Cue the Fat Lady….

United went down to Mexico in search of a win against Toluca to asure advancement into the knockout stages of the CONCACAF Champions League/Cup.  United put forth one of its most complete efforts of the year, but only came away with a tie on Chris Pontius' fantastic goal from distance.  But United [...]

No Margin For Error
We’ve been calling the last four or five MLS games ‘Must Win’, and then the team has flubbed the chances and has forced the final two league games to really be must win.  The first of those was this weekend against the league leading Columbus Crew.  Oh, and United was missing Namoff [...]

 Toluca

This balancing thing of trying to get some young guys in there or some fresh guys, we’re going to have to really rethink and really make sure however we move forward we have to commit [to that]. Like I said I thought Santino [Quaranta] really added some life, some energy but in all, whoever’s on [...]

 
Deja Vu All Over Again?
Weren’t we here last year?  A pedestrian first half of an MLS season, a US Open Cup run, and the CONCACAF Champions’ League?  (A quick reminder about 2008 – United won the US Open Cup, the wheels totally fell of the cart in MLS, and they got totally blown out of the water [...]

 A Day at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium FedEx Field
Puns with Real Madrid’s name are easy.  Marking more than half a dozen world class attackers in 90+ degree daytime heat, not so much.  There’s not too much to take from that game, nor should there be.  Real Madrid is in a whole other universe when it [...]