Scoreless in Washington, United Ties RSL, 0-0

After a 130 minutes of football on Wednesday, it comes with no surprise scoring was at a premium when D.C. United and Real Salt Lake met again on Saturday.  Factor in a struggling offenses, compacted defenses and the summers humidity and you have the recipe for a 0-0 draw. That’s exactly where the match finished when United hosted RSL for the second time in four days. 15, 328 fans came to RFK Stadium hoping to see United continue run of good form, winners of three straight.  D.C., arguably the better side for most of the night, were unable to find the back of the net, leaving many of the fans empty-handed.

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Late Goal From Talley Gives United 3-2 Win Against Chivas

When you’ve struggled as much as D.C. United has this season, you’ll take a win anyway you can get it.

A late penalty kick from veteran centerback, Carey Talley capped the 3-2 come from behind victory against Chivas USA on Saturday night.

“Winning breads confidence,” Coach Curt Onalfo said on Wednesday in preparation for the Chivas match.  “That’s important, we need that.  We needed to get that win [against AC Milan] to get ourselves a little bit over the hump, to feel a little bit better about ourselves.”

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Tino and Toys – Join the Party

Toys and Toddies Party

Continental Modern Pool Lounge

Saturday, Dec. 13th

6pm – 8:30pm

Come help spread some holiday cheer!

Gather your friends and join us as we help United for DC gather toys for Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s annual party for needy D.C. children. The suggested donation is a toy [...]

Episode 88: Rain, Red Bulls and Righteousness

Seems like forever since I last did an episode, but it was only a little more than two weeks ago. Still, there’s nothing like having rain and the Red Bulls blow through town to cure United fans of the summertime blues.

 

Quotes from Soehn, Emilio, Fred, Moreno, Simms and Quaranta.

 

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Episode 84: A Salt With Deadly Feet

Yes, I am channeling a hip-hop album, and we shook our collective thangs all over the pitch.   I think the move to the 3-5-2 will help Gallardo because it will push him higher. That’s something that gets talked about a bit in Soehn’s press conference.

Post-game quotes from Soehn, Wells, Burch, Quaranta, Simms and [...]