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Nest Liner: Letting it Sink In

Kim Kolb — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:03:12 +0000

Two goals. A clean sheet. A win.

So what if it was against an expansion team? A win boosts confidence.

Hazards of the wall. (Photo: Kim Kolb)

The way DC United played in the first 25 minutes really wasn’t all that different than in the previous couple of games. The difference? They actually [...]

Nestliner: The more things change…..

Kim Kolb — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:51:22 +0000

Well, at least it was nice weather. It’s a treat to not have a muggy oppressively hot August match.

Yeah. Avoiding talking about the match.

3-1 other guys. And the other guys scored for United. But going to take the high road on this. 60+ minutes of soccer and that’s all United got, and [...]

Nestliner: The Long Goodbye

Kim Kolb — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:50:22 +0000

The last leg of the Magic Triangle is moving on. Jamie Moreno will finish up his DC United tenure at the end of the season. Jamie will continue for another season or so after this, but with a diminishing role on United, he’d like one more crack at the Bolivian league before he hangs [...]

Nest Liner: Deck Chair Shuffle

Kim Kolb — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:18:20 +0000

Safe to say that nobody associated with DC United is satisfied with the 3-12-3 record. The heat really had to be on Kevin Payne, Dave Kaspar, and Curt Onalfo from owner Will Chang.

Curt Onalfo is the low man on the totem pole in that list, so he took the hit. With a tenure [...]

Nest Liner: Sometimes things really are just Black and White

Kim Kolb — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:16:55 +0000

The Nest Liner needs to catch up…..

Comings and Goings

Since the beginning of the World Cup, United has tinkered with it’s roster. Some things are performance related, and sadly, one was health related.

Namoff: Two weeks ago, Bryan Namoff put his soccer career on hold. The lingering effects of last year’s concussion don’t [...]

Not So Sleepless in Seattle

DGoodwin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:32:48 +0000

While everyone was sleeping and trying to recover from the World Cup Semifinal Spanish rout of the youngsters of Germany, our next two Major League Soccer opponents decided to duke it out in the US Open Cup out in Tukwila, WA.

Sure, our attention will be divided between our own rivalry roadtrip [...]

NestLiner: Hopp Suisse!

Kim Kolb — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:51:32 +0000

Who Knew?

Switzerland kicked off it’s World Cup Campaign yesterday afternoon against one of the top favorites to win this year’s World Cup, Spain. Lot’s of Euro press thought it would be a cakewalk for Spain, especially in the first round. Unfortunately, I was in a meeting when this game kicked off, but fortunately, [...]

NestLiner: Neutral Doesn’t Mean Pick Many

Kim Kolb — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:16:53 +0000

World Cup in Switzerland

Geneva is one of those international melting pot kind of places. There are people from here, but there are many that have come here. There’s a huge immigrant (legal and illegal) presence. You see it on the streets, and you hear it in the voices.

But you also see [...]

Nestliner:No World Cup Neutrality Here

Kim Kolb — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:23:41 +0000

World Cup from Switzerland

For the first week of the World Cup, and I’m here in Geneva, Switzerland for work. The upshot is that Geneva is in the same time zone as Johannesburg, so the games are at more reasonable times. In fact, it’s the first time in my life I’ve seen World Cup [...]

Nestliner: Break Time

Kim Kolb — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:53:28 +0000

The stretch between the AC Milan match and the World Cup break has turned out better than planned. Five games, four wins and a tie. The wins were the AC Milan friendly, Chivas USA at home, Real Salt Lake Open Cup play in, and Seattle in the rainy place in corner of the map.

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