Somebody convince eddie pope that he is better hopping around on one leg than kenny arena.
People on other threads already complaining on why Gaven was on the field https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=58724
by the by what is the deal with arena- ive seen frequent threads on him and how he is on the us youth teams, is it his dads help or his play but from what i saw the kid is not up to scratch, my nan could play smarter than him.
SHAME on Kevin Terry. You guys should have been playeing the last 2/3 of the match with 9 men. SHAME on the ref. Fortunately for you DCU wass at best ineffective after their initial burst of energy.
I thought Kevin Terry missed a nice chance to caution Kovalenko for a lousy tackle on Clark. Guevarra annoys me, but not as much as Stoichkov and Etcheverry. Plus he's a hell of a lot quicker. Way to go Eddie, nice finish kid.
Thank you Metros for exposing DC as the crap that they are. Well, everyone knew they were crap already, really, but it's always nice to see them lose anyway. Thank You, Suffering Dallas Fan Living Vicariously Through Other Teams Who Can Actually Beat DC
This loophole will be closed and I've always been against the goalkeeper substitution rule. However, as a practicing attorney, I fully respect Bradley's exploitation of the MLS rules. I wonder if the Elias guys will investigate whether that was ever done before in a match. As for DC fans complaining about timewasting. . .the shoe will be on the other foot sooner than you think and you will not be complaining.
Heres a brainstorm: think if Bart got the initial red, it may have changed how the rest of the game was played, and Arena might not have gotten two yellows? Duh.
It's been mentioned before on Big Soccer but the 4 pm start is a joke in the middle of summer. I know that it might be the only way due to ESPN but it hurts the quality of the game.
Yes, it has a few times. This season Dallas has used in an overtime draw with LA and Kansas City used it in one game as well. It's been used in the past also.
Agree. It simply looked too silly for the beautiful game. BTW, who is the last guy in MLS played GK and scored a game winner? As for time wasting, it's not worse than DC would have done if they had been leading.
Attendance was only 13,715, bad job from DC fans. Although I have to admit, I enjoyed reading all the bitching and crying from the DC fans supporting their team by sitting behind a keyboard. Oh, I also enjoyed that when Kovalenko scored, there was only some old soccer mom waiting in the stands to congratulate him.
better yet, how many times has that happened for the player coming on to score the game winning goal? gotta say it was a llovely match. Timmy was well impressive on a few of those saves...and spare a thought for DC within one mouth watering ot save of coming away with all three points only to lose on the counter...no luck
Not a loophole at all Metro sacrificed it's chance to bring in Grafer if Howard happened to go down In other words Howard gets injured Meto in big trouble Calculated risk that worked