Nest Liner: Friendly Confines

Ajax is one of Europe’s most storied clubs.  While their league isn’t one of Europe’s finest anymore, you’ll find the product of their club everywhere.  At Ajax, they truly develop world class players, and it’s not necessarily through technique, or style….it’s more of culture.  Everyone has technical skill and tactical awareness.  Ajax goalkeeper Kenneth [...]

Nest Liner: Rapid Change

The first matchup between DC United and the Colorado Rapids was a 4-1 loss.  Though United was missing personnel due to injury and suspension, it battled back to a 1-1 tie before a combination of altitude, experience, luck, fatigue set in and allowed Colorado to pull away.

United was riding two good home performances [...]

Nest Liner: The Week that Was

Seattle Sounders

Fighting for each other Photo: Kim Kolb (Click for more)

The Seattle Sounders, the MLS team seemingly in most need of finding someone to cut their hair, with their fans famous for inventing everything came to RFK on Wednesday.  United (and a lot of fans) were still stinging after the horrific [...]

NestLiner: Best of Three (Ignoring the Fourth)

DC United has played four games in the last two weeks, away in Toronto, home to New York,  home away from home in a USOC play-in game against New England and likely a final trip to Robertson Field in Houston.  They give a snapshot in what DC United is and can be…..and that’s both [...]

Nest Liner: What Goes Around

United v Galaxy v Abbey

Big game.  Big crowd.  Big Stars. Big Rivalry.

United and LA go back to MLS Cup 1996.  There was mention this past week that it was the fifteenth anniversary of the first MLS game.  United played the San Jose Clash (then they moved on to another couple of names [...]