News: Pre-Match/PBP: DC United vs. colorado rapids :: Saturday, 5/14

Discussion in 'D.C. United' started by Bison1997, May 11, 2011.

  1. Bison1997

    Bison1997 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Dec 30, 2001
    RFK - Lot 8
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    United finishes up a three-game homestand against defending champs colorado.

    Yeah, still feels weird to type that.

    In any event, a winnable match. VAMOS UNITED!

    When: Saturday, 5/14/11, 7:30pm
    Where: RFK
    League Records : DC 3-2-4 (11 pts), coll 4-2-3 (14 pts)
    TV: CSN
    Twitter: #DCU on game day
    RFK weather on Saturday: Few Showers, 71/56
     
  2. Untroubled by Reason

    Dec 5, 2007
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  3. redcomet

    redcomet Member

    Sep 10, 2010
    Club:
    DC United
    From the Rapids website

    HealthONE Injury Report for May 10, 2011:
    OUT: FW Omar Cummings (R ankle sprain); FW Caleb Folan (R groin strain); FW Macoumba Kandji (L knee ACL tear)
    QUESTIONABLE: DF Eddie Ababio (R hamstring strain)
    PROBABLE: GK Matt Pickens (R groin strain); FW Quincy Amarikwa (L ankle sprain); FW Conor Casey (L hamstring strain); MF Sanna Nyassi (lower back strain)
     
  4. Aconti2

    Aconti2 Member

    Apr 10, 2011
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    wow arent those basically all the players that made the difference in the first game. Keeping that in mind and the streak we're on I feel like we have to win this one.
     
  5. tmas

    tmas Member

    Dec 30, 2002
    With Cummings, Folan, and Mullan out we could definitely get a W.
     
  6. Barbieri

    Barbieri Member+

    Jul 8, 2004
    Decatur, GA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Please oh please someone find the picture of the original Rapid Man -- finding this image haunts my dreams
     
  7. 101st ABN DIV

    101st ABN DIV New Member

    Dec 18, 2005
    FT Meade, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes!! this is winnable!!! we need to pick up points... would be awsome after 10 games ..4, 4 and 2 is better than I hoped for after last year.!!

    Come in United.. its a big one for us.. like seattle.. if they fight with the same intensity then we will carry the 3 points which we need!!..just stating the very obvious..

    Now the techical side... mmm I will leave that to another poster.. I like the concentration and minimal defensive mistakes the last game... although it was FC Dallass..
     
  8. NattyBo

    NattyBo Member+

    Apr 30, 2004
    Nunya
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I'll take a draw. I don't feel this game is as winnable as many of you (apparently) do.
     
  9. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    join the club, I have been looking for a few years. welcome to my personal hell. Happy Hour prices apply every day.

    I usually find it hard to get up much angst for a team from that useless ********ing homophobic white-power state, but after the loss earlier I would like to see United thump them again.
     
  10. 101st ABN DIV

    101st ABN DIV New Member

    Dec 18, 2005
    FT Meade, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    a draw hurts us.. we can't afford to drop points!!

    Colorado is not NJRB... they can be taken down.. they r decent but not that much better than we are..no.. we need three points..
     
  11. MattMathai

    MattMathai BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 28, 2004
    Annapolis
    You don't need to minimize our effort last game. I thought we did well, and except for a great save from Hartman, we would have won. Dallas was a Cup finalist last year, and we....were not.
     
  12. Boloni86

    Boloni86 Member+

    Jun 7, 2000
    Baltimore
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Gibraltar
    A draw does us little good. We need 3 points if we want to keep up in the East.

    After this game we're idle for 2 weeks and then 2 very tough games in quick succession in Portland and LA. It's tough to see us picking up points there. So if we don't get 3 points here, our next good chance for a win won't be for another month when we host the Clashquakes ...
     
  13. JeremyEritrea

    JeremyEritrea Member+

    Jun 29, 2006
    Takoma Park, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ZOMG I hope we win!!!?!!!1111!!!!!!one!!!one!!!eleventy!!11!11!!!
     
  14. DecadeOfDCU26

    DecadeOfDCU26 Member+

    May 2, 2007
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    [​IMG]
     
  15. Untroubled by Reason

    Dec 5, 2007
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ask and you shall receive:

    [​IMG]
     
  16. asitis

    asitis Member+

    Mar 30, 2005
    Charlottesville
    That's the second generation Rapid Man. If I remember correctly. the original had fish jumping out of his head or his back. Yes, even stranger.

    asitis
     
  17. MattMathai

    MattMathai BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 28, 2004
    Annapolis
    Nah, this one's easy to find. I can't find a picture of the original guy - he had white water running 'down' his back and had a fish jumping out of it. A truly bizarre mascot.
     
  18. Untroubled by Reason

    Dec 5, 2007
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Maybe so, but this one's more... hormonally challenged, let's say. :eek:
     
  19. JeremyEritrea

    JeremyEritrea Member+

    Jun 29, 2006
    Takoma Park, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nope, the original guy had fish jumping out of his, uh, head or back or whatever the hell it was.

    Weirdest mascot I ever saw in my life.

    Edit - what Matt said
     
  20. Barbieri

    Barbieri Member+

    Jul 8, 2004
    Decatur, GA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The search continues!
     
  21. MattMathai

    MattMathai BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 28, 2004
    Annapolis
    I have become quite discouraged. I've searched for a long time with zero success.

    (Maybe I'll try this new 'google' tool. I hear it's pretty good)
     
  22. nobletea

    nobletea Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 29, 2004
    HarCo
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So in an effort, once again, to come up with the new magic search terms to unlock this mystery, somewhere on page 3 of my Google search I came across:

    Immunomodulatory Treatment for Infertile Men with Antisperm Antibodies



    Get to work people. We only do this when we play Colorado, and for this year, this is the last time. Chop chop.
     
  23. GumbyG

    GumbyG Member+

    DC United
    Mar 22, 2007
    Chesapeake, VA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are you $48 discouraged? [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Rapidman-Lambert-M-Surhone/dp/6134897329"]Amazon.com: Rapidman (9786134897327): Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow: Books[/ame]

    I mean, no guarantee of pictures, but I'm pretty sure you could sue for not including a picture of a guy with a fish jumping out of his head, just on the basis of willfully ignoring the one opportunity in all of human history to do that.
     
  24. La Barra Blonde

    Oct 21, 2007
    Section 135
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    All I got were pictures of creepy trees. :eek:
     
  25. MattMathai

    MattMathai BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 28, 2004
    Annapolis
    There's something wrong with Amazon's automatic pricing model.

    The sounds like a vanity press project, and the low availability does not imply (valued) rarity.

    The disclaimer in the description says: "Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online."
     

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