Screaming Eagles

Behind the scoring heroics of senior Graham Zusi and a stifling defense, Maryland Men’s Soccer hauled in another trophy down in Frisco. No one could find a way to score on the Terps as they won the 2008 NCAA National Championship. Well done to Sasho and the lads from College Park!
There is no way to [...]

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Don’t despair, there is plenty of futbol to keep you entertained during the winter months. Even if you missed the SE pickup match, the DC United equipment sale, the Superclassico between Barca and Real Madrid or even the Toys & Toddies party yesterday, there’s still hope for you yet!
First, settle into the old barcalounger, click [...]

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90 minutes, 1 season
All these MLS games for DC United and it all boils down to 90 minutes in Columbus.  There’s been a lot of ups and downs, and a lot of hardship.  It’s simple.  Win, and United plays either Columbus again, or Houston.  Who really cares?  At this point, one more MLS game at [...]

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It all comes down to this….
So here it is.  The home stretch.  The playoff push.  Crunch Time.  Any number of sports cliche’s apply here.  But it United needs some help to make the playoffs.
1.  The easy way.  Both the Red Bulls(Thursday night) and the Wizards (Saturday) lose, and United wins on Sunday.  United leap frogs [...]

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Open Cup
Looking back.  It’s actually amazing that United has only been in the US Open Cup (OK, Lamar Hunt US Open Cup….whatever) final game 3 times.  OK, United chose not to play one year due to logistics, but they’ve been besieged by bad luck or bad play during early rounds.
But this year was different.  United [...]

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