http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=267196&cc=5901 Really, the "Capital Cup"? They'd announce they'd won a trophy if they found a prize in their Cracker Jack box.
More fake stuff? Like the three fake MLS Cups, the fake CONCACAF Champions Cup and the fake Inter-American Cup? This thing is bogus, but I'm not so sure about "more" fake stuff...
And DC wins the 'Capital Cup'/Harkes Testimonial 1-0 over Spurs, via a Stephen Carr own-goal. DC recorded NO shots on goal. Above and beyond hilarious! Oh and by the way, I put the final score in my post, so if you were taping the game to watch later, please don't read my post. Thanks!
Completely unlike (picking any old team at random) a certain team from North Jersey that can't even find a prize in a Cracker Jack box, let alone win anything.
Technically speaking there was one shot on goal. Stoitchkov's shot was on goal, and Carr deflected it into the net for the own goal. If that was fake hardware, it sure looked nice and shiny when Jurgen Klinsman handed it to John Harkes tonight. And he and all of the players who earned it with a victory in London last fall, and a second win tonight (over a team with Ziege, Poyet, Sherringham, Keane, Carr, Keller, et al) looked pretty happy to have it.
Object lessons in onanism, people. If DC fans were any more self-satisfied, they'd have to have a cigarette after glimpsing themselves in the mirror.
Re: Re: More fake hardware for D.C. I care less and less every day about who won what when the league was much, much more shite than it is now. Can't win anything? 1-0, baby. That's what I care about right now.
There's nothing that makes me shed a tear as much as the DC fans forced to live in the past. I know it's hard to get your trophy fix nowadays, with the likes of Ray Hudson and Hristo Stoichkov on your side, but that doesn't mean you have to unilaterally declare your international friendlies and MLS rivalries to be "cups" so you can have something to fill that vast trophy room you built so prematurely in the 90's. It's so sad that you can only look to your past when we can only look to our future and the real championships awaiting Bradley's Boys.
He said, while unbeknownst to him the powers that be were changing his team's name to "FC Last Century."
3 of the first 6 posts in this thread were by DC fans reminding us that they didn't used to suck. So what? Do you guys go on shifts, taking turns monitoring every MLS board to see if someone starts a thread on you? Why do you care? It seems like every other Metro thread has a guy from DC telling us what they think, knocking anything metro and reminding us of how great they were. Get over it. Are your boards really so boring you have to read ours? How many Revs posters come here to talk crap for no reason?
Meanwhile, MLS officials decided to change the name of the NY/NJ/CT/FL/PA/AZ MetroStars to the more suitable NeverStars.
That's 4 of 14. You are suspended from talking smack until your team scores a goal. Whew. We're home free until August.
Digging around the back of DC's offices, I found these on display too: The "Melts in Your Mouth" Cup Given to the team which sells the most M&Ms. The Jim Davis Cup Given to the team with the most cartoonish fans.
Not necessarily. There's a rumor going around that Hudson wants to sign Stephen Carr's arse, as it seems to be United's most immediate scoring threat so far this season.
You forgot to mention all the old players that the match was really for playing...You know, like Chris Waddle....he made every DC player look like a statue and he's 100 years old!!!!!
Found one more while rummaging back here... The Cocktailright Award For the fans with the best margarita mix, of course.
Their first 1-0 victory over Spurs was due to a Wade Barrett (on loan) goal. Second victory on an own goal without a single shot on goal. No DC player scored a goal in 2 games against Spurs and they win the trophy! This is funny.
People, let's try to understand why DC fans lean so strongly on past accomplishments. I mean, it's no shame to be proud of the fact that your greatest moments are behind you. I mean hell, I've had to mention I won my 3rd Grade Spelling Bee on one more than one resume'. Look - if you had it, you might as well pull out that yearbook - or "Season In Review 1996" VHS tape - and flaunt it, right? Remember, DC fans are only human. See, they may talk tough, but due to their current situation they have fragile emotions. It's much easier for them to say "We've won MLS Cup three times" than it is "We haven't scored in three games". Don't worry DC fans, there's one guy out there that understands and pities you.