After all the fanfare and the media build-up, it was a night of mixed emotions at RFK Stadium Saturday night: Jaime Moreno scored in his final game for the club he had served for fourteen years, but United lost, 3-2, ending the worst season in club history.
Jaime Moreno will play his final game for D.C. United on Saturday. And in many ways, it feels like a big part of the club itself will be going with him.
While gorging on this weekend’s opening round of the Barclays Premier League, a friend and I discussed how soccer is the sport of optimists. There’s usually a silver lining, if you look hard enough.
A string of Superliga losses followed by one of D.C. United’s worst showings of the year against Houston left the second half of the season somewhat in doubt. Which D.C. United would show up for MLS’ crucial home stretch? The confused squad that started the season 2-7 and lacked any form of cohesion, or the offensive dynamos that ran roughshod over their MLS opponent en route to a 5-0-1 record preceding the All Star break?…
Facing a must win situation against an opponent in preseason form, D.C. United suffered a disappointing 3-2 loss to F.C. Atlante last night. United put forth a solid effort, but was exposed by Atlante F.C.’s efficient counter attack. Atlante’s victory relegated United’s SuperLiga 2008 hopes to a mere prayer. The SuperLiga pits four MLS teams against four Mexican clubs. The teams are selected based on their performances in domestic league and tournament play during the…
He’d never admit it, but you know that somewhere, sometime before the start of the season, D.C. United coach Tom Soehn looked at his team’s busy schedule for the first month of the season, and then said a small bit of thanks for who they were playing. Of their first five MLS games, they were scheduled to play exactly one playoff team from last season. They had home games against perennially struggling Columbus, anemic Toronto,…
D.C. United’s MLS season is on the line tonight at RFK Stadium (7:30 p.m.). After a dominant regular season that saw United go 10-2-3 at home, they return to RFK for possibly the last time this season. Standing in their way is their playoff nemesis, the Chicago Fire. In 5 total playoff games against the Fire, D.C. has yet to score a goal. United will need to find net if they wish to move on…
The press ahead of D.C. United’s first round playoff clash with the Chicago Fire last night leaned heavily on D.C.’s poor record against the Fire, especially in recent playoff history. A lot of it also talked about Chicago’s big signing, Mexican national team veteran Cuahtemoc Blanco. And to some extent, there was some talk about D.C.’s injured stars, Jaime Moreno and Luciano Emilio. Both players picked up injuries in United’s completely meaningless season finale last…
This was not exactly the weekend that D.C. United was hoping for. A 3-2 loss to the non-playoff bound Columbus Crew closed out United’s MLS regular season and snapped United’s unbeaten streak (dating back to July). Worse yet, United lost their two star strikers, Luciano Emilio and Jaime Moreno, to foot injuries. With last night’s Fire victory over the Galaxy, United were assigned the Thursday night time-slot against a Fire team that might be…
Saturday night’s meeting of D.C. United and Toronto FC looked like a mismatch on paper. An expansion team with the worst record in Major League Soccer lined up against the most decorated club in the league’s history and current point leaders. Add D.C.’s distinctive home field advantage and you have a recipe for a blowout. Yet for one half, TFC hung with their hosts. Indeed, at many points in the first half Toronto was the…