Switching Gears
With the US National Team’s improbable Confederation’s Cup run, the CONCACAF Gold Cup on the horizon, and the second half of World Cup Qualifying coming up, the Nest Liner is going to take a look at the US National Team.
Confederation’s Cup
After getting waxed in the first two games, the US was just looking for some respect before [...]

Open Cup
An Open Cup trip up to Germantown generally means ditching work early, getting into traffic on 270, and dealing with multiple busses of travelling fans.  Wait, what?
The Ocean City Barons brought three buses of fans to the game.  Last year’s group from Rochester was impressive in bringing one bus down.  But three?  That’s quite [...]

Writing on the wall….
There are certain things in history that make you think.  There are certain things in history that make you think and then you wonder why you bothered to think about it.  For example, take the various Russian Csars (or Tsars, if you prefer).  There are litterally dozens, but within that list of [...]

 
Generally, in a typical MLS season, we would see it all.  Yet, we pretty much saw it all in this past week.  A great game against Chicago, a bad game on the road in Seattle, and a truly ugly game in Colorado.
The Emerald City
United took it’s act on the road for its first ever regular [...]

The Game
A game against a quality opponent with first place on the line.  In years past, DC United may have shrivelled at the challenge. On Saturday night, they stood up to it.  In an entertaining back and forth match, DC United unsurped the then first place Chicago Fire 2-1. 
Jamie Moreno connected on a questionable penalty kick call [...]